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Roundup: America reacts to Justice Scalia’s death
LifeSiteNews - Feb 15, 2016 at 10:40 am Scores of pro-life and Catholic leaders, politicians, legal voices, and others reacted with sadness, condolences, and praise.
Oregon assisted suicide deaths rose another 26% in 2015
LifeSiteNews - Feb 15, 2016 at 10:39 am Even though the number of assisted suicides continue to increase, in 2015 Oregon debated a bill to expand the definition of terminal, from 6 months to 12 months to death.
Planned Parenthood Celebrates Black History Month While It Kills Black Babies in Abortions
LifeNews.com - Feb 15, 2016 at 10:32 am Despite its history of targeting the black community for abortion, Planned Parenthood has declared that it is celebrating Black History Month by recognizing “past, present, and...
Continued Good News from Northeast Missouri-- Increased Availability of the Traditional Mass: "The Young People Want It."
Saint Louis Catholic - Feb 15, 2016 at 10:31 am The Latin Mass Society of Northeast Missouri has done very good work in the last few years in promoting the ancient Mass in a diocese that has not been particularly open to it in...
ASK FATHER: How long after death can Last Rites be given?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 15, 2016 at 10:11 am In the last few hours some of you have sent similar questions.
QUAERITUR:
How long after death can the Sacrament of Anointing be administered?
Sometimes we say “Last Rites”,...
Marco Rubio Has Always Voted Against Funding Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - Feb 15, 2016 at 10:06 am In the craziness of a presidential campaign, sometimes rumors get started that, with the advent of social media, that take hold and appear to become gospel — even though they’re...
A giant has fallen — the death of Justice Antonin Scalia and the future of constitutional government
LifeSiteNews - Feb 15, 2016 at 10:04 am Antonin Scalia is almost surely the most influential justice to sit on the Supreme Court in many decades. The loss of his influence, as well as his his crucial vote, is monumental.
Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court justice, dies
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 15, 2016 at 10:02 am WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the longest-serving justice on the Supreme Court, died of apparent natural causes at a resort in West Texas Feb. 13. He was 79....
Book Notes: NYPD Green, An Irish-Born Detective’s Twenty Years on the Mean Streets of New York
CatholicMom.com - Feb 15, 2016 at 10:00 am
“This face, my face, is the face on an illegal immigrant,” says Luke Waters—who came over to America from Ireland as an undocumented worker in the 1980s, and later became both a...
Teens take on timely issue of race in unique play
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Feb 15, 2016 at 9:58 am In a production whose echoes are heard today in the Black Lives Matter movement, Cretin-Derham Hall High School students in St. Paul talk about presenting "Twilight: Los Angeles,...
Justice Scalia: the Constitution’s great defender against sex-crazed tyranny
LifeSiteNews - Feb 15, 2016 at 9:57 am The future looks bleaker without Scalia sitting stolidly between the Sexual Revolution and the Constitution.
Pope to the Indios: “Forgiveness! Today’s world needs you!”
Vatican Insider - Feb 15, 2016 at 9:53 am “How worthwhile it would be for each of us to examine our conscience and learn to say, “Forgive me!” Today’s world, ravaged as it is by a throwaway culture, needs you!” This was...
[WATCH LIVE] Papal visit to Mexico: Holy Mass with representatives of the indigenous communities of Chiapas
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 15, 2016 at 9:45 am Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico, Feb 15, 2016 / 08:45 am (CNA).- Watch LIVE coverage of Pope Francis celebrating Holy Mass with representatives of the indigenous communities of Chiapas...
Pope Francis Arrives in Tuxtla Gutiérrez
News.va - Feb 15, 2016 at 9:41 am
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis arrived in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico on Monday, just before 09.00 local time (16.00 Rome time).
His Holiness was welcomed by the Archbishop of Tuxtla...
Judge Refuses to Stop California Law Forcing Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortion
LifeNews.com - Feb 15, 2016 at 9:33 am California pregnancy help centers and medical clinics will need to wait until the state finds them in violation of its new compelled speech law to challenge it in court, a federal...
Ted Cruz: I Will Filibuster Any Supreme Court Nomination President Obama Makes
LifeNews.com - Feb 15, 2016 at 9:12 am Following the death of pro-life Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will not take up a vote on a replacement for him until...
The Unlikely Prophet Jonah as a Model for Us in Lent
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 15, 2016 at 9:00 am When is the last time you read the little book of the prophet Jonah? It’s one of the most vivid short stories in the Old Testament, with many colorful and even humorous touches to...
Pope makes long-awaited visit to Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Feb 15, 2016 at 8:56 am After celebrating the first Mass of his papal trip to Mexico Feb. 13, the pope made his way to the "camarin" ("little room") behind the main altar of the basilica dedicated to...
40 Days for Life Prayer Campaign Saves 35 Babies From Abortion Already
LifeNews.com - Feb 15, 2016 at 8:46 am Mondays always bring good news during a 40 Days for Life campaign!
Every Monday, we report the number of babies who have been saved from abortion. Thus far in this campaign, local...
Abuse survivor on Vatican committee accuses Roman Curia of blocking reforms
Catholic Herald - Feb 15, 2016 at 8:40 am The Curia is blocking improvements in the handling of abuse cases, according to a member of the Vatican’s Commission for the Protection of Minors.
Marie Collins, who was abused...