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Cardinal announces furniture design contest for papal visit
The Deacon's Bench - Apr 28, 2015 at 1:27 pm The press release, from the Catholic University of America website: The leaders of the Archdiocese of Washington, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception...
High-level tweeting: Study confirms pope’s Twitter influence
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 28, 2015 at 1:22 pm VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis tweets, the world listens.
Pope Francis poses for a selfie with a mother and her child during his meeting with members of the Italian Adult...
Fleeting peace as Baltimore pays final respects to Freddie Gray
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 28, 2015 at 1:16 pm For four hours April 27, Freddie Gray Jr. was patiently and prayerfully memorialized.
That peace, however, was extremely fragile.
Final Declaration on Workshop on climate change
News.va - Apr 28, 2015 at 12:55 pm (Vatican Radio) World leaders meeting at the Vatican for a conference on climate change have issued a final statement, declaring that “human-induced climate change is a scientific...
ISIS Terrorists Rape and Impregnate Girls as Young as 9, Force Them to Have Abortions
LifeNews.com - Apr 28, 2015 at 12:47 pm In the Middle East, doctors are doing illegal abortions on girls as young as nine who were kidnapped and raped by ISIS fighters. The Mirror Online reports that the children are...
Lawsuit forces Alberta university to apologize two years after locking up pro-life advocate
LifeSiteNews - Apr 28, 2015 at 12:43 pm Lawyer John Carpay applauded Mount Royal University for upholding freedom of expression, but said they should have done so from the beginning.
Got a Drought in Your Life?
CatholicMom.com - Apr 28, 2015 at 12:30 pm
Author: Anthony Artusa NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Climate Prediction Center
Drought is an extended period when a region receives a deficiency in its water supply. In other words, no rain. A...
This 9-year-old Chilean boy was called an ‘unviable fetus.’ Now his mom’s calling out their country’s abortion pushers.
LifeSiteNews - Apr 28, 2015 at 12:21 pm ‘You have an unviable fetus here. I want you to look at him, please. Look at what an unviable fetus means.’
Pope: Christians should kneel before the poor
News.va - Apr 28, 2015 at 12:20 pm
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said on Tuesday that poverty is the great teaching Jesus gave us and we can find his face among the poor and needy. Stressing that the poor are not...
Irish Woman Acquitted of Helping Her Friend Kill Herself in an Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com - Apr 28, 2015 at 12:15 pm An Irish woman has been acquitted of attempting to assist her friend to take her own life by helping her travel to a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland.
43-year-old Gail O’Rorke,...
Looking for pastors on Baltimore front lines and, back at church, on their knees
GetReligion - Apr 28, 2015 at 12:10 pm As you would imagine, I am receiving quite a few emails from friends and readers who are asking variations on this question: What is going on in Baltimore?
A few personal comments...
‘Keep the money, Uncle Sam’: Education, liberty and federal dollars
LifeSiteNews - Apr 28, 2015 at 12:04 pm Wyoming Catholic College joins a small cadre of colleges including Hillsdale, Christendom, Grove City, and New St. Andrews, who refuse federal funding because of concerns over the...
52% of Dutch euthanasia doctors say they would kill patient with dementia
LifeSiteNews - Apr 28, 2015 at 11:58 am The survey found that 22 doctors had already euthanized patients with dementia.
After Mom’s Baby Cut Out of Her Womb, Colorado Democrats Vote Against Unborn Victims Bill
LifeNews.com - Apr 28, 2015 at 11:41 am The Colorado state Senate today passed a bill that would provide justice for unborn children who are killed or injured in violent crimes against their mother. The chamber approved...
Pope Francis’ US envoy rebuffed gay campaign for him to back out of March for Marriage
LifeSiteNews - Apr 28, 2015 at 11:39 am The Human Rights Campaign claimed Archbishop Vigano would 'further politicize differences' between the US and the Vatican by supporting Church teaching on marriage.
10,000 PEOPLE FAIL TO RIOT IN BALTIMORE!!!!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Apr 28, 2015 at 11:31 am You know that feeling you have when the press overlooks the 50 zillion peaceful prolifers on the mall in DC and focuses on the “Kill Obama!!!” kooks or the Westboro Baptist nuts...
Why is This Woman Holding a Biohazard Bag as a Mom is Hospitalized After a Botched Abortion?
LifeNews.com - Apr 28, 2015 at 11:16 am Pro-life activists with Sidewalk Advocates for Life of Spokane shot video footage as an ambulance loaded a patient at the Indiana Health Center of Planned Parenthood abortion...
Then Comes Baby: A Conversation with Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak
CatholicMom.com - Apr 28, 2015 at 11:00 am
Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak, image used with permission
I think I’ve only met Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak once or twice “in real life”, but when I received a review copy of their...
Opus Sectile work in the Holy Land - Does anyone have any information about these patterns?
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 28, 2015 at 11:00 am I was contacted by an archeologist who is on site in Jerusalem, who wondered if I knew anything of the origins of two opus sectile floor patterns that appear in the Church of the...
We will remove ‘barriers’ to abortion if we win May 4 election: PEI’s Liberal Premier
LifeSiteNews - Apr 28, 2015 at 10:58 am The province has faced a barrage of pro-abortion activism because it does not offer abortions on-island.
