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Meatless Friday: Bean Cakes
CatholicMom.com - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:00 am
40 years ago, Catholics in the United States wanted to respond to famine in Africa. Could we feed the hungry through our Lenten prayers, fasting and almsgiving? The answer was...
Libyan embassy to the Holy See’s chargé d’affaires apologises for 1969 expulsion of Libyan Jews
Vatican Insider - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:00 amRome: An Afternoon in Trastevere
Quartermaster of the Barque - Jan 9, 2015 at 10:00 am The two-hour train ride from Assisi to Rome deposited me at Termini station, where I navigated the underground maze to find the correct Metro line and direction (thankfully, there...
Thanks to Notre Dame, Mario Cuomo’s Speech Became ‘Holy Writ’ for Pro-Choice Catholics
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:59 am The University of Notre Dame helped to damage the pro-life cause and also provided a valuable resource to pro-abortion Catholics when it hosted late New York governor Mario Cuomo...
Doctors said their baby had ‘zero’ chance of surviving, urged abortion: then came a ‘true miracle’
LifeSiteNews - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:58 am 'They were astounded,' says Amy. 'The cardiologist said, ‘Sometimes we speak of miracles in a casual sense, but this is a true miracle.''
US Bishops Leading Haiti Reconstruction Effort to Travel to Island After Rome Conference
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:50 am The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, and the chairman of the USCCB’s Haiti Advisory Group, Archbishop...
Can We Cana? Experiences from 18+ Years of Marriage
Saints 365 - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:45 am So grateful today to Karee Santos over at Can We Cana? for her series on marriage which focuses on the experiences of real couples living out the very real ups and downs that...
He Used to Kill Babies, Now “I Regret Performing Abortions and Will Never Do One Again”
LifeNews.com - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:43 am A former abortion practitioner is a part of a new campaign to shed light on women who regret their abortions and former abortion clinic staffers who regret their involvement in...
The West's Problem: A Crusade Presupposes Crusaders
Saint Louis Catholic - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:38 am As a Catholic, and particularly with my daughter just having come back from a four month stay in France, I have watched the events in Paris with a mix of sadness, anger, regret,...
Christendom Grad Describes How Experiences with College Led Her to Mission Work
Catholic Education Daily - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:30 am As a lay missionary, Maeve Gallagher will serve for at least two years at the Valley of Angels, a school and home for impoverished children run by the Franciscans of the...
Green Bay bishop calls out Catholic college for hosting abortion activist Gloria Steinem
LifeSiteNews - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:29 am 'Why would St. Norbert, a Catholic college, invite someone who is such a high profile and well-known protagonist and activist of abortion rights?'
ACLU: Catholic hospital should be forced to perform sterilizations
LifeSiteNews - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:28 am In a case national implications, the ACLU is trying to force Catholic hospitals in Michigan to violate their beliefs.
Comment on St. Norbert College and the Catholic vision of life by TFP Student Action
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:23 am 26,000 students and parents are calling on St. Norbert College to cancel this un-Catholic invitation to Ms Steinem. You can sign too, right here: http://www.tfpstudentaction.org...
Five Things To Remember On Jan. 9
USCCB Media Blog - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:19 am 1. “You can follow thousands of catechism courses, thousands of
spirituality courses, thousands of yoga or zen courses and all these
things. But none of this will be able to give...
“A thousand spirituality or yoga courses will not give you the freedom of the Holy Spirit”
Vatican Insider - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:15 amPope: Spend a lot of time looking in the mirror? You might be a narcissist
EWTN - Vatican News - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:10 am Vatican City, Jan 9, 2015 / 09:30 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
In his homily Friday Pope Francis cautioned against the narcissism of those who close their hearts out of fear, insecurity...
Pope's Closing Mass in Philippines Expected to Draw 6M to 7M
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:07 am Organizers for the Pope's trip to the Philippines next week are expecting 6 million to 7 million people at the closing Mass on Jan. 18. So many people are expected to troop to...
Books for Sale/3: Solesmes Books
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 9, 2015 at 9:00 am Today's batch includes some rare Solesmes chant books. If interested, or to obtain more information, contact me at the email listed in the sidebar on the left.Liber Antiphonarius...
She Survived Ebola, But Will Her Unborn Baby Beat the Odds?
LifeNews.com - Jan 9, 2015 at 8:53 am The Ebola virus has savaged multiple countries in West Africa and has claimed the lives of more than 7,900 people during the 2014 epidemic. According to the Center for Disease...
Pope Francis: Zen or yoga won’t open your heart; turn instead to the Holy Spirit
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 9, 2015 at 8:44 am Yogi seated in garden c. 1620-40 (from Columbia University / U.S. Public Domain / Wikipedia) From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis said only the Holy Spirit has the power to open our...
