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From intern to editor: Wiering returns to The Catholic Spirit
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:46 pm Maria Wiering, a former intern and reporter with The Catholic Spirit, took the reins Jan. 5 as the editor of the newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
New Hampshire Bill Would De-Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Business
LifeNews.com - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:42 pm A new bill in the New Hampshire legislature would protect state residents from having their tax dollars used to finance abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood. The measure...
Being Mary: Alissa Jung’s Take on Being Mary of Nazareth
CatholicMom.com - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:30 pm Alissa Jung was born in Münster, Germany. She has just arrived after a 15-hour flight, but you wouldn’t know it. She’s put together and flawless. She’s laidback, and smart (...
Fast Food: So Corrupted, it appears Incorruptible
Quartermaster of the Barque - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:30 pm Considering what it is (i.e., garbage), fast food generally tastes pretty good. And I confess that I have eaten fast food, and fed it to my children, far too much, usually because...
Catholics in St. Louis to mark anniversary of Roe vs. Wade decision
St. Louis Areopagus - Archdiocesan Blog - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:29 pm By Jennifer Brinker | Staff Reporter, St. Louis Review @jenniferbrinker This year marks the 42nd anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion virtually on...
Pope Francis to promote reconciliation, recovery in Asia
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:29 pm VATICAN CITY — Interreligious reconciliation and recovery from natural disaster will be major themes of Pope Francis’ Jan. 13-18 visit to Sri Lanka and the Philippines, according...
Are the Titles of the Books of Scripture Canonical?
The Sacred Page - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:28 pm One of the questions I sometimes get from students in the Seminary is this: Are the titles of the books of the New Testament also canonical? Or only the contents?
Along...
Catholics in St. Louis to mark anniversary of Roe vs. Wade decision
St. Louis Areopagus - Archdiocesan Blog - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:24 pm By Jennifer Brinker | Staff Reporter, St. Louis Review @jenniferbrinker This year marks the 42nd anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion virtually on...
Yezidi leaders meet with Pope Francis
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:07 pm Pope Francis met on January 8 with representatives of Iraq's Yezidi minority, which has faced brutal persecution by the Islamic State.
The leader of the world's Yezidi community,...
Nurse Killed at Least 30 Patients Because He Was “Bored,” May Have Killed Up to 100
LifeNews.com - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:06 pm A German male nurse, known as Niels H., said that he killed at least 30 patients between 2003 and 2005 because he was bored.
Niels (below right with face covered) admitted to a...
Migrants take lead in Honduran church’s immigration ministries
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:06 pm GOASCORAN, Honduras — This is where immigrants come from, a place where decades of war, corruption, hurricanes and drought have combined to make life untenable for many. And so...
Florida bishop seeks respectful dialogue on marriage
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:01 pm Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg, Florida, has urged respectful dialogue on the nature of marriage, in the wake of the state's court-ordered recognition of same-sex unions....
Free braille Bibles help the blind poor around the world
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 8, 2015 at 3:00 pm London, England, Jan 8, 2015 / 02:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).-
Close your eyes.
Now try to go about your regular life without your vision. What challenges would you face at work?...
Clergy appointments for Jan. 8, 2015
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jan 8, 2015 at 2:55 pm Rev. Msgr. Timothy P. Cronin, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Imperial, is appointed senior associate pastor of St. Clement of Rome Parish in Des Peres, effective Feb. 2, 2015.
Rev...
Pope Francis’ renewed emphasis on the poor focus of Phoenix forum
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 8, 2015 at 2:51 pm PHOENIX — Leaders in the realm of social and economic justice pointed to Pope Francis as kick-starting a renewed focus on the poor, praising his approach and message.
Jesuit...
Indiana Planned Parenthood Abortion Business Can Stay Open Thanks to Obama-Appointed Judge
LifeNews.com - Jan 8, 2015 at 2:46 pm On January 7th, Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson stood by her December ruling that a 2013 Indiana law including chemical abortion facilities in the definition of abortion facilities is...
The Season of Revelation: The Feast of Theophany/Epiphany
New Liturgical Movement - Jan 8, 2015 at 2:43 pm Icon of TheophanyYesterday, for those of the Byzantine tradition on the Gregorian calendar, was the second day of the octave of Theophany, the Synaxis of St. John the Forerunner...
The comic strip ‘Nancy': Not old, just classic and timeless
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 8, 2015 at 2:38 pm NEW YORK — Nancy is cool again. While many may only dimly remember her as a mid-20th century comic-strip character, the girl with the dot eyes, Brillo hair and a sidekick named...
This Woman Saved an Abandoned Newborn Baby Left Out in the Cold for Hours
LifeNews.com - Jan 8, 2015 at 2:25 pm Jefferson County deputies told WBRC that a newborn baby girl is in good condition after her 15-year-old mother left her outside a neighbor’s home in extremely cold weather for two...
Philippine traffic officers will wear diapers during papal visit
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 8, 2015 at 2:19 pm Seriously? From RTE: Philippine traffic officers and crowd control personnel are to wear adult diapers on the job during next week’s visit of Pope Francis. They will spend long...
