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Pope Francis tells young Mexicans they are the wealth of the nation
News.va - Feb 16, 2016 at 5:41 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Tuesday met with tens of thousands of young Mexicans from across the country, telling them that they are the wealth of the nation.
After evidently...
Pope to young people: “Don’t put your life in the hands of the drug trade”
Vatican Insider - Feb 16, 2016 at 5:40 pm “It is a lie to believe that the only way to live, or to be young, is to entrust oneself to drug dealers or others who do nothing but sow destruction and death.” The penultimate...
Following the Pope's Trip to Mexico as a Mexican American
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Feb 16, 2016 at 5:38 pm I'm currently sitting crisscross (applesauce) in front of the TV in my living room as mom and I watch the meeting between Pope Francis and youth in Michoacan, Mexico. Dancers are...
WATCH: Delighted Pope, Equally Delighted Teens with Down Syndrome
Aleteia - Feb 16, 2016 at 5:36 pm You are hereby dared to watch this video and not smile at the clear delight His Holiness takes in greeting these two girls, and their happiness at being called to him. Hugs are...
Obama: Who Cares if I Filibustered Alito, Republicans Have to Vote on My SCOTUS Nominee
LifeNews.com - Feb 16, 2016 at 5:29 pm President Barack Obama respond this afternoon to promises by Senate Republicans to not allow a vote o his nominee to replace recently-deceased pro-life Justice Antonin Scalia....
What Pope Francis told a stunningly large crowd of Mexican youth
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 16, 2016 at 5:15 pm Morelia, Mexico, Feb 16, 2016 / 04:15 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In his visit to Morelia – one of Mexico's most violent cities – Pope Francis had a strong message for the country's...
Question of the Week: February 16, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Feb 16, 2016 at 5:00 pm
Lent is a good season to make time to dig into some spiritual reading. This Lent I started reading a spiritual memoir that had been on my wish list for quite a while; Kate...
What will happen if Justice Scalia is not replaced this year?
LifeSiteNews - Feb 16, 2016 at 4:52 pm Here's what happens in two high-profile abortion and religious freedom cases if the justices split 4-4.
Pope greets children in Mexico's Morelia cathedral
News.va - Feb 16, 2016 at 4:35 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Tuesday visited the cathedral of Morelia, capital of Mexico’s Michoacán state, reminding hundreds of children that to be good Christians they must...
Storming Heaven with prayers for Baby Asha
The Catholic Leader - Feb 16, 2016 at 4:30 pm FAITH groups in Brisbane including representatives from the Catholic Church will stand outside a city hospital today to support doctors refusing to release an asylum seeker baby....
Black Congresswoman: Stop Saying “Black Lives Matter” When Black Babies Die in Abortions
LifeNews.com - Feb 16, 2016 at 4:16 pm U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore from Wisconsin continued her attack against her pro-life colleagues this week after they asked her and other African American leaders why they are not...
Boxing champ Manny Pacquiao defends natural marriage, gets pummelled by Western press
LifeSiteNews - Feb 16, 2016 at 4:14 pm The boxing superstar, and born-again Christian, is facing a 'storm' of criticism according to mainstream media.
Neighborhood Horrified When Plumber Finds Lifeless Body of Baby Boy in Garden Drain
LifeNews.com - Feb 16, 2016 at 4:13 pm A wealthy British neighborhood is in shock after a plumber discovered a baby’s body in the garden drain of an older couple’s house late last week.
The plumber had been called to...
Trump, Sanders and how globalization has brought European political values to the U.S.
GetReligion - Feb 16, 2016 at 4:00 pm
There's a great deal of wisdom encapsulated by the idiom, "be careful what you wish for." The inevitability of unforeseen -- or perhaps just conveniently ignored -- consequences...
[WATCH LIVE] Papal visit to Mexico: Meeting with young people
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 16, 2016 at 4:00 pm Morelia, Mexico, Feb 16, 2016 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- Watch LIVE coverage of Pope Francis' meeting with young people in the “José María Morelos y Pavón” stadium in Morelia, Mexico at 5...
Plan of Life
Communio - Feb 16, 2016 at 3:53 pm Lent is a great time to either renew your plan of life, or to make a first plan. We all need to be certain on our goals for the spiritual life. No plan, no advancement in becoming...
Pope urges Mexican priests to fight against drug traffic, violence, corruption
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 16, 2016 at 3:44 pm Celebrating Mass on February 16 in a Mexican state that has been scarred by drug traffic, Pope Francis exhorted priests not to accept an acceptable situation.
At a Mass in Morelia...
The Scalia Succession and the Trials of Principle
Commonweal - Feb 16, 2016 at 3:37 pm Like many a battered idealist I’m alternately wearied, irked and darkly amused by the relation of political reality to political principle. I’m talking about the gap between what...
A Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches 2016 (Part 1)
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 16, 2016 at 3:34 pm This year, my friend Agnese is once again attending the Stational Masses organized by the Vicariate of Rome throughout Lent, and as she has so kindly done on many previous...
Pope expresses joy after meeting Russian Orthodox patriarch
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 16, 2016 at 3:33 pm HAVANA — At long last, Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow embraced, kissing each other three times.
Pope Francis prepares to embrace Russian...
