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Cardinal Leonardo Sandri: Signs of Light in the Churches of Iraq
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 5, 2015 at 10:45 am Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, concluded his visit to Iraq with a meeting with the bishops of the country with the entities that...
70 Years after Dachau: A Concentration Camp for Jews and Priests
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 5, 2015 at 10:31 am “Especially for young people, it is important to understand what made the Holocaust—this transgression of civilization—possible,” said the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The...
Watch the Amazing Thing This Woman Does to Save a Baby From Abortion
LifeNews.com - May 5, 2015 at 10:11 am What would you say if you confronted a pregnant woman outside an abortion facility who was heading inside to abort her baby? One mother who took the life of her own unborn child...
New issue, new stories
Commonweal - May 5, 2015 at 10:11 am If you haven't already noticed, there is a new story from E.J. Dionne Jr. on the homepage and the May 15 issue is up on the website. Here are some of the highlights:
Jo McGowan...
U.S. Bishops’ Leader Says Catholic Schools ‘Exist to Proclaim Good News of Jesus Christ’
Catholic Education Daily - May 5, 2015 at 10:06 am The very purpose of Catholic schools is to witness to Christ, said Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, this week in...
Pope’s doctrine head: We can’t adapt doctrine to suit secularists or ‘superficial’ Christians
LifeSiteNews - May 5, 2015 at 9:41 am ‘As Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith I have to present the doctrine of the Church,’ says Cardinal Muller. ‘The Church cannot change the sacramentality of...
Gay Teacher Who Lost Job at Catholic School Does the Unthinkable
Creative Minority Report - May 5, 2015 at 9:36 am A teacher at a Catholic school whose contract was not renewed after it was learned he was engaged to a man did something amazing...he got another job. Wait, I thought the Catholic...
Our Lady's University Offers Tender Tribute to Mothers
CatholicMom.com - May 5, 2015 at 9:32 am
Lisa Hendey with son Eric and Greg and with son Adam at the University of Notre Dame.
One of the best gifts my parents gave me was my education, and particularly the opportunity...
50% of Ohio Abortion Clinics Have Shut Down Since 2011, Abortions at Historic Lows
LifeNews.com - May 5, 2015 at 9:15 am Last September, LifeNews.com reported that the number of abortions in Ohio have hit historic lows, as thanks to the work of pro-life laws that have resulted in shutting down...
Statue of Mary Vandalized, Voodoo Message Left
Creative Minority Report - May 5, 2015 at 9:09 am Mass attendees at a parish near the University of Oklahoma were stunned and saddened to discover that a statue of the Virgin Mary has been vandalized with black spray paint and...
Santorum ‘misinterpreted’ by media outlets claiming he said Bruce Jenner ‘is a woman’
LifeSiteNews - May 5, 2015 at 9:04 am 'I am not going argue with him [Bruce Jenner] as to whether he is a man or a woman. He is obviously biologically male and that cannot change.'
'The Avengers' and Friedrich Nietzsche
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 5, 2015 at 8:57 am C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and their colleagues in the Inklings wanted to write fiction that would effectively “evangelize the imagination,” accustoming the...
Events announced for Jubilee of Mercy, including one for deacons
The Deacon's Bench - May 5, 2015 at 8:55 am Save the date: May 29, 2016. From the Holy See press office: “Some events are being organised which most likely will involve large crowds of people. We wanted the first event,...
البابا فرنسيس: الضيقات تجعلنا نتألّم لكن الاتكال على الرب يمنحنا الرجاء الذي منه يأتينا السلام!
Vatican Insider - May 5, 2015 at 8:53 amMore People Died in Assisted Suicides After Media Sensationalized Brittany Maynard’s Death
LifeNews.com - May 5, 2015 at 8:46 am After the media and euthanasia groups sensationalized Brittany Maynard’s decision to kill herself in an assisted suicide, a report shows the number of people in Oregon who also...
Pope's Morning Homily: To Bear Tribulations With Faith is Not Masochistic
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 5, 2015 at 8:45 am Christians are not masochistic, but rather trust in God when difficulties arise. These were the words of Pope Francis during his homily at Casa Santa Marta this morning....
Coming to a church near you: “Missionaries of Mercy” for the Year of Mercy
The Deacon's Bench - May 5, 2015 at 8:37 am The full text of the papal bull announcing the Jubilee of Mercy was published several days ago, and is now available on the Jubilee of Mercy website. There are a number of...
Supported by the Saints
CatholicMom.com - May 5, 2015 at 8:30 am
Do you ever have those moments where you feel like there is someone or even a group of people helping you get through a certain phase of life? The past 6 months have been a...
Pope Francis suggests Divine Comedy as vital reading for Year of Mercy
Catholic Herald - May 5, 2015 at 8:24 am Dante’s Divine Comedy is more than a literary masterpiece, it is an invitation “to rediscover the lost or obscured meaning of our human path and to hope to see again the glowing...
