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2016-09-30T15:53:19-05:00

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Today, Join Archbishop Aquila for Ten Minutes of Prayer

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

Everything the pro-life movement has worked toward over the past decades is in jeopardy. That’s the lede in a statement released April 9 by the Archdiocese of Denver regarding SB 175, which will be debated this Thursday by legislators in Colorado. SB 175 is titled “Concerning Freedom From Government Interference in an Individual’s Reproductive Health Decisions.” The bill is an attempt by Colorado legislators to enshrine Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) legislation in state law. It’s a radical bill which... Read more

2016-09-30T15:53:19-05:00

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Disgusting! First-Time Abortions Get $25 Discount

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

This story comes to you from Lifenews.com: In the District of Columbia, an abortion provider, who proudly displays his affiliation with the National Abortion Federation, goes as far as to offer a $25 discount for a first-time patient. The callous marketing of abortion puts the abortion industry’s disregard for life on full display. The “first-time” discount implicitly acknowledges the frequency of repeat abortions. According to the latest Center for Disease Control (CDC) data, it is estimated that around 45% of... Read more

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What Do We Know About Obama’s HHS Nominee, Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

Pro-lifers and conservatives are cheering the news that Kathleen Sebelius has resigned her post as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Sebelius, whose reputation was sullied following the massive network problems which crippled the rollout of the Obamacare website, resigned April 11 after five years at HHS. But wait: Aren’t the celebrations perhaps a little premature? What do we really know about President Obama’s nominee to replace Sebelius in the post, Sylvia Mathews Burwell? She comes from... Read more

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Lady Archer to Lead Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

A news item for those who would claim that the Catholic Church doesn’t take full advantage of the talents of women: This morning in Vatican City, Pope Francis appointed Lady Margaret Archer as president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Lady Archer replaces outgoing president Mary Ann Glendon, professor of law at Harvard Law School. Lady Archer, a professor at l’Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, is considered one of the most influential theorists in the critical realist tradition.... Read more

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Traditional Latin Mass Finds Support Among Young Priests

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

Liturgy is a contentious topic. Often, traditionalists feel strongly that their preferred form of liturgy (the Extraordinary Form) is superior. Those with a more modern bent are convinced the Novus Ordo is an improvement, and decry the idea of “going backwards” to the pre-Vatican liturgy. I happened recently to see a comment posted by Sherry Weddell, founder of the Called and Gifted Workshops and author of several popular books including Forming Intentional Disciples and The Catholic Spiritual Gifts Inventory. Sherry... Read more

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2016-09-30T15:53:20-05:00

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Italian Newspaper Falls for Vatican’s April Fool’s Prank

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

After a shocking incident in January in which Pope Francis released two white doves, only to see them killed by a crow and a seagull, the Swiss Guard has taken action to ensure that none of the Pope’s “peace doves” meet a similar fate in the future. A bird of prey named “Sylvia” has been specially trained in northern Italy to protect the Pope’s doves. APRIL FOOL! * * * * *... Read more

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Learning from the Master: C.S. Lewis on Apologetics

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

For countless readers who have crossed the line from unbelief to embrace the Commandments and the Bible and the Beatitudes and all the lessons which Christ taught, their journey has been guided by the writings of C.S. Lewis. In Mere Christianity, his most popular apologetics work, Lewis leads his readers along the path of sound reason, helping the reader to discern why *A* is true and *B* is not. At the end, the preposterous idea that we were created by... Read more

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Cardinal George Will Miss the Canonizations, Due to Recurrent Cancer

Last updated on: January 24, 2015 at 9:26 pm By Kathy Schiffer

When the world’s Cardinals gather in Rome April 27 for the canonizations of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II, Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George will be watching from home. Cardinal George told us last month that his cancer, which had metastasized from his bladder to his kidney and liver, had again become active. Doctors found new cancer cells in his right kidney, meaning that he would once again be undergoing chemotherapy. His Eminence has now received two doses of... Read more

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Abrasive Atheist Chris O’Dowd Thinks Religion Is Ruining the World

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

“…As time goes on, weirdly, I’m growing less liberal. I’m more like, ‘No, religion is ruining the world, you need to stop!’” Those are the words of Irish actor and comedian Chris O’Dowd, star of films including Bridesmaids and Gulliver’s Travels. O’Dowd was featured on the cover of Britain’s GQ Magazine last month. In an article in the magazine, he describes how his atheism has led him to equate atheism with racism, and to believe that people of faith should be... Read more

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CHOSEN: A Confirmation Study Program to Capture Teens’ Hearts and Minds

Last updated on: January 24, 2015 at 9:23 pm By Kathy Schiffer

I was thirteen once. It was a year of deep emotional turmoil: I was awash in hormones, and I felt gangly and unattractive. I was an honor student, competent at rote memorization; but I struggled to understand the deeper meaning of the accumulated facts which competed for my attention. I was uncertain whether the faith which I’d inherited from my parents, and which had governed my life to that point, would be a life-long habit, or whether I’d go to... Read more

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