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Is the Liturgy an End or a Means? Further Considerations
New Liturgical Movement - Feb 2, 2015 at 9:00 am After seeing the post “A Fundamental Misunderstanding of the Nature of the Catholic Liturgy,” a reader wrote to me about her experiences in a certain religious community that...
Planned Parenthood Funds Its Own Study Claiming Abortion is Safe for Women
LifeNews.com - Feb 2, 2015 at 8:37 am Since Planned Parenthood claims that abortion is one of the safest medical procedures around, it comes as no surprise that their studies report low abortion complication rates. In...
Have a question? Jesus is the answer
The Reason for Our Hope - Feb 2, 2015 at 8:36 am It happened again. Just when I think I’ve heard all the questions students will ask, a new one will catch me off guard. That happened the other day in the course of a school visit...
Leonie Martin: A Symbol of Hope for the Family
CatholicMom.com - Feb 2, 2015 at 8:30 am
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Last week in France the bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux officially opened the cause of beatification of Leonie Martin, St. Therese of Liseux’s older...
Cousins Worried About Being Separated Kill Themselves Together in Joint Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com - Feb 2, 2015 at 8:28 am Two elderly cousins, who worried about being separated, have flown to Switzerland where they were made dead while holding hands.
From the Telegraph story:
Stuart Henderson, 86,...
Saint Joan de Lestonnac
Communio - Feb 2, 2015 at 8:22 am You know you are in the digital age when you learn about a saint that has an interesting place in people’s lives. This morning I learned of one of today’s liturgical memorials: St...
This is Progress, Right?
Creative Minority Report - Feb 2, 2015 at 8:01 am A Mennonite couple who refused to allow a gay marriage celebration is now paying a fine and getting out of the marriage business altogether.Isn't it nice how these new civil...
Man of science, man of faith: AP obit reveals both sides of Charles Townes
GetReligion - Feb 2, 2015 at 8:00 am
Whenever we play a DVD, watch a light show or have a clerk scan our groceries, we may not think of a religious thinker. Yet those modern marvels and many others are possible...
Vatican launches #LifeofWomen conference
News.va - Feb 2, 2015 at 7:35 am (Vatican Radio) Presenting the Vatican Council for Culture Plenary Assembly to press Monday, the President Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi spoke of the need to avoid rhetoric and...
Boris Johnson’s ISIS comments miss the point spectacularly
Catholic Herald - Feb 2, 2015 at 7:19 am Boris Johnson has made the claim that jihadis are addicted to pornography, amongst other failings. More nuanced commentators have seen this intervention as unhelpful. They argue...
Candlemas
Saint Louis Catholic - Feb 2, 2015 at 7:07 am Today is Candlemas, the traditional feast day of the Purification of Mary. The modern calendar calls this the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord. Don't fret, it is the same...
Colorado's 'death with dignity' bill is a lie, bishop warns
EWTN - US Latest News - Feb 2, 2015 at 7:06 am Denver, Colo., Feb 2, 2015 / 07:06 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- While the notion of 'death with dignity' may seem appealing on the
surface, the push to legalize assisted suicide in...
Looking at the Faith Lessons in “Frozen”
CatholicMom.com - Feb 2, 2015 at 7:00 am
Jennessa Terraccino – Image used with author’s permission
The word, “Frozen” has taken on a new meaning. It doesn’t just describe what you might be feeling this winter. Instead...
Pope to Lithuanian bishops:defend Church from modern dangers
News.va - Feb 2, 2015 at 7:00 am (Vatican Radio) Lithuania’s clergy have been “heroic” in defending the Church in times of persecution – that’s what Pope Francis told Bishops from the Baltic nation who are in...
Prelate Named for Ireland's Diocese of Waterford and Lismore
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Feb 2, 2015 at 6:56 am Pope Francis has appointed Father Alphonsus Cullinan as bishop of the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland. Alphonsus Cullinan was born in Lahinch in 1959 and is a priest...
Vatican commission to oversee Catholic university in Jordan
EWTN - World Catholic News - Feb 2, 2015 at 6:55 am Amman, Jordan, Feb 2, 2015 / 06:55 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Vatican Secretariat of State has established an ad hoc commission to
oversee the American University of Madaba, a...
Trying to teach school children ‘British values’ is fundamentally un-British
Catholic Herald - Feb 2, 2015 at 6:39 am Is there any phrase more sinister and pernicious than the oxymoronic ‘British values’? It’s one of those things you hear on the radio after arriving back from a relaxing holiday...
