2016-09-30T16:01:41-04:00

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Details:  A third of the abortion clinics in Texas can no longer perform the procedure starting Friday after a federal appeals court allowed most of the state’s new abortion restrictions to take effect. A panel of judges at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled Thursday evening that Texas can enforce its law requiring doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital while a lawsuit challenging the restrictions moves forward. The panel issued the ruling three days... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:41-04:00

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A classic hymn that we hear every November 1. Crank up the volume—and remember to make Mass today!  This feast is necessary!   Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:41-04:00

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Seriously: this is beyond awesome. Ladies and gentlemen, behold college student Tori Boggs, a nine-time world rope-skipping champion, who also holds two rope-skipping world records, and is the captain of the U.S. National Jump Rope Team. In other words: just another undergrad with a hobby. Watch. Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:41-04:00

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This is pretty astounding, via NCR:  The Vatican has asked national bishops’ conferences around the world to conduct a wide-ranging poll of Catholics asking for their opinions on church teachings on contraception, same-sex marriage and divorce. Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops, asked the conferences to distribute the poll “immediately as widely as possible to deaneries and parishes so that input from local sources can be received.” The poll, which comes in a questionnaire sent... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:41-04:00

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Details were first reported in The New York Times:  A gleaming, monumental and unmistakable symbol of Orthodox Christianity would rise at the south end of the National September 11 Memorial under plans drawn up for the new St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. The original St. Nicholas Church was crushed on Sept. 11, 2001, when the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed. Plans to replace it on the grounds of the new trade center, across Liberty Street from the... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:41-04:00

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Details:  Students won’t be allowed to sing religious holiday songs at winter concerts in a south-central New Jersey school district. Bordentown Superintendent Constance J. Bauer issued a statement on Oct. 18 saying that some of the selections were questioned and that “religious music should not be part of the elementary program.” The statement added that the district solicitor is reviewing the decision, mentioning how the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010 declined to hear an appeal of a similar situation involving... Read more

2015-03-13T16:37:01-04:00

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This gospel, the Beatitudes, may be one of the most familiar in all of scripture. Its litany of what it means to be “blessed” can be seen as the ultimate blueprint for living the Christian life. In the context of today’s feast, it tells us: this is how you become a saint. But do we really understand what that means? As we mark this All Saints Day, it is tempting to put saints, literally, on a pedestal.  Just look around... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:42-04:00

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You remember this incident from last week. The Catholic League has the following update: The University of South Florida contacted Bill Donohue today about the incident involving Dr. Timothy Weil. Weil had compared priests to feces at a recent academic forum; to read the background about this issue, click here. Donohue received a letter from Dr. Julianne Serovich, Dean and Professor, College of Behavioral & Community Sciences, wherein she stated that Weil received a “Letter of Counsel.” She also said he... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:42-04:00

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From the Wall Street Journal:  On Tuesday night, St. Thomas More church will once again be the cornerstone of Breezy Point, the close-knit, mostly Irish community where hundreds of homes burned and flooded during superstorm Sandy. To remember the one-year anniversary, the church will host a Mass with readings and a sermon. And at the center of the ceremony will be a state of the Virgin Mary that came to symbolize Sandy’s devastation and rebirth. It’s fitting that the church is playing... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:42-04:00

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A priest friend on Facebook notes: I was in the 2nd grade teaching them the Holy Spirit Prayer: “Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. and you shall renew the face of the earth… ” So one little one asks: “Father why are we praying the the Holy Spirit gets the New Amazon Kindle?” You cannot make this stuff up!!!!... Read more

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