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Planned Parenthood Kills Almost 1 Million Babies in Abortions in Last Three Years
LifeNews.com - Jan 2, 2015 at 11:14 am It’s become the worst time of the year: the moment Planned Parenthood releases its annual report. This year, the newly released documents reveal that the ‘women’s health’ ...
Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics--Theme: Law and Christian Ethics
Commonweal - Jan 2, 2015 at 11:06 am The Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, a professional society of approximately one thousand people who teach and write and work in the areas of Christian Ethics...
Fr. Z’s Predictions for 2015
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 2, 2015 at 10:58 am Fr. Z’s Prediction for 2015
1. The Synod of Bishops on the Family will be rigged and explosive.
2. The “AFFORDABLE” Care Act will continue to flop and to be unpopular.
3. The...
This Premature Baby’s Life Was Saved When Doctors Found a Pair of Scissors
LifeNews.com - Jan 2, 2015 at 10:52 am Back in 2012, Kate Douse gave birth to extremely premature twins at only 23 weeks of pregnancy. Kate thought there was no hope for her girls, knowing that normally babies are not...
Prayer of St. Francis de Sales-- Offered at the Beginning of the Year
Saint Louis Catholic - Jan 2, 2015 at 10:51 am Oh Lord, be all for me as I desire to be henceforth all for Thee. I render Thee a thousand acts of gratitude for all the pains and all the sufferings that Thou hast endured upon...
End-of-2014 odds and ends: Including John L. Allen, Jr., on Pope Francis and the press
GetReligion - Jan 2, 2015 at 10:38 am
Fire and brimstone? Wait for it.
I have a few odds and ends for you, on this strange Friday in between New Year's and the weekend that comes before, for many people, the Monday (...
Fr. Z’s Blog 2014 Person of the Year
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 2, 2015 at 10:29 am Whereas His Eminence is a fierce and constant defender and promoter of justice for all parties in service of the Truth,
Whereas His Eminence willingly celebrates Holy Mass in the...
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Choose Life Instead of Abortion Shouldn’t Cost You Your Job
LifeNews.com - Jan 2, 2015 at 10:25 am (LiveActionNews) — I was reading some articles in The Nation, Jezebel, and The Huffington Post recently when something strange happened: I found myself agreeing with what they had...
Decline continues in number of US abortion centers
Catholic Culture - World News - Jan 2, 2015 at 10:16 am The number of abortion centers in the US has dropped by 23% in the past 5 years, the National Catholic Register reports, citing figures from Operation Rescue.
In the past year, 73...
Char-Broiled Oysters to Help Continue Your Celebration
CatholicMom.com - Jan 2, 2015 at 10:00 am
Louisiana Seafood and Christmas
Down here in south Louisiana, Christmas and seafood go together like peanut butter and chocolate.
Louisiana crowns the Gulf of Mexico, and...
NPR Celebrates Abortion Clinic, Pro-Life Side Given No Time for Rebuttal
LifeNews.com - Jan 2, 2015 at 9:58 am All of the hallmarks of National Public Radio – the cosmopolitanism and the sexual progressivism – come together in the subject of abortions worldwide.
On New Year’s Eve, NPR.org...
Becciu: may the USA-Cuba thaw be an example for other nations
Vatican Insider - Jan 2, 2015 at 9:29 amMother Dies Who Refused Cancer Treatment to Save Her Unborn Son’s Life
LifeNews.com - Jan 2, 2015 at 9:23 am Kathy Taylor, 34, was diagnosed with melanoma while pregnant but refused treatment to save her unborn baby boy rather than take his life in an abortion. Sadly, Kathy died in her...
Prominent Euthanasia Activist Loses Medical License After Killing Six People
LifeNews.com - Jan 2, 2015 at 8:49 am There is more to this story than a ghoul suicide facilitator losing his medical license.
Lawrence G. Egbert is part of the suicide “counseling” organization, Final Exit Network....
Pope's Message to Brazilians as Rio Marks 450th Anniversary
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jan 2, 2015 at 8:19 am Here is a translation of the text of a video-message Pope Francis sent to the people of Brazil, on the occasion of the celebrations of the New Year and for the beginning of the...
ASK FATHER: Who should cleanse vessels during Mass?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 2, 2015 at 8:17 am From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
My priest barely pours water into one chalice and swishes it in all four to cleanse. He consumes it and doesn’t wipe them out but passes them over to the...
ASK FATHER: Who can dispense Holy Day of Obligation
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jan 2, 2015 at 7:57 am From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
A friend of mine just informed me that the Solemnity of Mary isn’t [wasn’t] a Holy Day of Obligation in the whole state of California. What...
Knights of Columbus council reverses course, agrees to host same-sex wedding reception
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 2, 2015 at 7:03 am Photo: Knights of Columbus #934 / Facebook Details: Back in September, Alexandria Marie Shields and Taylor Butcher booked the Knights of Columbus hall in Madison, Indiana for the...
Meatless Friday: Cod Piccata
CatholicMom.com - Jan 2, 2015 at 7:00 am
Chicken piccata is a favorite dish in our household, so it was only natural that we’d eventually try the same technique with fish. Be sure to use a heavy pan for this recipe,...
Michael Keaton on his Catholic education: “It kind of builds who you are”
The Deacon's Bench - Jan 2, 2015 at 6:42 am Michael Keaton in 2013 (photo: Gage Skidmore / Wikipedia) Details: Michael Keaton says his education at a Catholic school shaped the person who he is. The 63-year-old actor...
