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The Four Holy Crowned Martyrs (Quattuor Coronati)
Big C Catholics - Nov 7, 2017 at 1:27 pm The history of these holy martyrs, also referred to as the Quattuor Coronati, is very confusing. The Roman Martyrology has this: "At Rome on the Via Lavicana the day of the death...
Blessed John Duns Scotus, Franciscan, Theologian of the Immaculate Conception
Big C Catholics - Nov 7, 2017 at 1:06 pm November 8th, is the optional memorial of Blessed John Duns Scotus, (c. 1266 – 1308) a 13th century, Franciscan Priest and theologian, who, alongside Saint Bonaventure, is the...
Vatican to host nuclear disarmament conference
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 7, 2017 at 12:52 pm Vatican City, Nov 7, 2017 / 11:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican is preparing for a conference on nuclear disarmament this week in the wake of an international effort to ban...
Possible ISIS plot foiled: 10 arrested in French and Swiss raids
Aleteia - Nov 7, 2017 at 12:39 pm A Colombian woman and a Swiss man are among those apprehendedPolice arrested 10 people accused of using encrypted social networks to prepare a possible terrorist attack in France...
South Dakota Initiative to Legalize Assisted Suicide Fails to Qualify for Ballot
LifeNews.com - Nov 7, 2017 at 12:29 pm Great News: The assisted suicide lobby failed to collect 13,781, the number of signatures that were needed to get assisted suicide on the ballot in 2018. This is a great victory...
Toronto cardinal urges Parliament to keep religious provisions in place
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 7, 2017 at 12:26 pm Parliament would be sending a "disturbing message" to Canada's religious community if it eliminates a law that currently makes it an offense to disrupt a religious service,...
100 years later, the Lessons of the October Revolution
Rorate Coeli - Nov 7, 2017 at 12:25 pm Hill of Crosses, Šiauliai, Lithuania
In the post-Christian West, this is seen over and over again: in the end of the 20th century, and first decades of the new one, the same...
Book says nuns found John Paul I dead, could help on path to sainthood
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 7, 2017 at 12:16 pm Two women may hold the key to clearing up questions still surrounding the death of Pope John Paul I and to overcoming the first hurdle on his path to canonization.
Pediatricians blast new app giving 12-year-olds access to abortion-inducing drugs without parents
LifeSiteNews - Nov 7, 2017 at 12:10 pm The new app is being dubbed 'Uber for birth control.'
3 Motivational Quotes (that are hogwash)
CatholicMom.com - Nov 7, 2017 at 12:00 pm Everyone loves a good motivational quote. These little bite-sized mantras have the power to refocus our attention and push us to achieve before unreachable goals. I’ve got one...
Puerto Rican students offered free tuition from Catholic University
Aleteia - Nov 7, 2017 at 12:00 pm University president cites inspiration of Pope Francis and Catholic bishops.Puerto Rican students attending Catholic University of America, in Washington, DC, will have one less...
Liberal politician: It’s ‘super-cruel’ to tell parents what kids are learning on LGBT at school
LifeSiteNews - Nov 7, 2017 at 11:59 am The premier of Alberta is waging an open attack on anyone who disagrees with the sexualization of children.
Doc Who Killed Depressed Woman in Euthanasia and Didn’t Tell Family Until Next Day Won’t be Prosecuted
LifeNews.com - Nov 7, 2017 at 11:46 am In Belgium, Alliance Defending Freedom filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of Tom Mortier, who is challenging Belgium’s laws that allow...
Books highlight papal advice on ministry, diaconate as ‘vocation of joy’
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 7, 2017 at 11:42 am During his first chrism Mass as pope, March 28, 2013, Pope Francis used the phrase “with the smell of the sheep” for the first time in his pontificate.
“With the Smell of the...
Former Abortionist Looked at the “Pile of Body Parts” of an Aborted Baby and Never Did an Abortion Again
LifeNews.com - Nov 7, 2017 at 11:24 am Former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino shared his powerful conversion story with a Texas judge Monday during a court hearing about a state dismemberment abortion ban.
Levatino...
Veering to the dark side: What role did religion play in Devin Patrick Kelley's fatal family feud?
GetReligion - Nov 7, 2017 at 11:22 am Yes, this is another GetReligion post about the contents of the original Facebook page that belonged to Devin Patrick Kelley, as opposed to some of the doctored material being...
Irish nun wins humanitarian award, will give money to South Sudan health clinic
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 7, 2017 at 11:15 am DUBLIN — An Irish missionary sister said she will use prize money raised by schoolchildren to help buy medicine for the Loreto Sisters’ health clinic in South Sudan, where 10...
Abortion Business Caught Illegally Dumping the Bodies of Aborted Babies Now Trying to Expand
LifeNews.com - Nov 7, 2017 at 11:09 am In a climate when other abortion facilities are cutting back, Whole Woman’s Health is attempting to expand.
Whole Women’s Health (WWH), which currently operates a chain of eight...
CD of ADVENT music by the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 7, 2017 at 11:08 am
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First, even as Advent draws nearer and nearer, fix it in your mind to do your online shopping using my search box on the side bar! Time flies. I like to get my shopping...
Keep adoption tax credit
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Nov 7, 2017 at 11:05 am When it comes to promoting and practicing the pro-life cause, adoption has to be at the top of the chart. What better way is there to foster the dignity of human life than to open...