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Day of the Dead remembers Mexico earthquake victims
Aleteia - Oct 30, 2017 at 8:14 pm This time of year is especially poignant for loved ones of many natural disastersThe year 2017 might go down as a record-breaker in many ways, with all the hurricanes, earthquakes...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 31/10/17
Catholic Herald - Oct 30, 2017 at 7:01 pm Cardinal Gerhard Müller has written a foreword to Rocco Buttiglione’s new defence of Amoris Laetitia (excerpt). Christians in Iraq’s Nineveh Plains are facing a ”renewed...
Letter to Tosatti: “I Fear We Are in the End Times”
OnePeterFive - Oct 30, 2017 at 6:59 pm Dear friends, enemies, and any other readers, this morning I thought I was going to have a day off. Then a message arrived from “Big Shot”, which, I must confess, truly took my...
The Pope: no to the “pastoral care of conservation” as if “custodians of museums”
Vatican Insider - Oct 30, 2017 at 6:38 pm In order to make the Kingdom of God grow, it is necessary to cast the Christian seed. To achieve this, the faithful need courage, not a “pastoral of conservation” that aims only...
Google Removes False Reviews Slandering Pro-Life Centers as “Fake Abortion Clinics”
LifeNews.com - Oct 30, 2017 at 6:11 pm The more abortion absolutists peddle the fiction that pro-life pregnancy centers and medical clinics are “fake abortion clinics” that lie to women, the more they’re finding—or...
Awesome Photo Shows Flowers Signaling New Life Outside Closed Abortion Center
LifeNews.com - Oct 30, 2017 at 6:05 pm A curious photo made the rounds of Facebook the other week. It depicted a multi-colored bouquet of flowers, propped up outside the door of the Hillcrest Women’s Medical Center....
“Holy” reflects a moment of conviction from Matt Maher
Aleteia - Oct 30, 2017 at 6:00 pm His latest album, 'Echoes,' explores the theme of human suffering.Matt Maher released “Holy” on his ninth full-length album, Echoes. The album was nearly complete when Maher’s...
Memento mori - How religious orders remember death
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 30, 2017 at 6:00 pm Denver, Colo., Oct 30, 2017 / 05:00 pm (CNA).- There’s an old Latin phrase that’s suddenly new again - at least in the realm of Catholic Twitter™.
The resurgence of the the Latin...
Pope says Christians’ greatest contribution to Europe must be re-focus on people, community
Aleteia - Oct 30, 2017 at 5:44 pm Positive role of religion has to play a part in this, he saysPope Francis on Saturday closed the “(Re)thinking Europe” conference organized by the Commission of the Bishops’...
Is “Outer Space” a Material, or Emptiness?
The Catholic Astronomer - Oct 30, 2017 at 5:43 pm Is there some substance or material out there that penetrates us and all other objects and binds the universe together? Or perhaps is there just a vast emptiness in between those...
What caused the Reformation? A Catholic explainer
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 30, 2017 at 5:36 pm Washington D.C., Oct 30, 2017 / 04:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- One fated Halloween, 500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg Castle in a dramatic...
Spokesman: Holy See disarmament conference not meant to be N Korea/US mediation
Aleteia - Oct 30, 2017 at 5:34 pm Pope says nuclear weapons are a threat that could lead to the “suicide of humanity.”The Vatican is not proposing to mediate in the crisis between the United States and North Korea...
Planned Parenthood Sex-Ed Program for 12-Year-Olds on Hold After Hundreds of Parents Protest
LifeNews.com - Oct 30, 2017 at 5:33 pm North Carolina parents expressed outrage this week after learning that the abortion chain Planned Parenthood was scheduled to teach sex education their middle school children....
5 Things you can say to help your child gain confidence
Aleteia - Oct 30, 2017 at 5:00 pm These simple expressions are crucial for character building ... with a few to avoid under any circumstances.Confidence is key for the healthy development of a child’s personality...
How about this religion angle? Jail nurse accused of trying to exorcize an inmate
GetReligion - Oct 30, 2017 at 4:57 pm
Just in time for Halloween, a jail nurse in Oklahoma is accused of trying an exorcism on a combative inmate.
Here in my home state of Oklahoma, a longtime investigative reporter...
Judge Blocks Alabama Law Prohibiting Abortion Clinics Near Schools
LifeNews.com - Oct 30, 2017 at 4:52 pm A federal judge blocked an Alabama law that would prohibit abortion facilities from doing business near schools.
The AP reports U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson permanently...
Amazing Photo Shows an Unborn Baby Carved Into a Pumpkin
LifeNews.com - Oct 30, 2017 at 4:30 pm The tradition of Halloween pumpkin carving brought out the creative side of one pro-life advocate.
Twitter user Fuzzy Chimp posted a photo of his unique carving on social media...
Reflection for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A: "Whoever Exalts Himself Will be Humbled."
Big C Catholics - Oct 30, 2017 at 4:18 pm Two things stand out in this Sunday’s Gospel account from Matthew. First, Jesus came to serve, not to be served. Second, God’s ways are not the ways of the world. These themes are...
Wisconsin Committee Passes Bill Banning University of Wisconsin Doctors From Doing Abortions
LifeNews.com - Oct 30, 2017 at 4:16 pm Doctors at the taxpayer-funded University of Wisconsin would no longer be allowed to abort unborn babies as part of their university jobs if a new bill passes the state...
Government in Scotland OKs Dangerous Do-It-Yourself Abortions at Home Without a Doctor
LifeNews.com - Oct 30, 2017 at 4:01 pm The Scottish government recently expanded dangerous abortion drugs for at-home use, a move that pro-life advocates are calling dangerous and irresponsible.
Dr. Catherine...