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Migration, Francis’ cry: No more death! No more exploitation!”
Vatican Insider - Feb 17, 2016 at 5:03 pm First, he prayed in silence before the chain link fence that marks the US-Mexico border. Many on the El Paso side of the fence tried to catch sight of him and shake his hand. El...
Archbishop Coleridge names seven Brisbane parishes pilgrimage sites for Year of Mercy
The Catholic Leader - Feb 17, 2016 at 4:30 pm PILGRIMAGE hotspots during the Year of Mercy have increased in the Brisbane archdiocese with seven new sites opening Holy Doors to the public.The Catholic Churches in Red Hill,...
How Pope Francis proposes to fight drug violence in Mexico
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 17, 2016 at 4:29 pm Juarez, Mexico, Feb 17, 2016 / 03:29 pm (CNA).- Speaking to laborers in the Mexican City of Juarez on Wednesday, Pope Francis laid out several key areas of focus in fighting what...
Pope Francis visits notorious prison on final day of Mexico tour
Catholic Herald - Feb 17, 2016 at 4:21 pm Pope Francis urged society to rethink its ideas of locking up inmates and throwing away the key, calling such an approach another symptom of the “throwaway culture” he often...
Donald Trump Responds to Ted Cruz Abortion Ad: “I Am Pro-Life, Cruz is Totally Lying About Me”
LifeNews.com - Feb 17, 2016 at 4:09 pm Donald Trump has issued a short response to pro-life Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz. Trump says Cruz’s recent television ad saying Trump “can’t be trusted” on abortion...
Pope Francis says prisoners can become prophets in society
News.va - Feb 17, 2016 at 4:00 pm
(Vatican Radio) On the last day of his Apostolic Visit to Mexico Pope Francis travelled to the northern city of Ciudad Juárez, very close to the border with the US.
The first...
Rioting Over Jonah
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 17, 2016 at 4:00 pm When reading Peter’s recent article about the prophet Jonah, I was reminded of one of my favorite stories from the writings of the Church Fathers. I saved it for today, since in...
Class. Obama Will Not Attend Scalia's Funeral
Creative Minority Report - Feb 17, 2016 at 4:00 pm If you can feign surprise at hearing this you're a better actor than I am. But President Barack Obama will not attend Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral Saturday, according to NBC...
How to Kill Your Baby? Web Site Offers “20 Tips for Your First Abortion”
LifeNews.com - Feb 17, 2016 at 3:57 pm The internet is full of advice columns on a wealth of topics, and the abortion issue is no exception.
On Feb. 1, the website Paper Darts published a nervy piece that advertises “...
Strengthen Your Lenten Journey Through Fasting
CatholicMom.com - Feb 17, 2016 at 3:30 pm When you hear the word “fasting,” do you automatically cringe? Do you dread Ash Wednesday or Good Friday? Or do you embrace the self-denial of fasting on those days? If you’re...
Michigan Abortionist With Violent Criminal History and Addiction Arrested Again
LifeNews.com - Feb 17, 2016 at 3:29 pm The recent arrest of a Grand Rapids abortionist has brought to light a lengthy criminal arrest record for crimes of violence, a pattern of which shows a downward spiral into...
6-year-old claims he saw lesbian porn in Catholic school, parents demand answers
LifeSiteNews - Feb 17, 2016 at 3:27 pm These parents are demanding an investigation after their 6-year-old boy came home from school describing something he'd seen on a school owned tablet that sounded to them like...
Australian abuse victims raise funds to travel to Rome, witness Cardinal Pell's testimony
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 17, 2016 at 3:00 pm Australian sex-abuse victims have raised more than $90,000 in a crowd-funding campaign to send representatives to Rome, to watch Cardinal George Pell give testimony before a royal...
Think pieces on Justice Scalia, funeral sermons, humility and the First Amendment
GetReligion - Feb 17, 2016 at 3:00 pm
The funeral of Justice Antonin Scalia this coming Saturday will be in the grandest possible setting that America offers for a Catholic who spend spent decades on the U.S. Supreme...
Irish government minister reportedly avoided hearing sex-abuse complaints
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 17, 2016 at 2:52 pm Ireland's finance minister, Michael Noonan, has been accused by a former political colleague of deliberating dodging a meeting to discuss sex-abuse complaints.
According to ...
The One Who “Has Experienced Hell” Can Become a Prophet in Society, Pope Tells Prisoners
Aleteia - Feb 17, 2016 at 2:51 pm CIUDAD JUAREZ — The one who “has experienced hell” can become a prophet in society, Pope Francis told prisoners on the final day of his visit to Mexico. For “there is no place...
Pope to business leaders: ‘lack of opportunity leads to poverty’
News.va - Feb 17, 2016 at 2:50 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has called on business leaders and representatives of the Chambers of Commerce to invest in the future by creating opportunities of sustainable and...
As Venezuela's crisis deepens, cardinal urges order, care for common good
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 17, 2016 at 2:41 pm As Venezuela threatens to slip into chaos, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas has issued an urgent call to his people to "fight for the defense of life of all people, to...
Vatican moves to resume exchanges with Egypt's Al Azhar University
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 17, 2016 at 2:32 pm The Vatican has extended an invitation to Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyeb, the head of Egypt's Al Azhar University, to meet with Pope Francis and resume a series of formal exchanges, the...
