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Cover sins with the blanket of mercy, Pope Francis tells priests
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 9, 2016 at 4:03 pm Vatican City, Feb 9, 2016 / 03:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis met with 650 of the 1,000 priests who've been chosen as Missionaries of Mercy, telling them to show the...
Mom Gives Birth to Quintuplets After Rejecting Suggestion to Abort Three of Her Unborn Babies
LifeNews.com - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:51 pm When Kim and Vaughn Tucci discovered they were pregnant last year, they hoped for a boy. Much to the Perth, Australia family’s surprise, however, they quickly learned that they...
Gallup diocese has spent $3.5 million in legal fees for bankruptcy
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:47 pm The Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico, has spent $3.5 milion in legal fees and associated costs during its bankruptcy proceedings.
The diocese, which filed for federal bankruptcy...
Ohio TV station misses the point: dead babies in the trash
LifeSiteNews - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:44 pm Dead babies in garbage dumps are still dead babies in garbage dumps -- no matter how many steps come between killing them in the first place and mixing them with trash, or how...
BREAKING: Kim Davis defeats ACLU attempt to force her to violate her conscience
LifeSiteNews - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:38 pm 'From the beginning we have said the ACLU is not interested in marriage licenses. They want Kim Davis' scalp,' said her attorney today.
Cardinal council wraps up prep work on new Vatican departments
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:33 pm Vatican City, Feb 9, 2016 / 02:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As Pope Francis' ongoing process of reform continues to move forward, his council of advisers have finished their proposals...
Canada’s palliative care so bad that patients may opt for euthanasia, experts warn
LifeSiteNews - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:17 pm Canada has a 'moral imperative' to fund palliative care, Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins told Parliament.
CM Hangout #18: Corporal and Spiritual Works of Divine Mercy for Moms
CatholicMom.com - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:15 pm This week on CatholicMom.com’s CM Hangout Podcast, co-hosts Erika Marie and Gina Felter welcome back our returning guests and CatholicMom.com contributors Michele Faehnle (“like...
Northern Ireland: Catholic bishops oppose move to allow abortion in cases of severe fetal defect
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:12 pm The Catholic bishops have issued a statement urging lawmakers to reject a proposal that would "permit the direct and intentional killing of unborn children with life-limiting ...
Christians boycott Iraqi parliament's 'peaceful coexistence' conference, saying talk produces no action
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:06 pm Iraqi Christians boycotted a conference on "the protection of peaceful coexistence," sponsored by the country's parliament, to protest the lack of effective action to protect ...
Revolution and Counterrevolution in France
Saint Louis Catholic - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:05 pm Sorry, but I can sympathize with a political movement that invokes St. Joan of Arc and irritates ISIS.
My Minivan Is My.....?
Commonweal - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:00 pm Last week Pope Francis presided over a Mass to mark the end of the Year for Consecrated Life. Robert Mickens reported here that the Holy Father also gave a short talk to men and...
Making mass murder personal: The Pakistani newspaper Dawn finds a way with '144 Stories'
GetReligion - Feb 9, 2016 at 3:00 pm
In the midst of humdrum life here and entranced as we were by Lady Gaga’s stirring rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner” at the opening of the Super Bowl, we often forget how...
Ben Carson: I’m Open to Being Donald Trump’s Vice-President
LifeNews.com - Feb 9, 2016 at 2:51 pm Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says in a new interview that he is possibly interested in becoming Donald Trump’s running mate should the businessman secure the GOP...
Mom and daughter, separated in 1933, reunite 80 years later
LifeSiteNews - Feb 9, 2016 at 2:43 pm Fifty years after first searching for her birth mother, a woman adopted as a baby finally had success, and she says the hard work is worth it.
Black pastors pray over ‘president-to-be’ Clinton right before she condemns pro-life bill
LifeSiteNews - Feb 9, 2016 at 2:43 pm 'We decree and declare from the crown of your head to the soles of your feet that the favor of the Lord will surround you like a shield, in Jesus's name,' the pastors said to the...
Ted Cruz: “I Am Unequivocally Pro-Life. Life is a Precious Gift From God”
LifeNews.com - Feb 9, 2016 at 2:19 pm In a recent interview, pro-life Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz expound on his pro-life views and said that pro-abortion Democrats use the issue of contraception to try...
Need a Lenten guide? ‘Rediscover Jesus’ a useful reflection
Catholic Hot Dish - Feb 9, 2016 at 2:06 pm With the onset of Lent, it is a good time to write about a little book (187 pages) by Matthew Kelly called “Rediscover Jesus.” St. Raphael’s parish in Crystal, where I went to...
Six Scripture Verses for the Mom Entrepreneur
CatholicMom.com - Feb 9, 2016 at 2:00 pm Image source: Deposit Photo. Licensed by author. Text added by author.
Hi, busy mom! I thought you could use some encouragement today as you go about your work. Whether you’re a...
WINE conference focuses on redemptive suffering, mercy
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Feb 9, 2016 at 1:54 pm “WINE is about coming together to do the will of God” with “a charisim of unity,” Kelly Wahlquist, WINE’s founder, said as she opened the Feb. 6 conference.
