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Cardinal George dropped from cancer drug trial, asks for prayers
EWTN - US Latest News - Jan 6, 2015 at 1:03 am Chicago, Ill., Jan 6, 2015 / 01:03 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Cardinal Francis George has asked for continued prayers after being
dropped from a cancer drug's clinical trial, which was...
A cardinal's hat for Archbishop Mamberti, new head of the Signatura
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 6, 2015 at 1:03 am Vatican City, Jan 6, 2015 / 12:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Months after being named to replace Cardinal Raymond Burke as head of the Apostolic Signatura, Archbishop Dominique Mamberti...
Atheists and the Absurdity of De-Baptism
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Jan 6, 2015 at 12:00 am There's a growing trend of among many atheists, who were raised in the Christian faith, to obtain "Certificates of De-Baptism." What should Catholics make of this? Brother Humbert...
Good Saint Joseph Can Turn Up Anywhere!
Integrated Catholic Life - Jan 5, 2015 at 11:01 pm One day about seven years ago my friend Lisa noticed something strange poking up in her yard. She bent down and took a closer look and decided she should dig it up to find out...
Ride with aid workers in Africa is fiction, but it reads like reality
Catholic Hot Dish - Jan 5, 2015 at 10:19 pm What is on-the-face fiction reads so much like a memoir that I couldn’t stop myself from checking — and more than once: This is a novel, right?
The first-person narrative is so...
Historic audio: Mario Cuomo and the question “Who is God?”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 5, 2015 at 10:16 pm The day before Mario Cuomo’s funeral in New York City, the city’s fabled 92nd St. Y has released, for the first time, the audio of a memorable talk he gave there over 20 years ago...
Watch the Making of an Icon
Creative Minority Report - Jan 5, 2015 at 9:17 pm *subhead*Relaxing and Beautiful.*subhead*There are a lot of things to worry about in the world. But God still reveals Himself through the hands of men. Sip a glass of wine, do...
Hello, Neumann!
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 5, 2015 at 6:07 pm Today marks the feast of St. John Neumann, and a deacon friend reminded me of a visit I made last winter to Ohio and one of the churches where Neumann served. It’s St. Alphonsus...
Pope Francis casts into the deep to find two cardinals for Oceania
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 5, 2015 at 6:01 pm Wellington, New Zealand, Jan 5, 2015 / 05:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At his Angelus address on Jan. 4 Pope Francis announced the appointment of 20 cardinals, among whom are two...
Pope's Homily for Today's Feast of the Epiphany
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 5, 2015 at 6:00 pm Here is a Vatican translation of the homily Pope Francis gave this morning at Mass for the feast of the Epiphany in St. Peter's Square. * * *
That child, born in Bethlehem of...
This Mom’s Story Imagining Life If She Had Chosen Abortion Will Move You to Tears
LifeNews.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 5:56 pm Darby was 16-years-old when she found out she was pregnant; and like most teenagers who find themselves facing unplanned pregnancies, she was afraid and didn’t know what she...
Pope Francis remembers unborn and large families at Christmas
LifeSiteNews - Jan 5, 2015 at 5:32 pm 'My thoughts turn to all those children today who are killed and ill-treated,' he said.
The Looming Medicaid Crisis Obamacare Created That No One is Talking About
LifeNews.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 5:26 pm The Medicaid program, which provides insurance coverage for lower income Americans, has expanded under the Obama Health Care law and now covers over one-fifth of Americans. Yet it...
Would-be assassin lays flowers on Pope John Paul II's tomb
The Busy Catholic - Jan 5, 2015 at 5:19 pm Holy Father forgave gunman 31 years ago
Pope John Paul II shakes hands with Mehmet Ali Agca in a Rome prison Dec. 27, 1983. (Photo: L'Osservatore Romano via EPA / CNS)
Turkish...
Man Who Killed His Unborn Child By Tricking Girlfriend Into Taking Abortion Drug Faces Lawsuit
LifeNews.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 5:05 pm There were always broad hints that the conviction of John Andrew Welden for tricking his girlfriend Remee Jo Lee into taking Cytotec which caused her to miscarriage their baby,...
Manifest Lessons
Catholic Vote - Jan 5, 2015 at 4:39 pm January 6th is the Solemnity of the Epiphany. The word comes from the Greek epiphaneia, meaning “manifestation” or “appearance.” In the Western Church, We typically associate...
She Was Once Called “Retarded” Because She Has Down Syndrome, Now Her Art is Considered “Genius”
LifeNews.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 4:30 pm An exhibit in Brooklyn, New York features the work of an artist who was once called “profoundly retarded” but whose work is now considered “genius.”
Judith Scott was born in 1944...
Beer-batter walleye: Great way to start the new year!
Catholic Hot Dish - Jan 5, 2015 at 4:19 pm With my oldest son Joe nearing the end of his stay with us, I wanted him to have some memorable meals while he is home. So, last night, I decided to do one of my specialties: beer...
Doctors Said They Should Abort Their “Non-Viable” Baby, Now They’re Celebrating His First Birthday
LifeNews.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 4:02 pm In December 2013, Jett Morris was born at 25-weeks weighing 1.4lbs, which is less than a bag of sugar. Amazingly, he survived in the womb after his mother’s water broke at 20-...
Meet Antigo’s afghan, quilt queen
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 5, 2015 at 3:44 pm ANTIGO — Over the decades, Thelma Lamont’s afghans and quilts have kept hundreds of people warm and her funeral dinners have nourished many more.
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