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CATHOLIC BY GRACE | Crises show that family comes first
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Dec 31, 2014 at 3:09 pm Denise Bossert
It was two years ago this month.
Our unmarried daughter met us for dinner and announced that she was pregnant with her third...
Editorial | Purposeful engagement with Cuba
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Dec 31, 2014 at 3:09 pm Miami resident Rosario Bergouignan left her native Cuba in the first waves in the 1960s, after a Marxist dictatorship took control of the nation 90 miles off the coast of Florida...
Beautiful Requiem Altar Cards from SPORCH
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 31, 2014 at 2:56 pm The nice lady of SPORCH sent me a new set of Extraordinary Form altar cards for Requiem Masses!
They are spectacular. Your TLM community needs a set!
They are pretty big. Here...
New Year’s Eve is time for examination of conscience, pope says
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 31, 2014 at 2:50 pm The end of one calendar year and the beginning of another is the perfect occasion to reflect on how well people have used the time and gifts God has given them -- especially how...
Pope: This New Year's, embrace gratitude, reject slavery of sin
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 31, 2014 at 2:44 pm Vatican City, Dec 31, 2014 / 01:44 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At the year's end, Pope Francis reflected on Christ’s saving presence within time, cautioning against nostalgia for the...
New Experimental Adult Stem Cell Treatment Helps Those With MS
LifeNews.com - Dec 31, 2014 at 2:42 pm There maybe new hope for the millions of patients worldwide that suffer from multiple sclerosis, better known as MS. MS is a debilitating and progressive disease where a patient’s...
January 2015 Sunday Gospel Activities
CatholicMom.com - Dec 31, 2014 at 2:36 pm Please note that all missing activities will be added as soon as they are available.
We are experimenting with a new “message board” for our Catechist and teacher friends. To...
Abundance of athletic talent and sportsmanship
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Dec 31, 2014 at 2:27 pm Joseph Kennyjkenny@archstl.orgtwitter: @josephkenny2
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An overflow crowd saw Chaminade defeat Cardinal...
The Pope on ‘Mafia Capitale’: ‘corruption requires conversion’
Vatican Insider - Dec 31, 2014 at 2:20 pmNicki Minaj: Abortion I Had as a Teenager “Has Haunted Me All My Life”
LifeNews.com - Dec 31, 2014 at 2:16 pm Earlier this month, pop singer Nicki Minaj became the subject of news reports when a song of hers hinted at having an abortion. Assuming she was referencing her aborted baby in...
New Year's Day Morning
Commonweal - Dec 31, 2014 at 2:10 pm Whether or not you celebrate New Year's Eve, and whether or not you have recovered, turn on your local public radio station and listen to the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Day...
Maryland drama: An Episcopal bishop, her DUI record, a dead cyclist and debates about the meaning of 'above reproach'
GetReligion - Dec 31, 2014 at 2:00 pm Let's call it the "shoe on the other political foot" argument.
How many times have you heard media critics argue that a particular media outlet -- The New York Times is the...
Scotland MSPs Making Biggest Push Ever to Legalize Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com - Dec 31, 2014 at 1:58 pm In April, Margo Macdonald MSP passed away from Parkinson’s disease after introducing the “Assisted Suicide Bill” in Scotland; and now the Scottish Parliament is claiming that it...
Baby “Aborted” at 26 Weeks to Save Mother’s Life Survives, Now Healthy 10-Year-Old
LifeNews.com - Dec 31, 2014 at 1:38 pm Ten years ago Norelle Smith and fiancé Sandy Cameron were told that Norelle, then 26 weeks pregnant, had toxic pre-eclampsia. “The condition was starving the struggling [baby] in...
Abortions account for 95% of Planned Parenthood services
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 31, 2014 at 1:30 pm Abortions account for 94% of the services provided for pregnant women by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Susan B. Anthony List has remarked.
Citing statistics...
Police report attack by woman wielding crucifix taken from vandalized creche display
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 31, 2014 at 1:24 pm Police in Haverhill, Massachusetts arrested a homeless woman on December 30, charging that she attacked a police officer with a crucifix that had been taken from a vandalized...
Cardinal George ends experimental treatment; drug fails to stop cancer
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 31, 2014 at 1:19 pm Cardinal Francis George, who recently retired as Archbishop of Chicago, has stopped using an experimental cancer drug after doctors found that the treatment had been ...
In Middle East, a year marked by upheaval leaves millions suffering
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 31, 2014 at 1:13 pm The story of the Middle East in 2014 is one of war and displacement, broken families and tireless aid workers, and the rise of a new group one scholar referred to as "al-Qaida on...
Lawsuits on health care law’s mandate, subsidies wind through courts
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 31, 2014 at 1:03 pm Despite the positive experiences many have had with the Affordable Care Act, it has not been without controversy.
Your Yes in 2015–Join Us for a Year of Giving God Your Best
CatholicMom.com - Dec 31, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Join us to give “Your Yes in 2015″
Participate in Lisa Hendey’s “Your Yes in 2015″ by receiving a brief daily email for 15 days, beginning on January 5, 2015 to help you...
