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Democrats’ New Bill Would Overturn Trump Order and Force Christians to Pay for Abortion Drugs
LifeNews.com - Oct 20, 2017 at 8:28 am Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), along with 35 of her Democratic colleagues in the Senate, introduced a bill Thursday that would repeal the Trump Administration’s recent broadening of...
After the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, can Malta’s reputation ever recover?
Catholic Herald - Oct 20, 2017 at 8:22 am It has been an utterly terrible week for democracy, justice, transparency, freedom of speech and the fight against corruption. I am, of course, referring to the murder of Daphne...
Chelsea Handler Will End Her Show to Become an Abortion Activist
LifeNews.com - Oct 20, 2017 at 8:11 am Comedian Chelsea Handler has ended her Netflix series in order to become more politically active. Handler said on Twitter that she has teamed up with EMILY’s List, an organization...
Here’s how to be the most polite person in the digital world
Aleteia - Oct 20, 2017 at 8:00 am These 4 practices show respect and make the world a better place.I recently wrote about “How to have a healthier relationship with your smartphone,” doling out tips on how you can...
In 2,500 words on abusive psycho-spiritual group, New York Times buries crucial four-letter wordd
GetReligion - Oct 20, 2017 at 8:00 am Anyone who has followed the history of new religious movements in the United States and elsewhere knows that, since the 1970s, the word "cult" is one four-letter word newspapers...
Dawn Mission Extended at Ceres a Second Time
The Catholic Astronomer - Oct 20, 2017 at 7:55 am
NASA has authorized a second extension of the Dawn mission at Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. During this extension, the spacecraft will...
Those Pesky Privileges
Commonweal - Oct 20, 2017 at 7:37 am Those Pesky Privileges
By Matthew BoudwayOctober 20, 2017
In a brief commentary at the Catholic Thing, Fr. Gerald E. Murray rebukes Cathleen Kaveny and Fr. Anthony Spadaro, S. J...
Homemade Pizza
CatholicMom.com - Oct 20, 2017 at 7:30 am
Homemade pizza is one of the easiest things to make, and if you make your own, you can make it just the way you like it.
The crust is pretty important to me. There’s nothing...
St Nicholas Upgraded in Italy
New Liturgical Movement - Oct 20, 2017 at 7:30 am I recently learned that last year, the Congregation for Divine Worship approved a request of the Italian Bishops’ Conference to make the memorial of St Nicholas obligatory in...
Daily Reading for Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 20, 2017 at 7:27 am Reading 1, Romans 5:12, 15, 17-19, 20-21
12 Well then; it was through one man that sin came into the world, and through sin death, and thus death has ...
Daily Reading for Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 20, 2017 at 7:27 am Reading 1, Romans 6:12-18
12 That is why you must not allow sin to reign over your mortal bodies and make you obey their desires;
13 or give any ...
Never again get stuck without the 2017 Ordo!
Rorate Coeli - Oct 20, 2017 at 7:23 am Our friends at Romanitas Press have just produced a trial version of their mobile Android app of the 2017 Ordo for the traditional Roman Missal and Breviary (1962) — and it's only...
Pope offers prayers after murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Catholic Herald - Oct 20, 2017 at 7:12 am Pope Francis has sent a letter of condolences to Malta following the car bomb slaying of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. In a highly unusual gesture from the pope...
Burma's cardinal: 'The Pope will come to heal the wounds of the country'
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 20, 2017 at 7:01 am Yangon, Burma, Oct 20, 2017 / 06:01 am (CNA).- Pope Francis’ trip to Burma will help heal the wounds of his country, especially for minorities under attack, the nation's sole...
Daily Reading for Monday, October 23rd, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 20, 2017 at 6:46 am Reading 1, Romans 4:20-25
20 Counting on the promise of God, he did not doubt or disbelieve, but drew strength from faith and gave glory to God,
21 ...
Daily Reading for Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Oct 20, 2017 at 6:35 am Reading 1, Isaiah 45:1, 4-6
1 Thus says Yahweh to his anointed one, to Cyrus whom, he says, I have grasped by his right hand, to make the nations bow ...
Pope’s pro-life challenge: Respect all life, oppose death penalty
Franciscan Media - Oct 20, 2017 at 6:33 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ recent statement that the death penalty is incompatible with the Gospel focused less on a government’s role in protecting its people and more on...
No Unemployment Benefits Where Religious Objections Leading To Resignation Were Not Disclosed
The Religion Clause - Oct 20, 2017 at 6:05 am In Kelly v. Unemployment Compensation Review Board, (Commonwealth Ct. PA, Oct. 17, 2017), a Pennsylvania appellate court affirmed the denial of unemployment compensation benefits...
The Art of Virtuous Listening
CatholicMom.com - Oct 20, 2017 at 6:00 am Via Pixabay (2013), CC0 Public Domain. Text added in Picmonkey.
Listening – the Virtue
“Why did God make you? God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world...
Quebec Enacts New Religious Neutrality Law
The Religion Clause - Oct 20, 2017 at 6:00 am In Canada in Wednesday, Quebec's National Assembly passed Bill 62 (full text) which is designed to assure that those providing government services, including subsidized...
