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Charlie Hebdo, Free Speech, Faith, and Reason
Catholic Vote - Jan 9, 2015 at 11:14 am A famous Frenchman once said, “It is dangerous to be right when men of power are wrong.” This is why free speech matters. Even though Charlie Hebdo published little more than...
People we can do without, who never will be missed
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 9, 2015 at 11:13 am Bronze Age thugs choose to rid the world of themselves. Innocent hostages safe.
Dunno if there are more thugs involved in this crime. If so, may they be captured and warehoused...
Planned Parenthood’s latest annual report highlights the continued failure of ‘emergency contraception’
LifeSiteNews - Jan 9, 2015 at 11:10 am Cecile 'I Work Hard for My Salary' Richards and company still gush that it’s a wonderful thing whenever 'access' to emergency contraception is expanded — and they expect us to be...
Too Many Interviews
Commonweal - Jan 9, 2015 at 11:02 am Does anyone remember the phenomenon of “Our Lady of Bayside”? Beginning in 1975, there was a series of supposed apparitions of the Blessed Mother (deemed inauthentic by church...
Abortion battle at UN continues as assembly readies to negotiate new development agenda
LifeSiteNews - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:55 am Activists and governments that promote abortion and sexual rights see a new global scheme on development as an opportunity to change national policies.
They lost a leg in the Haiti earthquake, today they’re showing off their soccer skills in Rome
Vatican Insider - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:53 amCard. Burke to Celebrate Pontifical Mass in Rome, January 10
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:48 am I have just received word that His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke, Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of the Knights of Malta, will celebrate a Pontifical Mass in the...
Dallas, Texas Abortion Center Shuts Down, First Clinic in 2015 to Close Its Doors
LifeNews.com - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:43 am As the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considers the constitutionality of Texas abortion safety laws, Operation Rescue has confirmed that Northpark Medical Group, an abortion...
Profiles of new cardinals appointed by Pope Francis
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:42 am Editor’s note: Following are profiles on the newest cardinal electors appointed by Pope Francis on Jan. 4. He will formally induct the new appointees into the College of Cardinals...
Online MBA Programs Recognized at Newman Guide-Recommended Colleges
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:39 am The Masters of Business Administration online programs at DeSales University, University of Mary, and Walsh University were recently recognized among the 2015 Best Online MBA...
Card. Parolin regards Church a bridge in Sri Lanka
News.va - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:26 am If there is any place where the role of a bridge is most apt, it is in Sri Lanka, and it is the Church in the country. Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, made...
January Theology on Tap: The Gift of Life
Archdiocese of Saint Louis - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:17 am Join us for our January Theology on Tap:
The Gift of Life: A surprising account of poverty in America and a unique response.
Mary Frances Moen, who recently completed her M.A...
This extraordinary guide to American converts shows just how many roads lead to Rome
Catholic Herald - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:13 am I have spent many instructive and stimulating hours recently with John Beaumont’s The Mississippi Flows into the Tiber. This is a very hefty book, described in its subtitle as “A...
The battle over a quote in The New York Times: Did Charlie Hebdo gunmen urge conversion to Islam?
GetReligion - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:13 am Sorry, but it is time to make a familiar point all over again.
The other day, I noted that -- if you want insights into the mindsets of editors wrestling with the tricky, hot-...
Ave Maria Prof Wins Fellowship from Vatican Institute Founded by Pope Benedict XVI
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:12 am Professor Anthony Valle from Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Fla., recently received an academic fellowship from the Fondazione Vaticana Joseph Ratzinger Benedetto XVI.
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Vatican theologians unanimously declare Oscar Romero a martyr, clearing way for beatification
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:08 am Image from The Archbishop Romero Trust Details: The Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero was murdered “in hatred of the faith.” The news comes in the preview edition of “...
Glamour Magazine Pushes Euthanasia Group Trying to Legalize Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:06 am Glamour Magazine showed one side of the end-of-life issue this holiday season, but unless you looked closely, you probably would’ve missed it.
Within Glamour’s Annual “31 Ways to...
Rome: A Pantheon of Flavor
Quartermaster of the Barque - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:02 am Adjacent to the ancient Roman Pantheon (now a church consecrated to Our Lady), in the piazza sits a norceria which claims to have been in operation since the middle ages. I’ve...
Confraternity of Catholic Clergy’s “Statement in support ofMarriage”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:01 am The conference I attended in Rome, held by the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, has concluded. The CCC groups represented were from Australia, Ireland, the UK, and USA.
The CCC...
Rome: This Ride is Closed for Refurbishment
Quartermaster of the Barque - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:01 am In Rome, a few places have great appeal to anyone who visits, and but are not particularly “churchy”. At the top of the list is the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain. So the...
