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Hundreds of Teen Girls in Scotland Have Had at Least Two Abortions
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2014 at 2:18 pm Tragically, new figures out of Scotland show that hundreds of girls have had abortions before the age of 16. In 2013, 225 girls had abortions, with 46 in the Lothian area and 40...
End of Year Opportunities for Spiritual Works of Mercy
Quartermaster of the Barque - Dec 30, 2014 at 2:15 pm I posted this last year regarding the plenary indulgence available on December 31:
There are two (principal) types of indulgences: partial and plenary. In the vocabulary of the...
China: Breitbart says Christians now Outnumber Communists
Quartermaster of the Barque - Dec 30, 2014 at 2:11 pm “Though the Chinese Communist Party is the largest explicitly atheist organization in the world, with 85 million official members, it is now overshadowed by an estimated 100...
Hockey legends mourn larger-than-life Canucks coach
The Busy Catholic - Dec 30, 2014 at 1:58 pm Pat Quinn, who once wanted to wear Roman collar, guided Team Canada to Olympic gold in 2002
He led the Canucks heartbreakingly close to the Stanley Cup, helped the "Russian Rocket...
‘Right to die’ campaigners are peddling a great lie, says Pope
Catholic Herald - Dec 30, 2014 at 1:44 pm “Right to die” campaigners who think the gravely ill lead lives not worth living are peddling a great lie, Pope Francis has said in a message for the 2015 World Day of the Sick....
This Cellphone Company is Donating Hundreds of Thousands to Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2014 at 1:40 pm (LiveActionNews) — CREDO, a wireless carrier with mobile, long-distance, and credit card services, is on a mission to fund abortion through donations to groups like Planned...
When non-Catholics go up for communion
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 30, 2014 at 1:24 pm Image: “Communion of the Apostles” by Fra Angelico (1440) via Wikipedia. This is a time of year when we see a lot of people in the communion line at Mass who, Sunday after...
Nine Kids= A Magical Christmas
CatholicMom.com - Dec 30, 2014 at 1:00 pm After Christmas Eve Mass, I brought out Christmas baking for the first time with candles and a statue of Mary on the table. After our celebration, we put Baby Jesus in his crib...
Woman Pleads Not Guilty After Police Find Three Dead Babies in Closets, One Stuffed in Backpack
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2014 at 12:19 pm A Massachusetts woman has pleaded not guilty after authorities found the bodies of three dead babies in closets in her home. One of the babies reportedly lived for hours after...
Kansas City Star story on woman who wants to be Roman Catholic priest needs less advocacy, more reporting
GetReligion - Dec 30, 2014 at 12:16 pm The Kansas City Star recently profiled a woman who — according to the newspaper's headline — "intends to be Kansas City's first female Catholic priest."
Only one small problem:...
Cradle Taboo
Commonweal - Dec 30, 2014 at 12:09 pm “Cradle Catholic” has a muscular connotation for me - the learned response to the stimulus of the Holy Name. I nod my head down in a perfunctory bow. Half-conscious, almost...
The Curious Case of Carlos Urrutigoity (VII)
Commonweal - Dec 30, 2014 at 11:57 am This is the seventh in a series of posts on the Urrutigoity case. Read the first part here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, the fifth here, and the sixth here....
We Asked for Your Stories of Miracle Births. The Ones You Shared Are Awe-Inspiring
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2014 at 11:51 am When you hear the words “miracle birth” around Christmastime, you might think of one particular birth—the one that happened more than 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem involving a...
Pope: True charity takes compassion that does not demand conversion
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 30, 2014 at 11:21 am "Quality of life" proponents who think the gravely ill lead lives not worth living are peddling a great lie, Pope Francis said in a message for the 2015 World Day of the Sick.
After Eight Years of Infertility, Mom Gives Birth to Two Sets of Twins
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2014 at 11:17 am Her stunned face went viral earlier this year when Ashley and Tyson Gardner found out they were pregnant with quadruplets. More precisely, they were pregnant with a rare pregnancy...
Vittorio Messori: Doubts on the twists and turns of Pope Francis
Rorate Coeli - Dec 30, 2014 at 11:09 am The following article by the most influential religious analyst in Italy, Vittorio Messori (main editor, among others, of the Ratzinger Report and of John Paul II's Crossing the...
Mexican’s devotion to ‘Nino Dios’ evolves into colorful tradition
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 30, 2014 at 11:03 am MEXICO CITY — From a series of stores on a single street in central Mexico City, Saul Uribe sells everything to do with “Nino Dios,” as Baby Jesus is known in this heavily...
Pope Francis calls murder of Mexican priest "unjustifiable violence"
News.va - Dec 30, 2014 at 11:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has expressed his “deep sadness” about the murder of Mexican priest, Father Gregorio López Gorostieta, who was murdered after preaching a sermon...
Duggar Family Legacy Continues: Daughter Jill Duggar Shows Off Baby Bump as Christmas Present
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2014 at 10:52 am Jill Duggar, daughter of Bob and Michelle Duggar from the reality show, 19 Kids and Counting, celebrated Christmas with her family and shared with the world that she and her...
