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Lourdes residents declared ‘Reserve Champions’ at the Royal Show
The Catholic Leader - May 4, 2015 at 6:23 pm There were some proud winners at this year’s Royal Show, with residents from Lourdes Home for the Aged taking home an impressive selection of prizes, including the Reserve...
World’s Most Premature Twins Born at 22 Weeks Defy the Odds, Turn 9 Years Old
LifeNews.com - May 4, 2015 at 6:15 pm Premature twin babies born at 22 weeks weighing 500g and 560g respectively just celebrated their ninth birthday. Hunter Ryan Ridley and Darcy Louise Ridley were born on April 24,...
Prayer Requests
Catholic and Enjoying It! - May 4, 2015 at 5:36 pm Please pray for a friend of mine who is grappling with depression.
Also, a reader writes:
Friends, I have a very desperate guest, she is heroin addicted prostitute that is very...
New York Bill Allows Starving Patients to Death Without Their Consent
LifeNews.com - May 4, 2015 at 5:32 pm While the battle rages over assisted suicide, many forget that in 1990, the United States Supreme Court allowed involuntary euthanasia by dehydration and starvation.
First, by...
Abercrombie & Fitch to dial backs the sexuality in its ads
LifeSiteNews - May 4, 2015 at 5:20 pm “The things they were doing to create buzz weren’t working anymore,” Brand Keys’ President Robert Passikoff said. “Shirtless models are so five years ago.”
‘Brain dead’ woman kept alive 54 days to give birth to healthy baby boy
LifeSiteNews - May 4, 2015 at 5:09 pm "Karla's baby was fine, but its gestational age was too young to consider delivery."
Want to help families? Evangelize them, Pope says
Catholic News Agency - General - May 4, 2015 at 5:07 pm Vatican City, May 4, 2015 / 04:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Speaking to the bishops from the Republic of the Congo on Monday, Pope Francis encouraged them in their ministry to families...
ASK FATHER: Is divorce a sin? Should I confront priest who said it isn’t?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 4, 2015 at 5:02 pm From a reader…
A local, newly Ordained, Priest has told my wife that it is NOT a sin to divorce me so long as she does not remarry. I believe that it is a sin to divorce since...
Drug abuse epidemic
The Catholic Leader - May 4, 2015 at 5:00 pm Why do an estimated 1.3 million Australians use the drug ice? And why does Australia have one of the highest rates of drug abuse in the world, asks Good Samaritan Sister Clare...
Harvard Student Regrets Her Abortion: “On the Inside the Screaming Hasn’t Stopped”
LifeNews.com - May 4, 2015 at 5:00 pm In a recent article in The Harvard Crimson, a student shared her story of having an abortion after her boyfriend broke up with her. She writes, “All I desperately wanted was to...
Iowa GOP rep: ‘Nothing worse’ than homeschoolers telling us how to vote
LifeSiteNews - May 4, 2015 at 4:23 pm 'Which Ankeny school are your kids part of?'
Vietnam: bishops fear new legislation would heighten restrictions on religion
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2015 at 4:13 pm Catholic bishops in Vietnam fear that new proposed legislation on "faith and religion" is designed to "profoundly interfere with religious affairs," the AsiaNews service reports....
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring Sides With Abortion Industry, Puts Women’s Lives at Risk
LifeNews.com - May 4, 2015 at 4:09 pm In arguably the least surprising legal opinion of 2015, pro-abortion Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) issued an opinion today that adopts the abortion industry’s...
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: Supper For The Promotion of Clericalism
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - May 4, 2015 at 4:06 pm It’s spring, and time for a Supper For The Promotion of Clericalism, in other words, no lay people allowed. I am in favor of clericalism… the way I define it. HERE
In less...
There is Never Enough Blood to Satisfy the Enemies of the Church
Saint Louis Catholic - May 4, 2015 at 3:55 pm The group SNAP, which uses the sex abuse scandals in the Church as the cudgel for promoting itself and its own agenda, has moved into the truly Orwellian today. Not content with...
International Criminal Court should step up against ISIS, report advises
Catholic News Agency - General - May 4, 2015 at 3:52 pm Washington D.C., May 4, 2015 / 02:52 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The atrocities committed by the Islamic State require a strong global response, including action by the International...
Pope joins in salute to Dante on 750th birthday
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2015 at 3:47 pm Pope Francis saluted Dante as "one of the most illustrious figures of all humanity," as the Italian Senate honored the poet on the 750th anniversary of his birth.
In his message,...
Seattle Times scores a winner in piece on Christian health-share ministries
GetReligion - May 4, 2015 at 3:45 pm
There aren’t many religion writers in the Pacific Northwest these days and that's a shame.
For example, The Seattle Times apparently hasn’t had one since Janet Tu left the beat...
Pope asks bishops of Congo to emphasize training of priests, aid to needy dioceses
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2015 at 3:43 pm limina visits to Rome, Pope Francis put a high priority on the proper formation of priests, aid to dioceses that lack financial resources, and reconciliation in a society still...
Parents Share Powerful Photos Proving the Humanity of Unborn Babies
LifeNews.com - May 4, 2015 at 3:39 pm (LiveActionNews) — Viewers expressed shock, sadness, and outrage after watching Live Action’s “What is Human?” undercover video, which details horrors within America’s late-term...
