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Overheard – July 31, 2014
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jul 29, 2014 at 5:41 pm “In the face of this emergency, our first duty must be to protect these children. My brothers and sisters, what we are doing for these children as a church? It’s not about...
Papal delegation suspends ordinations in Paraguay diocese
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 29, 2014 at 5:39 pm Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, Jul 29, 2014 / 04:39 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An apostolic visitation of Paraguay's Cuidad del Este diocese concluded on Saturday with the visitors...
Satanists Invoke Hobby Lobby, Say Pro-Life Laws Violate Their Religious Beliefs
LifeNews.com - Jul 29, 2014 at 5:29 pm Following the Hail Satan chant in during laws that would restrict late term abortions in the state of Texas, a new effort is underway by the Satanic Temple to interject “religious...
Media’s Hobby Lobby Reporting Repeatedly Deceived Public on Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jul 29, 2014 at 5:09 pm In the buildup to the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision, and even more so in its aftermath, prominent news outlets have been aggressively spreading falsehoods about key aspects...
Dad Delivers Baby in Toilet After Couple Turned Away From Hospital
LifeNews.com - Jul 29, 2014 at 4:38 pm David Davis says he was forced to deliver his new baby at home after he and his wife were turned away from a local hospital in Connecticut because his wife was supposedly not...
Bishop says talk of 'priest shortage' is nonsense
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 29, 2014 at 4:04 pm Priests in the Diocese of Rockville Center, New York, have taken issue with the claim by Bishop William Murphy that talk about a priest shortage is "nonsense."
Bishop Murphy, in a...
There's No Mean Like Church Mean
Saint Louis Catholic - Jul 29, 2014 at 4:03 pm That saying is not original to me, but it sure rings true at times.
Portland, part II: Saving kids from ‘fundamentalist sect’
GetReligion - Jul 29, 2014 at 4:00 pm My colleague Bobby Ross Jr. picked the better article. As much fault as he found with a story in the Portland Oregonian about Child Evangelism Fellowship, the Associated Press...
Dad’s heroism on the bridge through the eyes of his daughter
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jul 29, 2014 at 3:59 pm St. Thomas grad hopes to carry family faith legacy in role as campus minister at U of M
Filipino Christians working in Libya are at risk, pastor says
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 29, 2014 at 3:58 pm A Filipino priest serving in a parish in Libya has warned that the lives of Christians are endangered in that country, the AsiaNews service reports.
Father Amado Baranquel pointed...
Supreme Court Will Decide if Planned Parenthood Can Injure Women With Dangerous Abortion Drug
LifeNews.com - Jul 29, 2014 at 3:58 pm The abortion drug is responsible for the deaths of dozens of women worldwide, including several in the United States alone, and it has injured at least 1,100 women in the United...
Milwaukee archdiocese faces $14 million in legal bills for bankruptcy proceedings
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 29, 2014 at 3:55 pm The Archdiocese of Milwaukee owes roughly $14 million in legal fees connected with its filing for bankruptcy protection, the National Catholic Reporter has found.
The legal fees...
Central American leaders on panel discuss limited options for migrants
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 29, 2014 at 3:55 pm WASHINGTON — While Central American children and families continue risking their lives to enter the U.S. illegally, political leaders have limited some of the options available to...
Destruction in Gaza nears WWII levels, says Catholic aid official
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 29, 2014 at 3:07 pm An official of Caritas Jerusalem, the Catholic charitable agency, has compared destruction wrought by an Israeli offensive in Gaza to the devastation of World War II.
Father Raed...
France offers asylum to Christian refugees from Iraq
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 29, 2014 at 3:03 pm The government of France has offered asylum to Iraqi Christians who have been driven from their homes by Islamic militants.
French foreign minister Laurent Fabius said that his ...
Cardinal Müller, in new book, renews argument against change in Church teaching on marriage
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 29, 2014 at 2:59 pm Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, renews his argument against changes in Church teaching on marriage, in a new book-...
Dog Finds Abandoned Baby on the Side of the Road, Umbilical Cord Still Attached
LifeNews.com - Jul 29, 2014 at 2:52 pm Mid-morning on Monday Jeff Kopp of White Cloud, Michigan, was walking Bobby, his black Labrador mix, when the dog pulled him down the road and toward a satellite dish.
Kopp told...
The Thug Now In Charge of the FFI
Creative Minority Report - Jul 29, 2014 at 2:36 pm If reports are accurate, and given it is from La Stampa it can be reasonably supposed to be, the new head of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, Father Alfonso Bruno, imposed...
On Grotesques: Gargoyle and Chimera
Quartermaster of the Barque - Jul 29, 2014 at 2:31 pm Famous gothic or neo-gothic cathedrals feature ornate decoration: in addition to animals, statues and stained glass, there are also “gargoyles” stationed atop parapets and...
France offers asylum to Iraqi Christians
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 29, 2014 at 2:28 pm Details: France said Monday it was ready to help facilitate asylum for Christians in Iraq displaced by a jihadi onslaught, saying it was “outraged” by their persecution. “We are...
