GIMME SHELTER: New Pro-Life Film Coming to a Theatre Near You

November 27, 2013 by
Gimme Shelter

Apple Bailey is a 16-year-old runaway with an indomitable spirit.  She dreams of finding happiness and of escaping from the bleak street life she has known with her mother (Rosario Dawson), an addict and prostitute.  Apple, played by Vanessa Hudgens, tracks down the father she never knew (Brendan Fraser), who is now a successful Wall Street broker; but after only a few days in his home, Apple learns she is pregnant.When her father and stepmother direct her to seek an abortion, Apple runs a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Movies, Pro-Life

“Simple Wisdom”: U.S. Bishops Publish Compilations of Pope Francis’s Messages

November 20, 2013 by
Pope Francis w rosary

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has just released two slim books of homespun messages from Pope Francis:  on Hope and on Evangelization.  The first is only 66 pages in length; the second, 73 pages.  The English-language edition is published in conjunction with the Vatican publishing house, Libreria Editrice Vaticana.The “Simple Wisdom of Pope Francis” Series includes papal remarks that have garnered worldwide media attention.  Some of the quotes which may be familiar to you are: “ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Pope Francis, USCCB

“Heaven Is For Real” Movie Is Coming to Theatres at Easter

November 20, 2013 by
Heaven is for real

Three-year-old Colton Burpo underwent emergency surgery in 2003, following a burst appendix.  On the operating table, Colton had a brush with death, and lay unconscious for 17 days; and doctors told his family that he was not expected to live.But Colton did survive—and several months later, he began to tell stories that shocked even his family about the time while he lay unconscious.   He described events about which he could never have known, and people whom he had never met.  He described a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Heaven, Movies

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