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Age of consent, anyone?: Wynne teams up with 13-year-old girls to promote early sex-ed in Ontario
LifeSiteNews - Jan 30, 2015 at 11:58 am The premier's Monday press conference was both 'bizarre' and 'manipulative,' says parents' rights leaders.
Obamacare is Already Rationing Healthcare as Hospitals Employ Fewer Workers
LifeNews.com - Jan 30, 2015 at 11:48 am President Obama has been among the many deploring the reality that despite an improving economy, middle-class wages have remained largely stagnant. Yet there is now evidence that...
I pray every day for a negotiated solution in the Middle East, Pope says
Vatican Insider - Jan 30, 2015 at 11:37 amWoman on Trial for Self-Aborting 25-Week-Old Baby: Infant Was Likely Suffocated to Death
LifeNews.com - Jan 30, 2015 at 11:16 am The trial of Indiana resident Purvi Patel continues this week and a forensic pathologist has testified in the case about the state of the 25-week-old baby Patel killed when she...
Black or White
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 30, 2015 at 11:14 am NEW YORK — Large-scale issues of race and addiction are examined in microcosm in writer-director Mike Binder’s fact-based drama “Black or White” (Relativity).
Though its avoidance...
Theodicy and the Auschwitz anniversary: If you cite the Kaddish, why not quote the Kaddish?
GetReligion - Jan 30, 2015 at 10:56 am Readers may recall that, on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, I put up a quick post lamenting that I wasn't seeing much mainstream-media...
Pope's prayer intentions for February 2015
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2015 at 10:55 am The Vatican has announced the prayer intentions of Pope Francis for February 2015.
The Pope's general intention for February is: "That prisoners, especially the young, may be able...
Pope speaks of 'deep sadness' over suffering of Christians in Iraq, Syria
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2015 at 10:53 am Pope Francis reiterated his "dismay and deep sadness" over the continued bloodshed in Iraq and Syria, during a January 30 meeting with ecumenical representatives of the Oriental...
Project Almanac
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 30, 2015 at 10:49 am NEW YORK — Teens should avoid taking on “Project Almanac” (Paramount).
Though obviously aimed at adolescents, this sci-fi fantasy showcases behavior and dialogue that responsible...
Hail Mary Pass? Nuns rent out rooms at Phoenix monastery for Super Bowl, raise money for charity
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 30, 2015 at 10:48 am From The Arizona Republic and azCentral: You could say, it’s a different kind of Super Bowl experience. “I’ve never been in a convent or ministry where there haven’t been...
“Death Test” Supposedly Predicts When an Elderly Person Will Die Within 30 Days
LifeNews.com - Jan 30, 2015 at 10:48 am When the NHS adopted the “Liverpool Care Pathway” to guarantee quality palliative care, it led to bureaucratic checklist medicine, back door euthanasia, and the terminal sedation...
Vatican document critical of cosmetic surgery
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2015 at 10:46 am A new Vatican document on women takes a critical look at cosmetic plastic surgery, the Crux web site reports.
The rising popularity of cosmetic surgery, the document says, may...
WDTPRS Collect 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time: “Billy loves bugs.”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 30, 2015 at 10:42 am Today’s prayer was not in the post-Tridentine editions of the Missale Romanum but it does have its origin in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary.
Were you to hear this prayer...
Vatican to offer haircuts, shaves as well as showers to Rome's homeless
News.va - Jan 30, 2015 at 10:41 am
The Vatican will offer homeless people in Rome not only showers but also haircuts and shaves when new facilities open next month, the head of Pope Francis' charity office said. ...
Vatican conference addresses evangelization in Europe
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 30, 2015 at 10:41 am Addressing participants in a 3-day conference on evangelization in Europe, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New...
Dismemberment Abortions Tear Babies Limb From Limb, It’s Time to Ban Them
LifeNews.com - Jan 30, 2015 at 10:23 am One of the great humanitarian achievements of the Right to Life movement was the exposé of partial-birth abortion by National Right to Life. Our massive public education campaigns...
Mitt Romney Will Not Seek Republican Nomination for President in 2016
LifeNews.com - Jan 30, 2015 at 10:00 am On a conference call with reporters today, 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney indicated he will not seek the GOp nomination for president in 2016.
According to a statement...
Bishop urges Parliament to reject ‘three parent baby’ law
Catholic Herald - Jan 30, 2015 at 9:59 am A bishop has urged Parliament not to introduce laws to allow three parent babies when it votes to amend the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act next week.
Bishop John...
Not a Huge Deal in Light of What Has Already Happened, But...
Saint Louis Catholic - Jan 30, 2015 at 9:52 am The Pope has abandoned the traditional investiture of the pallium for Metropolitan Archbishops that has typically taken place in Rome on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. The...
