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New year is reset time
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 5, 2015 at 3:39 pm It’s a new year. Before the shine of celebration wears off and we settle into 2015, let’s take a moment to refine our focus for the coming months. We won’t call it resolution time...
Planned Parenthood performed 327,653 abortions and received more than $528 million in tax dollars in 2013: Annual report
LifeSiteNews - Jan 5, 2015 at 3:39 pm Meanwhile cancer screenings, prenatal services, adoption referrals, and even contraception declined over the same period.
Final nod to confusing themes in Christmas coverage: Time finds that 'Joy to the World' is about Santa?
GetReligion - Jan 5, 2015 at 3:32 pm A final Merry Christmas to any readers out there who are on the Western calendar and preparing for services tonight or tomorrow for Epiphany (or Theophany among the Orthodox and...
Possible site of Jesus' trial uncovered in the Holy Land
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 5, 2015 at 3:32 pm Washington D.C., Jan 5, 2015 / 02:32 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Archeologists believe they may have discovered the place where Jesus’ trial before Pontius Pilate took place in Jerusalem...
Catholic Moms and Care of Creation: What We Can Do to Make a Difference
CatholicMom.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 3:30 pm
Editor’s note: I’m grateful to Marybeth Lorbiecki, the author of Following St. Francis: John Paul II’s Call for Ecological Action for today’s contribution. Pope Francis’ recent...
“Connecting the Dots” Goes Live in half an hour!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jan 5, 2015 at 3:30 pm I’ll be on the air with my lively and glamorous Monday co-host, Simcha Fisher, to talk about cahs, cah repayah, and this week’s puzzlah… oh, wait, that’s “Car Talk”. We’ll be...
States Have Passed 231 Pro-Life Laws Stopping Abortions Since 2010
LifeNews.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 3:17 pm No wonder abortions are at historic lows and 73 abortion facilities closed last year alone. These huge pro-life victories have come about in part because states have approved 231...
Pro-life dominating: 231 new pro-life laws since 2010, according to Guttmacher report
LifeSiteNews - Jan 5, 2015 at 2:53 pm More than half the country is now considered 'hostile to abortion,' according to the abortion industry think tank.
A bishop writes about America’s “racial divide,” his experiences of “walking while black”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 5, 2015 at 2:47 pm Bishop Edward K. Braxton, from the website for the Diocese of Belleville, IL. From CNS: In a 19-page reflection on the “racial divide” in the United States, Bishop Edward K....
Woman Shot in the Head Because She Wouldn’t Take Pill to Kill Her Unborn Baby
LifeNews.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 2:31 pm A man who worried his girlfriend may be pregnant shot her in the head because she refused to take the morning-after pill, which he believed would either prevent her from becoming...
'No human invention' – Marriage a divine plan, bishop says
Catholic News Agency - General - Jan 5, 2015 at 2:28 pm Shrewsbury, England, Jan 5, 2015 / 01:28 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury has responded to Pope Francis' call for renewed commitment to the “Gospel of the...
Institute on Religious Life National Meeting [Event]
Brandon Vogt - Jan 5, 2015 at 2:13 pm
Excited to be speaking alongside Raymond Cardinal Burke, Mike Aquilina, Dawn Eden, and others at the 2015 Institute on Religious Life National Meeting.
Date:
April 11, 2015...
Sacra Liturgia USA 2015 Registration Page is Open!
Rorate Coeli - Jan 5, 2015 at 2:06 pm From Father Cipolla:
The registration page is now open on the Sacra Liturgia USA webpage. Click on "Conference" in the drop-down menu and you'll see a button on the right side...
Music and the Liturgical Year: Celebrating in Song with Our Children
CatholicMom.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 1:59 pm Editor’s note: We are grateful to Teresa Chisholm, creator of Liturgical Year Latin Motets, for this guest contribution. Lisa
Music and the Liturgical Year
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Scientists Want to Create Babies With Two Dads, Turning Sperm Into Eggs
LifeNews.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 1:58 pm I wrote here the other day about how scientists believe they may be able to turn skin cells into usable eggs and sperm. This means, among other things, that two men could become...
Catholic laypeople must have maturity to speak up about bad things happening at highest levels in Church
LifeSiteNews - Jan 5, 2015 at 1:55 pm Why do Catholic laymen and laywomen consider they have the right to go to Rome to advise their bishops on family issues, or advise them at all for that matter?
Man Tries to Force Pregnant Girlfriend to Have Abortion By Poisoning Her Drink
LifeNews.com - Jan 5, 2015 at 1:36 pm An Indiana man, Jarod Rebuck, was charged with attempted feticide after mixing abortion-inducing herbs into the drink of his pregnant girlfriend. Indiana law defines feticide as...
Pope names 15 new cardinal electors, most from global South
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jan 5, 2015 at 1:24 pm Underscoring the geographical diversity of his selections, Pope Francis named 15 cardinal electors "from 14 nations of every continent, showing the inseparable link between the...
New books offer valuable guidance in understanding the Mass
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jan 5, 2015 at 1:16 pm If it has been a long time since you read a book about the Mass, “Behold the Mystery” is a good one to read.
“Behold the Mystery: A Deeper Understanding of the Catholic Mass” by...
