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Confirmed: Francis to Philly in ’15
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 25, 2014 at 10:43 am From CNS: Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said Pope Francis has accepted his invitation to attend the World Meeting of Families in the U.S. next year.Archbishop Chaput...
87% of Babies With Cystic Fibrosis are Aborted, But How Could We Kill This Bundle of Joy?
LifeNews.com - Jul 25, 2014 at 10:43 am A medical exam room is where most parents are presented with “their options” regarding life. It’s where they are overwhelmed with the unpleasant diagnoses that their unborn child...
If only David Cameron would follow the example of the Italian prime minister
Catholic Herald - Jul 25, 2014 at 10:39 am The recent news that Meriam Ibrahim and her family have arrived in Rome and been received by the Pope will come as a pleasant surprise to many. Clearly the Italians have been at...
In honor of Saint James
Rorate Coeli - Jul 25, 2014 at 10:31 am Apostolic Tomb-Reliquary, Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago, protector of Christians, protect us this day from the enemies of the Church.
Guillaume Dufay
Rite maiorem...
Camden bishop authorizes deacons to wear the collar
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 25, 2014 at 10:29 am Details: Bishop Dennis Sullivan, in consultation with the Presbyteral Council and Deacon Council, has instituted a change in the Diocese of Camden’s practice concerning clerical...
Silence/Words/Action
Commonweal - Jul 25, 2014 at 10:26 am The auxiliary bishop of Baghdad laments Western silence regarding the plight of Christians in Iraq:
“Where is the respect for the rights of Christians?” the Auxiliary Bishop of...
St. Louis missionaries help bring joy of the Gospel
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jul 25, 2014 at 10:21 am Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2
Building vocations in Bolivia is a goal for St. Louis priests serving in the Latin...
For once the BBC has put the humanity of the unborn child centre stage
Catholic Herald - Jul 25, 2014 at 10:18 am I don’t often listen to a radio programme with wholehearted attention but having stumbled across one of the Inside the Ethics Committee series, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 9am...
Napa Institute: Day 2
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 25, 2014 at 10:15 am I am at a breakfast sponsored by Catholic Extension. Archbp. Kurtz is taking about it. He explained that it was its goal to have church in every county in these USA. They have...
District Attorney Refuses to Investigate Clinic That Killed Woman in Botched 19-Week Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jul 25, 2014 at 10:14 am More than four months after the avoidable death of Lakisha Wilson at the Preterm Abortion Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, there has been no action taken by the Cuyahoga County District...
Meatless Friday: Sarah’s Notsanga
CatholicMom.com - Jul 25, 2014 at 10:00 am Recipes ain’t ‘zactly what I’m known for. Ever.
And yet…and yet, I cook. (At least one family member just fell over. I heard the thunk.)
Because here’s the thing: we live in the...
'The Rockford Files': Secret to a marriage?
Commonweal - Jul 25, 2014 at 9:57 am A couple of decades on, my wife and I still find ourselves telling people about our Pre-Cana experience, held at a parish in a Brooklyn neighborhood known then, with implied...
He Would Have Died Before Birth Because of a Cyst on His Lung, But Then This Happened
LifeNews.com - Jul 25, 2014 at 9:43 am The birth of a baby is often called the miracle of life, but that doesn’t begin to describe 8-month-old Elijah Alvarez. One couple is thankful the life of their baby was saved...
Another House of Horrors in Philadelphia? Abortion Clinic Injures Woman, Ignores Health Laws
LifeNews.com - Jul 25, 2014 at 9:24 am After the macabre findings from notorious abortionist Kermit Gosnell’s Philadelphia charnel house were made public in 2011, lawmakers in Pennsylvania enacted legislation that...
Father Robert Barron MEGA Giveaway!
Brandon Vogt - Jul 25, 2014 at 9:07 am “Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.” – St. Augustine
Since I’ve built up a large collection of extra books and...
Lucy
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 25, 2014 at 9:03 am NEW YORK — No one can accuse French writer-director Luc Besson of having made a dull film in “Lucy” (Universal).
But giddy sci-fi notions pepper his bizarre action thriller, while...
UCLA study literally tries to sell gay marriage in Texas
GetReligion - Jul 25, 2014 at 9:01 am Help gays marry and boost the economy: That’s one of the newest pitches in gay rights circles. A new story in Houston Chronicle says legalizing same-sex marriage could boost state...
And So It Goes
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 25, 2014 at 8:56 am NEW YORK — The indignities of romance in one’s 60s entwine with a mortifyingly weak and implausible script for two aging actors in “And So It Goes” (Clarius).
Michael Douglas, who...
Activists Use Stealth “Reproductive Health” Campaign to Push Abortion at UN
LifeNews.com - Jul 25, 2014 at 8:55 am Great debate is taking place at the United Nations over inclusion of “reproductive rights”–interpreted to include access to abortion–in the new set of priorities for the world...
Admissions Policy of Catholic School in U.K. Struck Down on Basis of Discrimination
Catholic Education Daily - Jul 25, 2014 at 8:49 am St. Joseph's reportedly had been granting preferred acceptance to students whose families attended Mass at the affiliated church.
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