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“Stand Up and Fight, You Crapulous Coward!”
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jul 24, 2014 at 12:19 pm I may explode from the overload of awesomeness! Chesterton illustrated by Ben Hatke!
A sinister spaceship captures an innocent monk … a pugnacious atheist and a devout Catholic...
Texas Abortions Drop 13%, Saving 9,200 Babies, as Pro-Life Law Closes Abortion Clinics
LifeNews.com - Jul 24, 2014 at 12:12 pm One Austin abortion facility’s building is advertised as up for lease. It is a very good sign of the times.
Now, a new study published yesterday by the Texas Policy Evaluation...
Dan Burke begins a very welcome and much-needed series
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jul 24, 2014 at 12:11 pm He writes:
I am sure you are aware of the rise of several forces in the Church that are very destructive. One has been around a long time – the chasing after apparitions and an...
Mary Gordon on "Francis and the Nuns" in Harper's
Commonweal - Jul 24, 2014 at 12:07 pm In my column last month, I asked, "Why hasn’t Pope Francis stepped in to get the Vatican off the nuns’ backs" and revoke the CDF's mandate to reform the LCWR? "If Francis really...
Five Things To Remember On July 24
USCCB Media Blog - Jul 24, 2014 at 12:03 pm 1. The U.S. cannot separate the humanitarian crisis of many thousands of unaccompanied minors journeying to the U.S. border from root causes in Latin America, many generated by U....
Feminist Studies Professor Who Assaulted Pro-Lifer Pleads No Contest to Criminal Charges
LifeNews.com - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:56 am The pro-abortion feminist studies professor at University of California Santa Barbara who attacked a young pro-life activist, stole and destroyed her sign, and encouraged a group...
Iraqi abbot calls for action to ensure local Christians' future
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:50 am Baghdad, Iraq, Jul 24, 2014 / 10:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Following the effective expulsion of Christians from the city of Mosul by Islamists last week, a prominent local abbot has...
Iraqi abbot calls for action to ensure local Christians' future
EWTN - World Catholic News - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:50 am Baghdad, Iraq, Jul 24, 2014 / 11:50 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Following the effective expulsion of Christians from the city of Mosul
by Islamists last week, a prominent local abbot has...
Remember: Big Patheos Fix Today
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:36 am The site will be down from 1:00 PM PDT to 8:00 AM tomorrow. Hopefully, this will address a lot of the issues I’ve been hearing about from readers (and faithfully passing on to...
Catholic mask: Italian bishops try to reveal truth behind mafia’s faith
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:32 am VATICAN CITY — The godfather who stands up for a child’s baptism one day and spends the rest of the week running a brutal crime ring unfortunately is not the stuff of movies...
Holy Land priests on both sides try to help parishioners confront war
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:29 am JERUSALEM — Two priests on either side of the Gaza border are trying to help their small communities confront the realities of war.
Both priests spoke of their material...
Latin American needs a revolution: a liberal and Catholic revolution
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:28 am Liberation Theology is having a bit of a revival. Is this good? I am skeptical. The problem with the Left is that they talk and talk with all sorts of grand words but they don’...
Holy Land tour operators scramble to help pilgrims after flight ban
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:28 am JERUSALEM — With most international airlines canceling their flights into Israel’s Ben Gurion airport after several Hamas missiles were launched toward the area July 22, Anton...
Free from ordeal in Sudan, woman condemned for apostasy meets pope
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:26 am Meeting a Sudanese woman who risked execution for not renouncing her Catholic faith, Pope Francis thanked Meriam Ibrahim for her steadfast witness to Christ.
Agency’s plan to house migrants from border called ‘right thing’ to do
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:25 am BALTIMORE — After news broke July 17 that Catholic Charities of Baltimore planned to house unaccompanied immigrant children at a Baltimore-area facility, executive director...
An ISIS tax on Christians? The accurate word is ‘dhimmitude’
GetReligion - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:23 am A month ago, I wrote a post about the events unfolding in Mosul and argued that journalists who covered this story — those brave enough to venture into the Nineveh Plain region —...
Mount St. Mary’s Students Recount Impact of ‘Pilgrimage of Faith’ in Rome
Catholic Education Daily - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:21 am Led by Fr. Brian Nolan, the University chaplain and director of Campus Ministry, the group traveled through Rome and Assisi visiting important historical sites and "icons of the...
Senate May Approve Disability Rights Treaty That Could Promote Abortion
LifeNews.com - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:15 am The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) this week. While this treaty has a warm and fuzzy name, it...
Vatican revising canon law on abuse penalties, cardinal says
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:10 am VATICAN CITY — Church law has procedures and penalties for effectively dealing with allegations of clerical sexual abuse, but the Vatican is working to revise a section of the...
Catalyst for change in East St. Louis makes things happen
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Jul 24, 2014 at 11:06 am Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2
When Sparkill Dominican Sister Carol Lehmkuhl came to the East St. Louis, Ill.,...
