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UN rights chief tells Catholic countries to legalize abortion over Zika virus: bishops and cardinal react
LifeSiteNews - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:38 am Instead of focusing on eradicating the Zika virus, the UN is pushing to eradicate people — the preborn — who may be infected by it.
Hillary Clinton reveals her ‘litmus test’ for Supreme Court picks
LifeSiteNews - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:36 am 'I do have a litmus test,' the Democratic presidential hopeful says.
On Italy’s Family Day, the Catholic Majority spoke
LifeSiteNews - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:30 am The Italy of Family Day is ready to denounce false leaders, with the same force it continues to combat its real enemies.
Making it illegal to differentiate between male and female
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:25 am One of these days horrible things will start happening because of the blurring of sex and the because of the sick and twisted “gender” re-engineering that is going. We are...
Relics of Capuchin confessors taken to St Peter's Basilica
News.va - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:16 am (Vatican Radio) The relics of St. Pius of Pietralcina – Padre Pio, as he is popularly known around the world – and St. Leopold Mandic, made their way on Friday afternoon from the...
Pope and Patriarch's encounter is 'sign of hope' for all Christians
News.va - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:16 am (Vatican Radio) The Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church announced on Friday that Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill will hold a historic first encounter in Cuba on February...
Abortion Increases Risk of Premature Birth for Next Baby Analysis of 36 Studies Finds
LifeNews.com - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:00 am A new study shows that surgical abortion can increase the risk of premature birth in future pregnancy.
The study was performed by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University and...
Of Catholics, RNS and Zika virus: Questions of original reporting
GetReligion - Feb 5, 2016 at 11:00 am Like mosquitos that carry the disease, a story by the Religion News Service buzzes with Catholic concerns over how to address the Zika outbreak currently coursing through Latin...
Francis to visit northern and southern migrant crossings on visit to Mexico
Vatican Insider - Feb 5, 2016 at 10:55 am The Pope’s trip to Mexico (12-18 February) is to include visits to Chiapas, and specifically San Cristobal de Las Casas in the south of the country on Monday 15 February and...
“Comedian” Lizz Winstead Mocks Pro-Life People, Calls Pro-Life Lawmaker “Senator Vaginal Probe”
LifeNews.com - Feb 5, 2016 at 10:54 am It’s a wonder groundhogs don’t stay underground forever, with abortion activists creating a climate that’s anything but temperate.
On Tuesday, comedian Lizz Winstead wrote a piece...
The Rabbi and the two pockets
Commonweal - Feb 5, 2016 at 10:50 am At Tuesday's town forum, Rabbi Spira-Savit, in asking Clinton a question, quoted what turns out to be a Hasidic story of two notes, one in each pocket: "How do you cultivate the...
Pope Francis, Patriarch Kirill and the God of Surprises
USCCB Media Blog - Feb 5, 2016 at 10:45 am By Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski
Once again Pope Francis reminds us that we worship the God of surprises. The news today that he will meet with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in Cuba,...
Pope Francis: creation focus of Feb prayer intention video
News.va - Feb 5, 2016 at 10:41 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is asking people around the world to pray during the month of February for an increase of attention to and care for our common home. The Holy Father...
Boyfriend beat woman until she miscarried after she refused abortion
LifeSiteNews - Feb 5, 2016 at 10:33 am The boyfriend will not be charged with murder, nor even with manslaughter.
Christie and Bush attack Cruz, Rubio for being too pro-life
LifeSiteNews - Feb 5, 2016 at 10:33 am Said New Jersey governor Christie, 'I'm pro-life, but I believe that rape, incest, and life of the mother – as Ronald Reagan did – should be exceptions to that rule.'
From gangs to God: In Ciudad Juarez, youth express hopes for papal visit
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Feb 5, 2016 at 10:32 am CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Esteban Alanis, 23, once ran with a local gang known as “Los Parqueros,” which would accost people for their cash and cellphones in a working-class...
Woman’s Husband Dies Suddenly While Driving Her to Deliver Their Baby at the Hospital
LifeNews.com - Feb 5, 2016 at 10:26 am A heartbreaking tragedy occurred in Bellvue, Colorado, on Jan. 17 when Jill Schmucker went into labor with her third child. On their way to the hospital, Schmucker’s husband died...
Appeals court: Watching porn in public is not a constitutional right
LifeSiteNews - Feb 5, 2016 at 10:25 am A college student, after being fined $295 for watching pornography in a school library, alleged that porn in public is a constitutional right.
Pope Francis welcomes Zambian President in the Vatican
News.va - Feb 5, 2016 at 10:10 am The Holy Father, Pope Francis has met Zambia’s Republican President, Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu Friday morning in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace.
The Zambian President, Mr. Lungu...
