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Italian bishops' conference leader calls for quick election of new Italian president
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 27, 2015 at 4:49 pm Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, the president of the Italian bishops' conference, has called for the prompt election of a new Italian president following the resignation of Giorgio ...
Remembering the priests of Dachau—and the roots of the diaconate
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 27, 2015 at 4:48 pm Dachau entrance, 1945, from National Archives / Wikipedia Lest we forget: Seventy years ago today, the concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated. Many countries mark...
Swiss court rules Vatican bank must turn over account information to Italian prosecutors
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 27, 2015 at 4:48 pm A court in Switzerland has ruled that Italian prosecutors should have access to information about an account held by the Vatican bank, the Institute for Religious Works (IOR).
The...
Pope reportedly meets with Spanish transsexual
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 27, 2015 at 4:47 pm Pope Francis met privately with a Spanish transsexual who had written to complain about having been banished from his parish church, according to the Spanish daily Hoy.
Diego...
Peruvian bishop: government must protect judges after death threats from drug gangs
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 27, 2015 at 4:47 pm A Peruvian bishop has called upon the government to provide protection for judges, the Fides news service reports, after several jurists received death threats from drug-...
Chinese Woman Tried to Sell Her Baby for $7,000, Charged With Human Trafficking
LifeNews.com - Jan 27, 2015 at 4:41 pm In China, a woman has been charged with human trafficking and conspiring to sell her baby boy for nearly $7,000. The police were notified about the situation after the woman’s...
Journalistic story baking? Via World magazine, Colorado man denies requesting 'God hates gays' cake
GetReligion - Jan 27, 2015 at 4:00 pm "This Colorado baker refused to put an anti-gay message on cakes. Now she is facing a civil rights complaint," proclaimed a Washington Post headline.
"Complaint: Baker refused to...
Woman Who Set Her Newborn Baby on Fire, Killing Her Baby, Screamed “It’s Not Mine”
LifeNews.com - Jan 27, 2015 at 3:59 pm The New Jersey woman under arrest and charged with murder after allegedly putting her newborn baby in the middle of the road and setting the infant on fire reportedly said during...
This pro-life story made bishops, cardinals, and a papal nuncio rise to their feet cheering, along with 15,000 teens
LifeSiteNews - Jan 27, 2015 at 3:50 pm 'The true hero is someone who will let nothing — absolutely nothing, no matter how big, how small — get in the way of defending what they know to be true.'
Most Ontario parents left out of new sex-ed consult, laments public school board chair
LifeSiteNews - Jan 27, 2015 at 3:41 pm Both trustees and parents 'are concerned they didn’t feel included or consulted in the survey,' says the chair of the Peel District School Board.
Indian church leader welcomes Obama remarks on religious freedom
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 27, 2015 at 3:35 pm THRISSUR, India — An Indian Catholic leader welcomed the parting message of U.S. President Barack Obama, who reiterated freedom of religion as a fundamental right.
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Why the Centre Cannot Hold
CatholicMom.com - Jan 27, 2015 at 3:30 pm Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,…
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.” (The Second...
Woman Four Months Pregnant Brutally Attacked in Robbery, Dragged Down the Road
LifeNews.com - Jan 27, 2015 at 3:29 pm On January 17th, a criminal attacked a 27-year-old pregnant woman after an attempted robbery in Manchester, England. The man threw the woman on the ground, breaking her leg, while...
Obama admin tops list of ‘Dirty Dozen’ porn promoters
LifeSiteNews - Jan 27, 2015 at 3:25 pm The Obama administration's unwillingness to prosecute obscenity law violators has allowed fringe elements of porn to become 'mainstream,' an expert tells LifeSiteNews.
Self-concept and how it influences the same-sex ‘marriage’ debate
LifeSiteNews - Jan 27, 2015 at 3:08 pm LifeSiteNews is proud to present a novel and thought-provoking essay on the debate around same-sex ‘marriage’ by a person who experiences same-sex attractions but who joyfully...
Inspired: school principal announces snow closing with “Let It Go”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 27, 2015 at 3:07 pm It happened in Rhode Island: The storm has forced multiple businesses and schools to shutdown, including Moses Brown School in Providence. Head of School Matt Glendinning made a...
Obama Admin Forced to Pay $570,000 to Company It Tried to Force to Obey HHS Mandate
LifeNews.com - Jan 27, 2015 at 2:54 pm The bill is coming due, literally, for the Obama administration over its attempts to force companies to comply with the HHS mandate, that compels them to pay for drugs for their...
Canadian Tory MP leaving politics to fight sex trade
LifeSiteNews - Jan 27, 2015 at 2:53 pm The sex trade’s staunchest foe in Parliament is stepping down as an MP but she's not abandoning the cause.
Brew Evangelization –Benedictine styled
Communio - Jan 27, 2015 at 2:45 pm The idea of sharing anew the beautiful, the true and the good of the Catholic faith with baptized Catholics, with other Christians, and with those justing seeking Someone greater...
Exclusive video: Josh and Anna Duggar urge pro-lifers to ‘stay strong’
LifeSiteNews - Jan 27, 2015 at 2:31 pm 'The most basic of all gifts that God has given to each of us is that which is most valuable and precious, and that is life,' says Josh Duggar.
