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Child protection at top of Pope Francis' priority list
News.va - Feb 6, 2015 at 10:26 am (Vatican Radio) Child protection experts from five continents began talks in the Vatican on Friday at the first full meeting of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of...
Indian government apologizes for denying visas to Vatican officials
News.va - Feb 6, 2015 at 10:25 am The Indian government has apologized to a top Catholic Church official in the country for refusing visas to two Vatican officials traveling to address a meeting of the India’s...
Anthem data security breach and you
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 6, 2015 at 10:15 am The other night I got an email from the vampire-like health insurance company Anthem telling me that (in exchange for the large amount of money I pay them every month) they were...
Equality: It’s Medicine, Not Food
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Feb 6, 2015 at 10:10 am In which we look at the mistake about equality our culture makes, over at the Register.
Meatless Friday: Not Your Mother’s Tuna Casserole
CatholicMom.com - Feb 6, 2015 at 10:00 am
My mother made tuna casserole for Fridays during Lent all the time. When I grew up, I found a delicious recipe that I have tweaked over the years to make it healthier. When my...
Members of Irish Parliament Call Severely Disabled Babies “Corpses” and “Abnormal”
LifeNews.com - Feb 6, 2015 at 9:56 am The Pro Life Campaign is today criticising the language used by some politicians in the Oireachtas, when describing unborn babies with life-limiting conditions, during the debate...
Governor vetoes bid to bar New Jersey Catholic cemeteries from selling headstones, but backs eventual passage
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 6, 2015 at 9:55 am Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey has vetoed a bill that would have blocked Catholic cemeteries from selling gravestones. But the governor indicated that he would support the...
INDIA: Catholic prelates and priests denied entry visas
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Feb 6, 2015 at 9:49 am This is interesting, from Outlook India:
Catholic Priests From Vatican Denied Indian Visa
This comes in the wake of growing attacks on churches in the national capital.
The Indian...
Christian martyrs are suffering today, Pope reminds congregation
Catholic Culture - World News - Feb 6, 2015 at 9:37 am Christian martyrdom is not a thing of the past but a current reality, Pope Francis reminded his congregation at daily Mass on February 6.
The Pope called attention to "the...
Pope: modern martyrs massacred by 'corrupt people who hate Jesus'
EWTN - Vatican News - Feb 6, 2015 at 9:35 am Vatican City, Feb 6, 2015 / 09:55 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In his homily on Friday Pope Francis said that he is moved whenever he
thinks of the many Christians killed for their faith...
Canada Strikes Down Ban on Assisted Suicide, Says it Violates the Right to Life
LifeNews.com - Feb 6, 2015 at 9:31 am The Canadian Supreme Court has struck down Canada’s ban on assisted suicide, saying it violates the right to life of terminally ill people.
The Supreme Court of Canada released...
The Brian Williams debacle: 3 things he did wrong in that apology
The Deacon's Bench - Feb 6, 2015 at 9:24 am That whopper the NBC News anchor told on the air a few days back was bad enough. But Brian Williams didn’t help matters with the unconvincing apology that followed. The text: On...
Clergy appointments for Feb. 6
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Feb 6, 2015 at 9:20 am Rev. Brian E. Hecktor, on medical leave, is appointed associate pastor of St. Clare of Assisi Parish in Ellisville, effective Feb. 16, 2015.
Rev. Lijo S. Kallarackal, associate...
Talking about men!
Feminine Genius - Feb 6, 2015 at 9:09 am For twenty years, I've stuck to the topic of authentic femininity, but I've branched out a little. This fine group asked for an interview, and the old girl had a few thoughts...
Why Blogs Must Expose the Goings-on in Rome
Rorate Coeli - Feb 6, 2015 at 9:00 am In an interview published November 5, 2014 (and reproduced in full at Rorate), Archbishop Schneider said, apropos the infamous interim report or Relatio ante disceptationem of the...
Wife Tells Father of Newborn Son With Down Syndrome to Get Rid of Him or Get a Divorce
LifeNews.com - Feb 6, 2015 at 8:56 am Samuel Forrest was excited to be a new dad and was pacing the halls of the hospital outside his wife’s hospital room when he heard his newborn son cry for the first time. But when...
Pope: modern martyrs massacred by 'corrupt people who hate Jesus'
Catholic News Agency - General - Feb 6, 2015 at 8:55 am Vatican City, Feb 6, 2015 / 07:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his homily on Friday Pope Francis said that he is moved whenever he thinks of the many Christians killed for their faith...
Consistory on 14 February and courtesy visits to the new cardinals
News.va - Feb 6, 2015 at 8:49 am
Vatican City, 6 February 2015 (VIS) – On Saturday 14 February in St. Peter's Basilica, the Holy Father will preside at an Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new...
BREAKING: Canada’s top court rules doctors can help kill patients; overturns assisted suicide law
LifeSiteNews - Feb 6, 2015 at 8:45 am The high court has overturned Canada's prohibition of assisted suicide, giving Parliament twelve months to draft a new law.
Francis thanks Italian Prefects for their reception of migrants
Vatican Insider - Feb 6, 2015 at 8:42 am
