November 30, 2011

Religion and Faith Look to Mary at Advent to 'Relive Christ's Coming' Vatican's Cardinal Piacenza Points Priests to Mary for Advent Our Lady of Beauraing Blessed Virgin Mary Quote for Advent The Lefebvrians ask for modifications to the Doctrinal Preamble delivered to them by the Holy See God of Gods: Scrutinizing the Inscrutable Catholic, Muslim Scholars Discusses Faith, Reason Patience With New Translation Expected to Pay Dividends The New Roman Missal: A Fresh Encounter with the Liturgy The challenge of contemporary atheism Prophet Muhammad's invitation to Christians to pray in mosques College of St. Mary Magdalen Consecrated to Sacred Heart The minority religions are demanding rules that avoid discrimination Scottish Cardinal talks about St. Andrew's Feast Day The story of Uriel, the 'forgotten' archangel Life and Lifestyle Pope Benedict XVI: The Face of the Dying Christ Teaches us to Defend Life Sebelius Called on to Quit Over Planned Parenthood Scandal Kathleen Sebelius' Gruesome Moral Calculus Kissinger, Eugenics And Depopulation Pro-Life Manifesto Spreading Abortion, Mental Health, And Politicized Science The Eyeless “I” of Assisted Suicide, Fighting it in Canada Gene Therapy an Alternative to Assisted Suicide for Pain Abp. Nichols praises "Civil partnerships" for "people of the same sex" Abortionist Carhart Not Punished for Misleading License App Abortion will not solve maternal mortality, says pro-life group Claim: Late-Term Abortions Have No “Detrimental” Effects Medical mafia in Australia to force parents to medicate ADHD children Sri Lanka: Released, but awaiting trial, the sister of Mother Teresa who "sold children" Why Hating Is Too Easy and Forgiving Is Too Hard

International News Financial red alert: Europe stands on verge of 'apocalyptic' debt crisis with only days remaining Eurozone bailout fund under discussion Muslim Brotherhood Expected to Do Well As Egypt's Complicated Election Process Begins Egypt: Elections: few incidents, many women at polling stations Syria: UN accuses Damascus of crimes against humanity Syria Expels Italian Jesuit Who Sought Interfaith Harmony Indonesia: Java: Muslims and Catholics marching together to promote good "jihad" Bishops Fail to Support Priests, Charge Irish Clerics Pope condemns massacre of kidnap victims by Colombian rebels China: Beijing ready to “push Chinese companies to acquire European enterprises” Man Who Escaped from Colombian Rebels Prayed for His Captors RFE/RL Dedicates Monument To Jewish History At Prague Headquarters Students Storm U.K. Embassy In Tehran U.S. Vice President Arrives In Iraq Healing priest goes to Lingayen, Philippines Science and Technology NJ: Mystery in Bridgewater: What caused strange glowing lights in the sky? Japan: Fukushima: Ban on 4322 rice farms. Plant manager hospitalised Genetically modified alfalfa and Roundup herbicides may create an agricultural disaster Pope calls for youth to be 'guardians of creation' Pope Benedict: Educating the guardians of Creation BP Oil Spill: The Oil Is Still Here Take A Look Global health organization to purchase millions of toxic HPV vaccines to administer to women and girls in third-world countries Vatican to have “Green” Nativity scene Magnesium improves brain plasticity to ease anxiety and boost cognition How cordless phones, wi-fi and other forms of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation cause cancer Cyborg Insects On The Front Line Of Future Disaster Response DARPA’s Hummingbird Nano Air Vehicle And Holographic Display Among Time’s 2011 Best 50 Inventions Alien Skulls Prove Earth Was Invaded Artificial Intelligence and Angelology FYI: Every American Concerned With Health Care Needs To Read This Conversation

US National News Vatican Cardinal Burke: ‘We’re well on the way’ to Christian persecution in the U.S. Daniel in the Lions’ Den: Progressives Come After Catholic Religious Liberty A Hidden America: Living in Cars, Tents and Cheap Motels Archdiocese of Washington's Initiative Focuses on the Gift of Christ Obama Approval Stuck at 43%, Tanks With Independent Voters Union Leader Endorsement Adds Wind to the Sails of the Campaign of Newt Gingrich Newt: I’m Not The Perfect Candidate — Nobody Is Perfect, Except Christ Dysfunctional Political System, Clownish Candidates Why Father Jenkins Was Chosen for Presidential Debate Commission Crystal Cathedral win was miraculous, legal firm says Texas Bishop: Settlement not an admission of guilt House Chaplain: Partisanship Growing Despite the Holidays, Christian News No Free Speech at Mr. Jefferson's Library Michigan legislator predicts 'uprisings' if welfare is denied Mass for Motor City strikes a hometown chord with new Roman Missal Media and Communication Memo Outlines Procedure Regarding Use of Pope's Signature on Vatican Documents “The Curia needs fewer Romans” Censoring in Central Asia Bloomberg News Smears GOP Candidates Over Abortion My Week with Marilyn: how Hollywood devoured a film icon Conception To Birth, Visualized - Video Official: Jackson's Doctor to Serve About 2 Years “Texts bearing the Pope's signature need more rigorous checking” Facebook Seeks $10 Billion In Its IPO Cover-Up: The News Stories Media Don't Want You To See ... Medjugorje film surfaces after 54 years Strange Lights and Orbs: Signs of the Times or Internet Anamolies Those Who Would Censor And Control The Internet Merging The Digital And Virtual Worlds: Sensors In Everything RELEVANT Interview with the SSPX Superior General: The Doctrinal Preamble

November 29, 2011

Religion and Faith Advent: Mary Leads her Children into 'The Way' of following Her Son Jesus Vatican II Unthinkable without spade work by Venerable Pius XII The Vatican calls lay branch of Legionaries to order The First Sunday of the New Mass - How Did It Go For You? Theology Fail: Poster-Child for New Missal Resistance Says Priests Should Focus on “Changing Water into Wine” St. Bernadette​'s Body After 122 Years ‘Vatican Exorcist’ Talks Medjugorje Medjugorje priest did not believe at first Priest accused of child abuse returns to Vatican to empty bank account The devil does yoga Archdiocese Finds 'No Substance' to Rape Allegation; Anglican Traditionalist Denounces Inquiry Pope: Be Alert to Eternity Pope: Advent, waiting for Christ in a postmodern world, where God seems absent Advent and the Art of Waiting An Early Advent Reflection: The Incarnation Still Dwells Among Us Life and Lifestyle Whose Is the Face of Life? Secret Planned Parenthood Memo: Stop Maternity Coverage VIP Abortions: Herbal Tea Afterward in Hillary Clinton Room Abortion Nearly Triples Breast Cancer Risk, New Study Finds Abortion Causes Demographic and Economic Problems UK bishop: Memory of Holocaust should inspire greater vigilance for unborn Minnesota abortion clinic to close: first clinic closure in state in two decades say pro-lifers At UN Vatican reaffirms stance against condoms for HIV/AIDS prevention - Analysis Archbishop urges Puerto Ricans to support life Gay rights activist calls for boycott of Salvation Army Christmas fundraiser After the desert: A faithful Catholic's reflection on same-sex attraction Little Girl With Down Syndrome Takes Modeling World by Storm Planned Parenthood: Agent of Destruction Encounter With Bl. Mother Teresa Transforms Woman's Life Holocaust Memorial Day: Catholic bishop remains vigilant of threats to human life

International News Vatican urges China to respect Church norms in next ordination Iraq shoulders massive amount of war widows Lebanon PM invites pope to visit, discusses Syria 8 Churches Destroyed in Nigeria An American Goes to Dublin Two million Russians venerate Marian relic believed to boost fertility German lawyer wants Pope cited on seatbelt charge Voting Starts in Egypt's Landmark Elections Priest says survival of Iraqi Christianity remains to be seen India: Muslims open Pandora's Box with arrest of Christian pastor Pakistan Expresses 'Rage' Over NATO Attack Arab States Set To Ratify Syrian Sanctions Ban voices deep concern over continuing violence in Egypt Ahead of Ivorian legislative polls, UN envoy warns on sexual violence Belgian ritual and Chinese puppetry join UN-backed list of intangible heritage Science and Technology Artificial Intelligence and Angelology FYI: Every American Concerned With Health Care Needs To Read This Conversation Computer To Spot Liars, Trained To Read Micro-Expressions Better Than Humans What Is The Great Garbage Patch In The North Pacific? Study: Vitamin D deficiency linked to recurrent inflammatory spinal cord disease 'RoboCop' Guards To Patrol South Korean Prisons Medical Mafia using financial leverage to enforce children's vaccinations on poor families Quack Medicines, Insect Immigrants, What Eats What Among Secrets Revealed By Global DNA Barcode Blitz Video: New Discoveries At Stonehenge Climate Change Conference: Pope Calls For Responsible Deal In Durban Creation Is Not Man's Property, Pope Teaches As Advent Begins NASA Launches New Mars Rover ‘Green’ Nativity scene is heading to St Peter’s Square Agribusiness and the Fall of Rome Will advocates of embryonic stem-cell research admit their errors?

US National News Cardinal Burke Talks About Rome, the Mass, Canon Law and U.S. Culture Entitlements, Not Tax Cuts, Widen the Wealth Gap Senate Moves To Allow Military To Intern Americans Without Trial USCCB criticizes Pew report on Church lobbying Report: Investors (China?) buying up US farmland at alarming rate Newt Gingrich gets BIG endorsement 'America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman' to retire Hey Nancy Pelosi, Catholics Should Have a Conscience Archdiocese of Washington's Initiative Focuses on the Gift of Christ Benedict XVI Tells New York Bishops to Speak Up for Truth Philadelphia Archbishop Chaput Names 7 To Clergy Misconduct Review Board Do not lose your public voice, Pope tells US bishops The greedy wolf at America's door Pope to U.S. Bishops: After the sex scandals, urgent need for new evangelization Archbishop Chaput praises new review board members' expertise Media and Communication “Texts bearing the Pope's signature need more rigorous checking” RELEVANT Interview with the SSPX Superior General: The Doctrinal Preamble Cover-Up: The News Stories Media Don't Want You To See ... Medjugorje film surfaces after 54 years Strange Lights and Orbs: Signs of the Times or Internet Anamolies Those Who Would Censor And Control The Internet Merging The Digital And Virtual Worlds: Sensors In Everything HUGO, a lovely family film-do go! Saintly Denverite Julia Greeley featured in manuscript The mystery of Jesus' tomb Mass to be broadcast live from the “Milk Grotto” Occult rock: the path of darkness Critic Points Out Media Bias Against Adult Stem Cells Pakistan rescinds ban on texting 'Jesus Christ' Vatican opens special exhibit on Gaudi, Sagrada Familia

November 28, 2011

Religion and Faith Pope: Be Alert to Eternity Pope: Advent, waiting for Christ in a postmodern world, where God seems absent Advent and the Art of Waiting An Early Advent Reflection: The Incarnation Still Dwells Among Us Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity to undergo first renovation in centuries Vatican Diary / Benedict signs, Bertone stamps Anti-money laundering experts inspect Vatican Introducing the New Missal: Why We Worship With Liturgy St. Francis Xavier's Missionary Zeal Remembered Dec. 3 St. Catherine Laboure and the Miraculous Medal Ann Arbor Based Religious Order Growing Rapidly Vatican aims to unify 1 billion Catholics worldwide with strict, Latin translations For old Mass books, tradition decrees burial or 'cremation' Pope blames global crisis on lack of reverence for God Pope: Feeding the Hungry Forces Question of Why There Is Hunger Life and Lifestyle Planned Parenthood: Agent of Destruction Encounter With Bl. Mother Teresa Transforms Woman's Life Holocaust Memorial Day: Catholic bishop remains vigilant of threats to human life Pakistan: Finally An End To Bartered Brides? 100 Questions for the Girl Scouts Is Michelle Obama Bad for Kids? Pope Benedict XVI renews condemnation of child sex abuse Vatican Marking Anniversary of John Paul II's "Familiaris Consortio" Time to End the Execution of Children in the Womb and of Adults by Capital Punishment Obamacare Awarded Grants to Now-Defunct Embryonic Research Commentary: The Pro-Life Message Moving to Go Mainstream Man Accuses Ex-Girlfriend of Stealing Sperm, Making Twins Catholic Bishops Issue Call for Post-Abortion Healing Catholic College Would Shut Down Before Submitting to Federal Contraceptive Mandate ‘Most difficult year in our history,’ laments Planned Parenthood President

International News Voting Starts in Egypt's Landmark Elections Priest says survival of Iraqi Christianity remains to be seen India: Muslims open Pandora's Box with arrest of Christian pastor Pakistan Expresses 'Rage' Over NATO Attack Arab States Set To Ratify Syrian Sanctions Ban voices deep concern over continuing violence in Egypt Ahead of Ivorian legislative polls, UN envoy warns on sexual violence Belgian ritual and Chinese puppetry join UN-backed list of intangible heritage Africa for Sale: where the poor have everything to lose Algeria: Numbers Do Not Make a Church Ordination of new bishop in China with Pope's approval on November 30 Egypt: New "march of one million" to oust military government today in Cairo The Coptic condition Medjugorje - Incredible stats from Vienna Desacralization - II. The Augustinian church in Würzburg, Germany Science and Technology Climate Change Conference: Pope Calls For Responsible Deal In Durban Creation Is Not Man's Property, Pope Teaches As Advent Begins NASA Launches New Mars Rover ‘Green’ Nativity scene is heading to St Peter’s Square Agribusiness and the Fall of Rome Will advocates of embryonic stem-cell research admit their errors? Mexico Acknowledges 2nd Mayan Reference to 2012 Solid Proof That Weather Modification Projects Are Being Conducted All Over The United States Soaring BPA Levels Found In People Who Eat Canned Foods New E-Mails Rock The Global Warming Debate TEPCO: Radioactive substances belong to landowners, not us - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun ‘Twine’ Foreshadows A Future Where All Objects Talk To The Internet Red Pill, Blue Pill, Camera Pill: Full HDTV Camera In A Pill, Flying Over The Three-Dimensional Moon, New Digital 3-D Moon Model Incredible Video Octopus Walks On Dry Land

US National News Pope to U.S. Bishops: After the sex scandals, urgent need for new evangelization Senior Bishops Predict Great Results from New Mass Translation Top 10 Comments Overheard After the First New Mass Philadelphia Archbishop Chaput Names 7 To Clergy Misconduct Review Board Archbishop Chaput praises new review board members' expertise Do not lose your public voice, Pope tells US bishops The greedy wolf at America's door U.S. religious freedom commission granted brief extension Deadline Arrives, Protesters Remain at Occupy LA Syracuse Fires Assistant Basketball Coach Fine Growth of Mexican-Americans Impacts Catholic Church Obama Leaves God Out of Thanksgiving Address Poverty in the midst of plenty: Hunger persists in the United States ‘Collapse’ Preparations Push Skyrocketing Survival Gear Sales U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Granted Brief Extension Media and Communication Saintly Denverite Julia Greeley featured in manuscript The mystery of Jesus' tomb Mass to be broadcast live from the “Milk Grotto” Occult rock: the path of darkness Critic Points Out Media Bias Against Adult Stem Cells Pakistan rescinds ban on texting 'Jesus Christ' Vatican opens special exhibit on Gaudi, Sagrada Familia Cell Phones Are Tracking Devices That Governments, Police, Big Corporations And Stalkers Can Use To Easily Track Your Movements Rewarding Rotten Ricky Gervais Not Photoshopped: Beam of Light Shines on Fallen Soldier’s Miracle Dog New Twilight Film Reportedly Triggering Seizures in Moviegoers VIDEO: Medjugorje seer beamed in 13 min apparition Author says he felt Christ's loving embrace in near-death experience Johnny Cash's Son Says Dad's Most Important Relationship Was 'With His Creator' The Gospel According to Cahill

November 26-27, 2011

Religion and Faith New Catholic Mass translation marks exciting milestone Pope blames global crisis on lack of reverence for God Pope: Feeding the Hungry Forces Question of Why There Is Hunger Human nature always asks the question about God, Pope says Church readies for change of words The new English translation of the Roman Missal is out. Should Catholics Wear Neck Braces to Mass this Sunday? Who are my Mother and My Brothers? Correcting a Misinterpretation, Recovering our Family Fr. Dwight Longenecker Addresses the Danger of Universalism: All or Many? The Real Problem Advent: A Season of Surprises St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr Pope to Youth: Look at Passing of Time With Eyes of Faith Detailed rules binding Legionaries' conduct are invalid, cardinal says Surprising Revival for Men in Religious Life New face on Christmas tradition at LaSalette Shrine Life and Lifestyle Vatican Marking Anniversary of John Paul II's "Familiaris Consortio" Time to End the Execution of Children in the Womb and of Adults by Capital Punishment Planned Parenthood and Margaret Sanger: Agents of Death Obamacare Awarded Grants to Now-Defunct Embryonic Research Commentary: The Pro-Life Message Moving to Go Mainstream Man Accuses Ex-Girlfriend of Stealing Sperm, Making Twins Catholic Bishops Issue Call for Post-Abortion Healing Catholic College Would Shut Down Before Submitting to Federal Contraceptive Mandate Ex-congresswoman: contraception mandate harms health care goals Family of Woman Killed by Gosnell Failed Abortion Sues City ‘Most difficult year in our history,’ laments Planned Parenthood President Former Planned Parenthood worker: Planned Parenthood lies about itself ‘We were deceived’ on New York gay ‘marriage’ vote: Archbishop Dolan Mexican presidential front-runner opposes government protection for unborn Sri Lanka to consider law allowing abortion of ‘defective fetuses’

International News Algeria: Numbers Do Not Make a Church Ordination of new bishop in China with Pope's approval on November 30 Egypt: New "march of one million" to oust military government today in Cairo The Coptic condition Medjugorje - Incredible stats from Vienna Desacralization - II. The Augustinian church in Würzburg, Germany Vietnam: Hanoi: attacks continue against Thai Ha parish China: Storm gathering over Chinese banks, built on “quicksand” China: Chinese super rich seeking refuge abroad TIBET – CHINA Lama who recognised Panchen Lama feared dead from poisoning Pakistan: Ahmadi student ejected for resisting Islamists India: Kashmir life of the Anglican clergyman who christened 7 young Muslims at risk Egypt: Neither the military nor extremists in the new Egypt, says young Copt Vietnam: Vietnam remembers its 117 martyrs. An example of courage for the Church today Philippines: groups prod government on inquiry into priest's killing Science and Technology Agribusiness and the Fall of Rome Will advocates of embryonic stem-cell research admit their errors? Mexico Acknowledges 2nd Mayan Reference to 2012 Solid Proof That Weather Modification Projects Are Being Conducted All Over The United States Soaring BPA Levels Found In People Who Eat Canned Foods New E-Mails Rock The Global Warming Debate TEPCO: Radioactive substances belong to landowners, not us - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun ‘Twine’ Foreshadows A Future Where All Objects Talk To The Internet Red Pill, Blue Pill, Camera Pill: Full HDTV Camera In A Pill, Flying Over The Three-Dimensional Moon, New Digital 3-D Moon Model Textiles Point to Writers of Dead Sea Scrolls Industrial monoculture leading to the extinction of bananas Seafaring Robots Begin Record-Breaking, 300-Day Journey Halfway Around The World BASF tries (again) to push 'Frankenpotatoes' on Europe Incredible Video Octopus Walks On Dry Land

US National News Obama Leaves God Out of Thanksgiving Address Poverty in the midst of plenty: Hunger persists in the United States ‘Collapse’ Preparations Push Skyrocketing Survival Gear Sales U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Granted Brief Extension Web and Debates Change Rules of Presidential Race 20 Signs That America Is Going Crazy DC initiative promotes Christ as ‘the perfect gift’ this Christmas House to Hold Hearing on Anti-Catholic HHS Discrimination Next Thursday America’s Gerontocracy I’m Thankful for…That Conscience Thing THE RETURN OF DEBTORS PRISONS: Collection Agencies Now Want Deadbeats Arrested Driven By Drug War Incentives, Cops Target Pot Smokers, Brush Off Victims Of Violent Crime Californian 5-year-old handcuffed and charged with battery ALERT: Senate To Vote On Legislation That Allows U.S. Military to Detain Americans Without Charge or Trial City reportedly ‘bribing’ Occupy L.A. to move Media and Communication The mystery of Jesus' tomb Mass to be broadcast live from the “Milk Grotto” Occult rock: the path of darkness Critic Points Out Media Bias Against Adult Stem Cells Pakistan rescinds ban on texting 'Jesus Christ' Vatican opens special exhibit on Gaudi, Sagrada Familia Cell Phones Are Tracking Devices That Governments, Police, Big Corporations And Stalkers Can Use To Easily Track Your Movements Rewarding Rotten Ricky Gervais Not Photoshopped: Beam of Light Shines on Fallen Soldier’s Miracle Dog New Twilight Film Reportedly Triggering Seizures in Moviegoers VIDEO: Medjugorje seer beamed in 13 min apparition Author says he felt Christ's loving embrace in near-death experience Johnny Cash's Son Says Dad's Most Important Relationship Was 'With His Creator' The Gospel According to Cahill Renowned Journalist Jaime Maussan Presents the Best UFO Evidence

November 25, 2011

Religion and Faith Why the New Missal Will Be Good for the Mass The New Roman Missal The Papacy and the Modern World Every bishop must defend the faith, Vatican official says Afterlife: loved ones who die at same time Vatican Conference Will Discuss How Blessed John Paul II Helped the Sick Vatican-trained exorcist shares true tales of his craft The Social Teaching of the Catholic Church: Something New and Fresh Obligation of the Liturgy of the Hours Vatican Diary / Gantin on the altars. No, in the dust Life and Lifestyle Planned Parenthood Outrage of the Week: Wheel of Fornication ‘Um, you’re KEEPING the baby? We don’t do that here’: Planned Parenthood’s version of ‘choice’ Wisconsin pro-lifers launch personhood amendment effort Doctors oppose lowering age of consent for sex Catholics to protest abortions performed at Church-affiliated hospital in Barcelona Donald Berwick, Rationing Advocate, Quits Obama Admin Post The sperm donor industry: lucrative, unregulated…and wrong Male cross-dressing ‘lesbian’ couple ‘marries’ after one has sex change surgery Syphilis rates soar 134% among homosexual black men Horror: 32-week unborn twins killed after hospital accidentally aborts healthy twin

International News Egypt: Refugees hit by discrimination, violence amid heightened nationalism Blast walls and checkpoints: An Iraqi Christian Christmas Egyptian Bishop Condemns Military's Crackdown on Protests Why the Euro Can't Work Pontiff Notes 40th Anniversary of European Bishops' Group American priest, who worked closely with the Pope, is new Nuncio to Ireland Money missing from MF Global may be twice as large as previously suspected Pope Impressed by African Sense of Joy, A Source of Hope Mexico: Salesian priest charged with murder and sexual violence Spanish bishops urged to continue World Youth Day momentum Science and Technology Steve Jobs: ‘I’m glad I didn’t end up as an abortion’ Textiles Point to Writers of Dead Sea Scrolls How big a blow was Geron’s bombshell that it is bailing on embryonic stem cell research? BIG. Scientist deliberately 'militarizes' flu strain in deadly bioterrorism experiment Psychopaths' Brains Show Differences In Structure And Function Desmond Tutu beats the tom-tom for global warming 10 outlandish things the 'scientific' controllers have in mind for you in the near future Mineral claimed to be cancer risk worse than asbestos scattered across western USA Computerized Contact Lens Will Keep You Up To Date With News And Social Media Can Animals Predict The Weather ?

US National News Church/State relations increasingly challenged New York's Bishops Begin Vatican Visit NJ bishops urge action against poverty Critics fear sexuality unit will threaten religious freedom Pelosi: Catholics ‘have this conscience thing’ Catholic Church in U.S. haemorrhages faithful American Catholics celebrate Thanksgiving in Rome Big Hole on White House Lawn Prompts Speculation Man Carries Cross 630 Miles to Priest-hero's Hometown New Jersey: monument to abuse victims smashed Media and Communication Tebow to critics: I won’t back off talking about Christ Irish state suspends TV program that libeled priest Catholic TV network removes homosexualist program host following protest campaign Astounding Video Depicts Unborn Baby’s Full Development Latin America and the Evangelization of the Digital Continent Pope Encourages Marian Devotion in New Children's Book UN, MTV and award-winning band launch campaign against human trafficking Vatican film fest covers 'Love, Death, and Miracles' Vatican forms art & sacred music commission Author renews appreciation of motherhood

November 24, 2011

Religion and Faith Afterlife: loved ones who die at same time "Stop homilies in church for one year" Vatican Conference Will Discuss How Blessed John Paul II Helped the Sick Vatican-trained exorcist shares true tales of his craft The Social Teaching of the Catholic Church: Something New and Fresh After Benin visit, Pope sees Africa as 'resevoir of life' for the Church Obligation of the Liturgy of the Hours Vatican Diary / Gantin on the altars. No, in the dust Why the New Missal Will Be Good for the Mass Xavier Society Helps Blind Catholics to 'See' Life and Lifestyle Donald Berwick, Rationing Advocate, Quits Obama Admin Post Former Planned Parenthood Worker: It Only Cares About Abortion What Does Planned Parenthood Do With Its Millions? John Paul II's Vision to Guide Health Care Council Meeting The sperm donor industry: lucrative, unregulated…and wrong Male cross-dressing ‘lesbian’ couple ‘marries’ after one has sex change surgery Syphilis rates soar 134% among homosexual black men British RCOG Abortion Guidelines Based on Bad Science Horror: 32-week unborn twins killed after hospital accidentally aborts healthy twin Bank of America, Cisco back down after firing traditional marriage supporter

International News Egyptian Bishop Condemns Military's Crackdown on Protests Egypt’s Apostolic Nuncio speaks: “Without elections, the people’s voice cannot be heard” Pope accepts resignation of another Irish bishop Money missing from MF Global may be twice as large as previously suspected English Catholics to Pray for Queen Pope Impressed by African Sense of Joy, A Source of Hope Mexico: Salesian priest charged with murder and sexual violence Spanish bishops urged to continue World Youth Day momentum Atrocities in Guinea must never be forgotten, says UN envoy on sexual violence US Capuchin Named Bishop in Papua New Guinea Science and Technology How big a blow was Geron’s bombshell that it is bailing on embryonic stem cell research? BIG. Textiles Point to Writers of Dead Sea Scrolls Scientist deliberately 'militarizes' flu strain in deadly bioterrorism experiment Psychopaths' Brains Show Differences In Structure And Function Desmond Tutu beats the tom-tom for global warming 10 outlandish things the 'scientific' controllers have in mind for you in the near future Mineral claimed to be cancer risk worse than asbestos scattered across western USA Who REALLY Discovered the Expanding Universe? Computerized Contact Lens Will Keep You Up To Date With News And Social Media Can Animals Predict The Weather ?

US National News God and George Washington, a true American Catholic Church in U.S. haemorrhages faithful Big Hole on White House Lawn Prompts Speculation Albany clears five priests An "Occupy Wall Street" Thanksgiving? New Jersey: monument to abuse victims smashed Pelosi: Catholics ‘have this conscience thing’ Critics fear sexuality unit will threaten religious freedom When the Constitution “Doesn’t Apply” San Francisco Archdiocese Wins Tax Battle in Court Media and Communication Tebow to critics: I won’t back off talking about Christ Irish state suspends TV program that libeled priest Catholic TV network removes homosexualist program host following protest campaign Astounding Video Depicts Unborn Baby’s Full Development Latin America and the Evangelization of the Digital Continent Pope Encourages Marian Devotion in New Children's Book UN, MTV and award-winning band launch campaign against human trafficking Vatican film fest covers 'Love, Death, and Miracles' Vatican forms art & sacred music commission Author renews appreciation of motherhood

November 23, 2011

Religion and Faith Prophetic pulse: do 'blood moons' portend great events in Mideast? God Calls on us to Respond to the Cry of the Poor Theological Commission to Continue Social Doctrine Study Vatican conference examines Bl. John Paul’s suffering Pope Approves Bishop for Greek-Catholic Romanian Church 50 Thousand Orthodox Christians Venerate Holy Belt of the Virgin in Moscow CNA reminds Catholics of new translation resource site How (and Why) to Return to Confession New Vatican commission cracks down on church architecture French fear mass suicides from worries over 2012 and 'messages' from long-dead warrior Life and Lifestyle Health Care, the Sophistry of Nancy Pelosi and that 'Conscience Thing' Santorum Cries While Talking About Handicapped Daughter Spanish government accused of corrupting minors with explicit website Catholic League's Bill Donohue on Religious Liberty and Abortion Pope on AIDS: ‘above all it is an ethical problem’ requiring ‘change of behaviour’ Pro-life Dems predict broad religious exemption Wisconsin urged to ban abortion coverage in health care exchange Herman Cain Reverses, Signs Pro-Life Pledge on Abortion Planned Parenthood Misleads on Birth Control Statistics Pregnancy Centers: Greatest Threat to the Abortion Industry

International News Egypt: Christians and Muslims in Tahrir Square want the military to quit Egypt’s revolution has not failed, the country has simply gained self awareness Nicaraguan Bishops Question Elections After Ortega Win Bishops of Spain congratulate new president German bishops to sell shameful investment UN envoy sees momentum on releasing child soldiers in Central African Republic Deadly outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea spreads across Horn of Africa - UN Somalia: Security Council urges comprehensive global response to maritime piracy US Bishops Choose 174 Latin American Projects for Funding Ecuadoran archbishop stable after emergency heart surgery Science and Technology Trickle-down tyranny - why ordinary people in positions of local power are adopting tactics of tyrants The end of the line for stem cells? Green tea supplements prevent flu better than vaccination How Old Is The Earths Inner Core? New Findings Send Shockwaves Through Geological Science General Electric Opening Offices In Iraq Massive Section Of Los Angeles Roadway Falls Into The Ocean Carbon Nanotube Forest Camouflages 3-D Objects Greenhouse gases reach new high, says UN meteorological report Obese Monkeys Given Miracle Weight Loss Pill (video) Machines To Recognize Emotions

US National News Pelosi Bashes Catholics: “They Have This Conscience Thing” Bishops' pressure on White House being felt Republican candidates say nation must return to God Super Committee failure is business as usual Friars Respond to Occupy Movement My Dad Helped the CIA Kill JFK: Part I The Catholic Church and 'religious liberty' Defending Religious Freedom at Home — and Abroad Study: US bishops’ lobbying expenses exceeded $26M : News Headlines N.O. Church Vandalized With Aryan Nation Symbols Media and Communication Pakistan bans use of the word “Jesus” in text messages From Shoeshiner To Student: Radio Mashaal Report Paves Way For An Unlikely Education Fatherless: New documentary questions morality of anonymous sperm donation industry Electronic 'holy shoutout' given at conference Highlights From Pope Benedict XVI's Visit to Benin, Africa Bob Jones Univ. has vast Catholic art collection Catholic Bishops’ President’s New Book Touts Pro-Life Values L'Osservatore Romano: Shakespeare was Catholic SDG Reviews 'The Muppets' Collin Raye Concert Will Benefit Terri Schiavo Foundation

November 22, 2011

Religion and Faith The Blessed Mother - The Vatican's Secret Weapon? The Feast of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple Invites our Response Pope, Bishops Preparing for 'Year of Faith' The lonely liberation theology of Benedict XVI Fr. John Crossin appointed to lead bishops’ ecumenical secretariat Papal chaplain embraces Medjugorje Cardinal Law Replaced in Vatican Ceremonial Post Even more calendars predict End in 2012 Virgin Mary's belt arrives in Moscow before election Our Lady of Fatima Shrine Features Lighted Religious Displays Life and Lifestyle Abortion Advocates Upset Over President's Talk with Archbishop Dolan An Illinois Catholic Charity Succumbs to the Secular, Homosexual Agenda Will Obama Force Coverage of Birth Control, Abortion Drugs? Pro-life Democrats predict broad religious exemption from contraception mandate California Court Rules in Favor of Same-Sex 'Marriage' Opponents Can the Bishops Win This Battle? Abby Johnson: New Ministry Helps Abortion Clinic Workers Quit Inmate gives birth prematurely: says was placed on bread and water diet for refusing induction New Down Syndrome Test Will Likely Lead to More Abortions Abortion Clinics Permanently Closed by Michigan Atty General

International News The "Hope" Principle of Benedict the African Benedict XVI’s farewell message: "Dear Africa, I will be back soon" Pope celebrates stadium Mass as Africa tour ends Egypt: Peaceful Christian march is attacked Frustrated Egyptians come out in force Jordan: Dialogue between the "wise" resumes East German Stasi priests used to spy on Ratzinger Spanish diocese petitions for 2015 to be year of St. Teresa What price the new democracy? Goldman Sachs conquers Europe Nicaraguan Bishops Warn of Fraud in Presidential Elections Science and Technology Financial Priorities Force Geron To End Human Trials For Promising Stem Cell Treatment EU bans naked body scanners because of cancer risk, US continues to coerce travelers through them Health basics: What are GMOs? Mysterious Structures In Chinese Desert Captured By Satellite Explained…Most Probably Crashing into the future Green Fiascoes and Boondoggles Monsanto partners with USAID to push GM corn in Nepal Prisonless: How Modern Technology Allows Prisoners To Walk And Live Among Us The Magician Who Could Not Make Homeopathy Disappear Study: Probiotics help protect gut from radiation damage

US National News President Obama vs. Catholic Conscience The Continuing Challenges for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development US must make international religious freedom a priority, says bishop Do Unto Others–US Bishops, Religious Liberty and Gay Americans’ Tax Dollars As Holidays Approach, Catholic Aid Agencies Encourage Generosity Walmart Foundation grant to Catholic Charities will fight rural hunger Bachmann questions Gingrich's pro-life record Tea Party, Occupy movements fail to capture Americans’ hearts Schuller makes bishop look humble New York police arrest 'lone wolf' bomb plot suspect Media and Communication Vatican financial document took complex route to delivery Catholic upbringing influences script writer’s ‘Blue Bloods’ work Miracles of the Church: The Wizard Clip -Adam Livingston's miraculous conversion Cardinal O'Malley stands behind diocesan editor Shakespeare was secretly Catholic, claims Vatican paper Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Jay-Z: The Conspiracy Theories that Say Pop Stars Are Illuminati Pawns Fired sports anchor hopes case will reinvigorate Canada’s battle over same-sex ‘marriage’ SDG Reviews 'Happy Feet Two' Just In Time for Winter: German Village Rebuilds Snow Church! Three-minute presentation given by local resident convinces several Rolla, Mo., officials to end water fluoridation

November 19-21, 2011

Religion and Faith Jesus Christ: Historical Presence, Transcendent King Christ the King Sunday Cardinal Schonborn and Medjugorje - It's a big deal Russian Orthodox, Maronite Patriarchs Meet Vatican Documents Reveal Stalin's Forced Starvation Plan Vatican plans to downsize Irish Church Leading a Church Out of Communist Ashes Married and Ordained. The Minor Leagues of the Catholic Clergy Episcopal bishop accepted ex-monk abuser Defeating the Occult: A Minister's Former Descent into Darkness Life and Lifestyle No Justification for Abortion in Catholic Teaching Obama’s Illegal Funding of Abortion Promotion Needs Scrutiny Companies that support Planned Parenthood Kermit Gosnell’s Wife Considers Plea Deal in Abortion Case Catholic Youth Ministry, Girl Scouts under fire Scientist: Human Life Begins at Conception, Fertilization What Jesus said about homosexuality Canon Expert Criticizes Colombian Priest's Abortion Support Ill. bishops request meeting with governor New York's High Rate of Disabled Deaths Prompts Outcry

International News Arise, Africa! A Guide to the Pope's Voyage to Benin Pope Arrives in Benin to Help Chart Future of Church in Africa Africa, the world’s spiritual lung “Africa offers hope to the world” Egypt: Islamists and Liberals Marching in the Streets Demanding "Power for Civilians' Russia urges restraint on both sides of Syrian conflict Irish missionary priest wins massive libel damages Polish Academic Prize Goes to Benedict XVI Hanoi: Gang Attack on Protestants; Sewage Plant on Church-Owned Land Report: Intolerance Is in Pakistani Lesson Plans Science and Technology Do Dead Sea Scrolls Secretly Mention Jesus? Mystery pit where Jesus may have been jailed and spot that's perhaps holiest place on earth How EMF filters can protect your home Mormon Transhumanism Intends A New Godlike Man. Will He Be President Of The United States? FDA Revokes Approval of Avastin for Breast Cancer Maine officials violate local food freedom ordinance by suing man for selling raw milk from farm The relationship between glucose and vitamin C plays a huge role in health Super Soldiers: The Quest To Turn Humans Into Ultimate Killing Machines CERN Stargate To Become Vastly More Powerful The Rise Of The Intelligent Machine

US National News Virginia man promotes CCHD-appeal boycott U.S. Catholic Church welcomes Episcopalians Obama Has a Knack for Ticking Off America's Friends It's the Foreign Policy, Stupid House Says No to Mandating Balanced Federal Budget Newt Gingrich, Myth and Mouth O.C. Catholic diocese to buy bankrupt Crystal Cathedral Congress and Secrecy National Catholic Youth Conference opens Syracuse University Head Basketball Coach Defends Assistant Accused Of Molesting Ball Boy Media and Communication The pornographic pandemic - we are awash in porn The Church and Media: Exploring a New Continent Image of Christ Illustrates Blend of Navajo, Catholic Traditions Vatican Publishes Book on Latin America's Zeal for Gospel A “new” Bible for the American continent Benetton’s Pope-Imam kiss ad causes a storm Beyond disgusting – new Harold and Kumar movie trashes the Catholic faith Time claims most Catholics support abortion rights Prince Philip's UFO Interest Inspires New Biography 1943: The Diplomats’ Battle | Crisis Magazine

November 18, 2011

Religion and Faith Community of Beatitudes Admits Founder Committed Sexual Abuse Cardinal Castrillo Hoyos Decries Liturgical Abuses as He Celebrates Third Pontifical High Mass Watch your life closely and you'll note miracles are everywhere Jerusalem's Hidden Pilgrim Chapel: Spiritual Life in God Benedict XVI Praises Newly Beatified Priest Killed by Nazis Belarus claims model status for Orthodox-Catholic collaboration 5 Myths on Why Young People Leave the Church The Day Mother Teresa Put a Communist In His Place Bishop Vann Given Key Role in Forming Former Episcopal Priests Healing families of 'spirits' Life and Lifestyle Archbishop Chaput: A Defense of Human Life and Dignity Planned Parenthood manager gets fired, then leads 40 Days campaign at former facility Massachusetts passes bill making transgenderism/crossdressing a protected class "Youth unemployment, a danger to Africa and the world" Pro-life dead at Notre Dame since Obama visit? Not by a long shot Bill with seven pro-abortion provisions stopped in U.S. Senate Pro-lifers decry Girl Scouts ties with feminist groups Why We Should be Afraid of Assisted Suicide in Canada A Thanksgiving gift: mother with aggressive cancer gives birth to healthy baby despite treatment Uruguayan leaders sign pact against abortion

International News Pope's Visit Will Set Pastoral Priorities for Africa Indian nun brutally murdered; coal-mining interests suspected John Paul II Relic Welcomed in Violence-Plagued Mexico Greek Protesters Clash With Police Children suffer amid continued violence in Somalia Sant’Egidio’s Riccardi named Italian cabinet minister World Powers Voice 'Increasing Concern' About Iran In IAEA Draft Resolution Armenian Government Fined Again By European Court For Evictions Iraqi Government Seeks To Employ Gun Control Pope to meet Pakistan’s new Minister for Minorities Science and Technology NYPD Blast LRAD Sound Cannons At OWS The CDC betrays the public trust What are the mysterious structures in the Gobi desert? EPA targets families that generate heat off the grid using traditional wood-burning stoves Non-Human Ancient Mummy Just Discovered In Cusco, Peru Antibiotics can lead to crippling side effects and mental disorders Icon prominently placed on Russian spacecraft during TV broadcast Chu: Solyndra Loan Based on Merits, Not Politics Blood pressure control is essential to minimize stroke risk and avert memory decline Star Trek Future: Computers That Listen And Talk Like Humans Just Around The Corner

US National News On Occupy Wall Street, the Religious Left, and Valley Forge? Obama ex-pastor offers sanctuary for Occupy protesters The Divided State of America: How Long Can We Stand? GAO: Obama administration illegally promoted abortion in Kenya Protesters March Nationwide; Over 200 Arrested Bishop Finn agreement seems to indicate prosecution's weak case A GOP Debt Plan Would Hit Some Popular Tax Breaks Boston Catholic holdouts say archdiocese moving in House Approves Bill Averting Government Shutdown Church History is Made: The Anglican Ordinariate is a GO for America! Media and Communication Vatican blasts ad of kissing pope Bye Bye, Benetton! Boycott the Company Profiting from Mocking the Pope EWTN to Broadcast Unaired Episodes of 'Catholicism' Series Sophia Institute Press acquires Catholic Exchange Franciscan Media: New Name Reflects Mission, Tradition Gift of Life: Promoting Pro-Life in the Mainstream Media Book Review: The Prayer of Mary: Living the Surrendered Life 'Have a Little Faith' Premieres Sunday, November 27, on ABC Catholic bishops’ new website to defend marriage Pamela Anderson to Play The Virgin Mary

November 17, 2011

Religion and Faith St. Bonaventure University Hosts Medium to Contact the Dead College of Saint Mary Magdalen Offers Latin Mass on a Regular Basis Cardinal Schonborn and Medjugorje: the Umpteenth Chapter The Tridentine Rite is again permitted in the Holy Land Pope Concludes Talks on Psalms, Urges Praying the Liturgy of the Hours Life flourishes when we receive Eucharist Blessed John Paul II added to saints calendar Disaffected Episcopalians on path to Rome Benedict XVI: Don’t fall asleep without saying a bedtime prayer! Watch your life closely and you'll note miracles are everywhere Life and Lifestyle Gallup: Americans Favor Repealing Abortion-Funding Obamacare Upholding the Insurance Mandate Would Encourage Endless Meddling Egypt: Women Herded and Tied Like Camels? Muslim and His Friends Hack Wife to Death with Axe: "He Kept Accusing Her of Hving an Affair..." Cardinal DiNardo Praises Project Rachel's Post-Abortion Healing Ministry Catholics and "Usury": A Tragic History New Law Leads to Catholic Charities Casualty in Illinois Notorious ‘sex week’ at Yale faces the axe Texas Bishops: No 'Disproportionate Cuts' to Anti-Poverty Programs Lesbian couple mulls action against Christian wedding cake baker

International News Dutch police on the hunt for evidence against paedophile bishop New Greek Coalition Wins Confidence Vote Turkey, Arab States Seek 'Urgent Measures' To Protect Syrians 30,000 Arab Suicide Bombers to Infiltrate Israel Anger in Austria as Archbishop Schönborn Gives Church Away Security Council extends European peacekeepers in Bosnia Italy's Monti Sworn In As Prime Minister, Unveils Cabinet Protestant leaders forced to flee Pakistan Benedict the African India: Catholic nun shot dead Science and Technology Awakened: Sun’s convulsive behavior dismays scientists across the globe Young girl left unable to talk or walk, sleeps 23 hours a day after getting Cervarix vaccine for HPV Steering Hurricanes, Artificial Tornadoes, Man Made Lightning, Creating Rain And Snow El Hierro Canary Islands Getting Worse - Eruption Spreading Toxic Gas, Fish Dead The ‘Science of 9/11′ Discussed in Two U.S. Universities God Sightings In Google Maps CDC admits not a single person has died from consuming raw milk products in 11 years Peek Inside The Nazi Bunker That Will Become Europes Largest Solar Power Plant Now Available At Wal-Mart: Credit Card Processer That Plugs Into Your Smart Phone Marines Test New Energy Weapon On War On Trash, Produces More Energy Than It Consumes

US National News Bishops Want Religious Liberty and Evangelization to Be Priorities Cardinal Announces Establishment of US Anglican Ordinariate Suspect In Shooting Near White House Arrested In Pennsylvania New judge assigned in Penn St. sex-abuse case FBI now investigating hate crimes at several NC churches Gingrich defends big contracts with Freddie Mac Newt Gingrich claims he is not a member of bohemian grove, a freemason, or for world government Supreme Court Justice Breyer warns of 'Orwellian' government Chicago archdiocese pays out $3.2 million K.C. Bishop Finn makes deal with prosecutor Media and Communication Vatican Official Touts 'Robin Hood Tax' on Financial Transactions Lost John F. Kennedy Assassination Tapes On Sale Newly discovered Leonardo picture of Christ on display in UK Netherlands: Bible translation in Dutch slang is on the way Catholics Come Home ads begin to bear fruit NPR Versus 'Minstrel' Cain Parents beware: ‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn’ features disturbing treatment of abortion Church and media: The story of an old misunderstanding Huffintgon Post Doesn’t Get It: Pro-Life is Pro-Woman Catholic League Finds Madonna Unacceptable for Super Bowl Halftime

November 16, 2011

Religion and Faith Archbishop Dolan: Love for Jesus and His Church Must be the Passion of our Lives! Summorum Pontificum for pilgrims to the Holy Land; TLM forbidden in the regular parishes of the Latin Patriarchate It is time for the heresy of formlessness to be anathematized Theology of the Body for the Parish India: Great Prayer Meeting between different faiths in Varanasi: "Only the truth wins" St. Albert the Great Rational truth is compatible with faith Bishop reverses Communion wine restriction Austrian Priest, Martyred by Nazis, Beatified Pope encourages Uruguayans to increase devotion to Mary Life and Lifestyle The legacy of U.S. philanthropies' genocidal eugenics program U.S. bishops elect Cardinal Sean O’Malley as head of bishops’ pro-life office Millions of South Sudanese children receive polio vaccine in UN-backed campaign New Jersey's 'Nurses of Conscience' and the Assault on Conscience Rights White House Knew Obamacare Abortion Funding “Ban” a Sham Illinois: Catholic Charities Ends Adoption-Services Appeal, Will 'Focus on Being More Catholic' Nurses: hospital still pressuring us to do abortions despite court order ‘The unspoken code is that a good soldier will have an abortion’: how one U.S. soldier chose life DOMA vs. Respect for Marriage Act British MP Wants to Ban Marriages in Churches that Will not Perform Homosexual Marriages

International News Bishop Raps British Court Ruling on Diocesan Liability for Priest's Misconduct ASIA/VIETNAM-More than 1500 seminarians and 80 young catechists: the Church's future looks bright Nepal: Catholic school opens for marginalised indigenous group Myanmar: Burmese govt frees more political prisoners as Aung San Suu Kyi prepares to run for office Vancouver archbishop urges Canadians to guard their religious freedoms One man's mission to remember Checkpoint Charlie Confessions of a Chinese executioner China: More unrest in Guangdong over land seizures Guatemala: Indigenous women are the poorest of the poor Chilean Bishops Express Desire to Help Young People to Follow Jesus Science and Technology Congress nullified as new, illegal "supercommittee" pushes secret farm bill that will cost billions Merck’s Gardasil Alternative, Cervarix Just as Dangerous Science Serves Life: Vatican Conference Promotes Adult Stem Cell Research New evidence chemotherapy for breast cancer causes brain damage FDA allows conventional meat and produce to be blasted with radioactive nuclear waste, treated with virus 'cocktails' UN-mandated measures to significantly reduce carbon emissions from shipping Small earthquake shakes towns in NW Nebraska, South Dakota God's Creation: time-lapsed videos of space Surgeon Uses 3D Printer To Make Models Of Bone – And Saves Hospital Bookoo Bucks Google Secret Lab Has 'CIA-Like' Security

US National News U.S. Bishops Establish Permanent Subcommittee on Health Care Issues 'Occupy Days of Action' Plans to Shut Down the New York Stock Exchange on November 17th Police Bust NY 'Occupy' Protest in Nighttime Sweep Archbishop Dolan 'A Bit More at Peace' After Meeting With President Obama New nuncio: Pope places hope in U.S. Church Former Adviser to U.S. Bishops Explains His Resignation Anglican Catholic Personal Ordinariate in the United States Domestic Church Prepares for the New Missal Chaput: America becoming much less friendly to Christianity Archbp. Dolan talks turkey at bishops' conference Media and Communication Author: Christians largely sent to skepticism or fear of devil 'Glee' Episode Showing Straight, Gay Couples Losing Their Virginity Has Parents Outraged Prejean Urges Catholic Women to Work to End Death Penalty Kathy Ireland Raises Funds for Abortion Alternatives Group Fr. Jim Martin (p5) Funny Saints, Favorite Comedians and Pious Laity Pentagon: Offensive cyber attacks fair game Notebook Author Moonlights as Track Coach — And Mentor A Priest — and a Jewish Holocaust Survivor 30-Second Book Reviews (11/15) Twitter Ordered to Hand Over WikiLeaks Info to Justice Department

November 15, 2011

Religion and Faith 'Homosexuality and the Church Crisis' Pope Benedict: Do not waste your God-given talents and mission Austria: Cardinal Schonborn challenges rebels Cardinal Wuerl: New evangelization ‘re-proposes’ Gospel to those who left faith Catholic Social Doctrine: Human Rights are Given, Not Taken Vatican Diary / The school of Bologna is getting the purple Order, preference, authority heirarchy of documents in liturgical matters Vatican official urges calm in theology of the body debates The Revised Roman Missal: Mission, not Maintenance Looking for a Good Spiritual Director? Life and Lifestyle US Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases on the Constitutionality of 'ObamaCare' Belmont Abbey College Sues Federal Government Over Obamacare Mandate If linchpin in 'Obamacare' is found to be unconstitutional will entire law have to go? Pope tells scientists: Never take one life to save another 'Personhood' defeat not a serious setback for pro-life movement How Obama’s Contraception Mandate Affects Your Business Catholic college sues HHS over contraception mandate Vatican Hosts International Conference on Adult Stem Cell Research UN Committee Tells Peru to Compensate Girl Denied an Abortion US Catholic bishops prepare fight for religious exceptions over gay marriage, contraception

International News Irish archbishop: perception of widespread abuse is unjust to good priests Austrian cardinal still hopes 'dialogue' will resolve challenge posed by rebel Catholics Pope meets with leader of European Council English bishops reach out to lapsed Catholics Cubans, Mexicans React to News They Might Welcome the Pope Pope asks prayers for trip to Africa Wrongful Life Lawsuits in Israel: Better Dead Than Disabled Priest sees bright future for Church in Vietnam Catholic church plans campaign to re-evangelise inactive members in UK Pressure Mounts on Syrian Leader Amid Crackdown Science and Technology Medical Mafia fascism forces parents to hide their children Embryos cannot be destroyed even for important research, says pope Opinion: Vatican push for adult stem cells can’t neglect good science Pope will illuminate world's largest 'Christmas tree'--by iPad New drug lessens risk of death after heart attack Vitamin C may be effective treatment for heart failure, scientists announce FDA violates law by refusing to ban antibiotics from use in animal feed Copper’s New Role: Germ Killer The Mysterious Physics of 7 Everyday Things They Were Called Sun Gods For A Reason - Featuring Nassim Haramein

US National News The Devil and Joe Paterno American hierarchy must revive love for Church, Archbishop Dolan tells USCCB Obama meets quietly with head of U.S. bishops Ten bishops, 10 consultants named to new religious freedom committee Many Americans OK with religion in politics as long as it's their own Profile of nuns who specialize in corporate activism Penn State firings prompt review of Church Phoenix diocese issues norms for Communion under both kinds Colorado Catholic retreat center seriously damaged in fire Bishop, USCCB oppose Vanderbilt’s nondiscrimination policy Media and Communication Shocking And Sickening - A Rumor That Sandusky Used Charity To Pimp Children Vatican spokesman on gratuitousness and the economic crisis Freedom alert: "Occupy" protests may turn violent, followed by reactionary decline into martial law Our Brave New World Of Snitches And Surveillance TV Angel Roma Downey Produces New “Angels” Series Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures In The Middle Of The Desert? Lay Initiative Brings Catholic Radio to Fastest-Growing U.S. Diocese Watching USCCB meeting on your iPhone iPhone app keeps track of religious actions So This is Openness, Google X, and What Have You Done?

November 11-14, 2011

Religion and Faith Vatican sources deny crackdown on new statements Christian volunteering more than an act of good will, Pope says Catholic sex-abuse crisis boon for Baptists, new research shows Prophecies led up to apparition Cloak of charity - cape of love $100M awarded in sex-abuse suit against priest Pope: Unemployment Is Threat to People's Dignity and Why People Need Sunday Legionary brother talks about wound of Father Maciel's transgressions Being Human in an Age of Unbelief Church that housed the Council of Nicea is now a mosque Life and Lifestyle Paterno, Pedophiles, Homosexuals, and Cowards The Joe Paterno Syndrome: Idealization and the Corruption of Morality Obama Defends Planned Parenthood Funding at Pro-Abortion Dinner Obama Has Increased Population Control Funding Since 2008 Catholic Social Services splits from Illinois diocese, will offer same-sex adoptions Catholic college sues federal government over contraception mandate Judas would be proud — The Curt Jester Ryan Scott Bomberger: A Rape Victim's Child Speaks Up for Right to Life Abortion Debate at U of Zero The Abortion Fight Cannot Rest

International News Anniversary of Massacre in Iraq and the Future of Christianity Syria Takes Bloody New Turn; 250 Killed in 11 Days Coptic Orthodox leader calls for large Christian turnout at elections Dissident Catholics in Austria to Celebrate “Priestless Masses”? – It Doesn’t Matter Beware of Greeks When Bearing Gifts Ireland faces a battle over secularization Nigeria: Kidnapped Catholic priest is freed Italy Moves Toward Economic and Political Change 5,000-seat parish dedicated in Pakistan Dutch priest ordered to leave female companion Science and Technology Russia's Fantastic Secret NikolaTesla Super Weapons Health department tyrants raid local 'farm to fork' picnic dinner LifeStraw Brings Clean Water To Almost One Million In Kenya Massive oyster die-offs in Chesapeake Bay leave watermen jobless Stalled Weather Systems More Frequent in Decades of Warmer Atlantic NASA Launches Next Generation Weather And Climate Satellite A First Look At The Slimmer And Smarter Asimo Humanoid Robot Placenta is ideal stem-cell source, researcher tells Vatican conference Medical expert finds growing secular support for Catholic teachings Latest Hatsune Miku Videos in High Definition

US National News Does the Government Work for Us, Or Do We Work for the Government? Membership of the US Bishops Committee on Religious Liberty is Announced The Chaplain Was a Sky Soldier Romney's Low-Content Campaign Penn State Trustees Promise to Search for Truth The Knights of the Civil War How Blessed John XXIII helped resolve the Cuban missile crisis USCCB, CRS renew push for international anti-poverty aid Use Catholic thought to re-shape culture: Archbishop Chaput Vatican confirms Massachusetts parish closings Media and Communication Secretariat of State to scrutinize Vatican agencies’ statements Jewish Anti-Defamation League derides ‘180’ anti-abortion movie as ‘perverse’ 20 kids and counting! Michelle Duggar announces pregnancy Lawyer: Ad in AG's Race Taints Jury Pool Brooklyn Museum video to feature ants crawling over crucified Christ Famed Spanish director releases film on powerful conversions Fr. Barron Comments on “The Ides of March” Cordoba Cathedral Opens Virtual Tour Sir Jimmy Savile and the saint in the making New Book on Icon Painting by Aidan Hart

November 11, 2011

Religion and Faith Too Much Confusion. Bertone Puts the Curia Under Lock and Key Aftermath: Pope’s Top Cardinal Forbids Justice & Peace From Issuing Documents Without Permission Catholic Social Doctrine and the Church's Mission to the World Feast of Pope St. Leo the Great Calls Catholics to a Deeper Love for the Church Psalm 119: Pope Calls the Faithful to a Celebration of the Beauty of the Word of God Your Moment in the New Mass, Part 5: The Supper of the Lamb Novena for Christ the King Daily Mass: Medicine for a Sick Culture Book outlines threat of Muslim blasphemy laws to free speech St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor Life and Lifestyle Global ‘right to abortion’ rejected at Brazilian pro-life conference Extremists Say: Life Begins at Conception Adult Steam Cells: Avoiding Ethical Dilemmas Fifth worker at ‘House of Horrors’ abortion clinic pleads guilty to murder Treatment and Healing of Sexual and Pornographic Addictions Cohabitation: "Training for Divorce" Chilean bishops to address youth riots at upcoming meeting Death: The elephant in the room Study finds 19% of ‘vegetative’ patients are aware The Pros and Cons of the Work Curse

International News Pope, Israeli religious leaders see need for courage in peacemaking Pope set to visit Mexico and Cuba in spring 2012 Israeli religious leaders visit Pope, pledge commitment to peace, access to shrines Japan’s bishops: close all of nation’s nuclear power plants Archbishop Named for Capiz, Philippines Caritas appeal for Thailand Cardinal Tauran Addresses Christian-Hindu Gathering in India London Prelate Recalls World War II Suffering Canada Bishops Present Pope With New Translation US religious freedom commission: Pakistan’s schools promote intolerance Science and Technology Wal-Mart in bid to be largest provider of primary health care Nevada Health District Raids Picnic Raw milk food freedom heroes stir up awareness of food fascism Devastating Megaquake May Destroy Midwest Soon Nibiru? Confirmed Giant Planet Ejected From Our Solar System Who Really Engraved Dighton Rock? Baxter, same company that unleashed tainted avian flu vaccines, recalls 300,000 flu vaccines for serious adverse reactions Study confirms benefits of tanning, sun exposure for the production of health-promoting vitamin D Psychotropic medication causes psychosis, illness, and death Massive Derelict Spaceship Found Beyond Neptune

US National News Living the American Nightmare Bishop Lori reveals details of Religious Liberty Committee In Penn State, Some See Catholic Church Scandal Parallels Judge will rule soon on Cardinal Bevilacqua's fitness to testify Rick Perry loses his mind during national debate, can't name third federal agency to shut down Former Democrat candidate guilty of assault after ramming car into March for Life participant Probe Sought Over Sebelius Destroying Planned Parenthood Docs Hope for the homeless? Onward, Christian Soldiers Veterans: What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen Media and Communication ‘Gay marriage’ activists using issue to impose their worldview, UK writer warns Brooklyn museum known for stirring controversy will show film of ants on crucifix Barack Obama accused by two men of inappropriate behavior Was nationwide emergency test a failure? L'Osservatore seminar points at media distortion of Church message Ryan Bomberger: The Man Behind the Pro-Life Billboard Campaign IPS Online Seminar: Dr. Paul Vitz on Hatred and Forgiveness Live Web Event with Fr. Robert J. Spitzer Vatican: Banning Tintin Book is ‘Politically Correct Lunacy’ Bil Keane's Family Circus

November 10, 2011

Religion and Faith The Roman Missal: Embracing the New Translation Group offers petitions, protest letters to Catholics unhappy with translation At audience, pope appeals for victims of flooding around world Pope explains intricacies of Psalm 119 Vatican’s top ecumenist Cardinal Koch assesses progress, prospects Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran Your Moment in the New Mass, Part 4: 'For All' or 'For Many'? Strong Catholic Identity Benefits Ave Maria University and Benedictine College First US 'ad limina' visits highlight religious freedom, evangelization Bolivians celebrate pagan 'Day of the Skulls' Life and Lifestyle Pope condemns pornography to German ambassador as German bishops embroiled in porn controversy Planned Parenthood Charges Dropped as Sebelius Destroyed Records Vatican Hosts International Conference on Stem Cell Research State of Same: Eugenics Still Drives the Abortion Industry Judge orders Michigan late-term abortion clinics temporarily shut down Mississippi voters reject personhood amendment Vatican conference on adult stem-cell research Catholic, Gay, and Feeling Fine, Thanks Priest calls right to life the foundation of liberty The Company We Keep

International News Syria celebrates Eid al-Adha, government kills 110 people. Egypt: ‘whitewash’ of army role in shooting of Coptic Christians Papal visit to Ireland unlikely after Gilmore statement Pope reminisces about land where his grandmother was born Ortega wins third term following questionable election British Benedictines to surrender control of school after sex-abuse inquiry Burma: soldiers shoot at worshippers in church; pastor tortured 5,000 Haitian cholera victims sue U.N. seeking compensation, adequate response to end epidemic Christians flee one of Nigeria’s state capitals Argentinean Bishops’ Conference elects new president Science and Technology Surge feared next after Alaska coast hit by winds State Department uses taxpayer money to push GMOs in other countries Shock finding: More than 75 percent of all 'honey' sold in grocery stores contains no honey at all Prostate cancer treatments spur cancer to grow U.S. Gov't Confirms Link Between Earthquakes And Hydraulic Fracturing NASA Releases Stunning Video Of Near-Miss Asteroid Through The Wormhole: Travel Faster Than Light Microwave containers leaching toxins into food at alarming rates Lasting weight loss comes from health and nutrition not 'diet drinks' or 'diet foods' The disinformation myths against homeopathy

US National News USCCB files freedom-of-information request over HHS grant denial Nun speaks out against Catholic Diocese of Kansas City/ St. Joseph Herman Cain Denies all Allegations, Hires Libel Lawyer, L. Lin Wood Archbishop Dolan Issues Decree: No Same-Sex 'Marriages' in New York Archdiocese Fewer Democrats tend to be churchgoers, survey says Gov. Scott Walkers Upsets Atheists, Changes Holiday Tree to Christmas Tree US bishop links environmental justice with pro-life cause Third-world America: Michigan city cuts power, removes street lights due to inability to pay electric bill Staggering 28.6 percent of U.S. homes now 'underwater' Pentagon Whistleblower Suffered Years of Retaliation, OSC Says Media and Communication FEMA/FCC Takeover Test Fails In Certain Areas, Weird Noises Heard In Others YU55 & FCC Takeover: Shepard Ambellas On Ground Zero Radio Indian TV show highlights Arab abuse of migrants "The Future of Religion in a Secular Age" - writers say faith requires intelligence Hillary Clinton: ‘We Are In An Information War, and We Are Loosing’ To Alternative News Outlets The Internet Sales Taxman Cometh: Senate To Introduce Internet Sales Tax Legislation ‘Glee’ displays gay teen sex in prime-time Why You Should Film Police Even If You’re Breaking The “Law” Catholics Come Home Set to Roll Out Television Ads Nationally During Prime Time Japan Newsman Eats Fukushima Produce - Has Leukemia

November 9, 2011

Religion and Faith Pope Calls Faithful to Learn to Live and Die in Hope When is it sickness and when is it a demon? Your Moment in the New Mass, Part 3: 'I Believe' Pope Offers Priests 3 Tips Padre Pio and The General The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem Vatican moved quickly to punish Gumbleton But Seriously — Who Holds the Bible’s Copyright? Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity Boston symposium to examine Christian liturgy and culture Life and Lifestyle Proposal made at Vatican for US adult stem cell commission Bishop Conley sees ‘atheocracy’ as major threat to pro-life cause CNS: Fordham U. Prof. defends late-term abortionist Tiller as “compassionate” For Rebecca Kiessling, Mississippi personhood amendment is personal Shock CDC Study: Most Teenagers NOT Having Sex “Not Quite Dead” Organ Donor Controversy Turning Thomas into “Tammy”: Good Parenting? Women’s rights activist strips in Vatican Bishop links protection of unborn, environment Bring-Your-Soul-to-Work Day

International News Syriac Catholic Patriarch Warns West of Sectarian Violence in Middle East Catholic Church liable over priests – London High Court Church must protect universal values, Pope tells German ambassador Berlusconi Promises to Resign Amid Italy Debt Woes Why Iran's Top Leaders Believe That The End Of Days Has Come Civil War Threatening the Sudans, Warn Bishops Islamic extremism on the rise, warns leading Pakistani bishop Iran pressures jailed pastor to revert to Islam Colombian girl who was kidnapped to meet Pope Chilean court rules against same-sex 'marriage' Science and Technology Big Pharma fumbles with toxic dementia drugs while ignoring natural remedies In 'universal' flu shot push, medical industry admits current flu shots are useless Japan's radioactive cars selling at auctions without notice Probiotics help offset some of the negative effects of antibiotics Stone Age Cave Painters Were Realists Little-known mercury detoxification secrets revealed in exclusive interview with Chris Shade, Ph.D. New Madrid Seismic Zone – The Earthquake Zone People Ignore Nonterrestrial Artifacts Hard To Pin Down Ola Loa is a healthy alternative to sugar-laden children's vitamins and sports drinks Study suggests 'green' biofuels are more environmentally harmful than fossil fuels

US National News Why We Must Stop Liberal Catholics From Handing The Church Over To the State D.C. Circuit Upholds Health Care Reform, Giving Short Shrift To Religious Freedom Argument Tommy Thompson Urges President to Create Commission to Support Adult Stem-Cell Research Melkite Bishop Plans to Ordain Married Men to Priesthood in the US US bishops’ conference strongly criticizes CCHD critics Bottom Line - Nearly 29% of mortgaged homes underwater, report finds OWS urges Americans to begin occupying foreclosed homes Clarence Thomas says religious display rulings are in 'shambles' Bishop Conley Comments on America's Hostility to Religion Image of Jesus appears on freshly painted wall in Horn Lake home Media and Communication 'Catholics Come Home' Launches Prime-Time Network Television Evangelization Catholic League on The curious choices of The Star and SNAP USCCB Media Blog: anti-Catholic bias at HHS (Obama Administration) Trappist Monks and Nuns Revive Interest in Monastic Vocations Online Blatty's Exorcist: A 'Sermon No One Can Sleep Through' Devil found in detail of Giotto fresco in Italy's Assisi Fr. Jim Martin: The CathNewsUSA interview Publisher Owned by Catholic Church Reportedly Selling Porn Novels Woman who studied in a nunnery is crowned Miss World 2011 Vatican newspaper pays tribute to architect Portoghesi

November 8, 2011

Religion and Faith Pope encourages priests to draw close to Christ, proclaim Gospel Pope: modern-day nihilism stems from despair over death Your Moment in the New Mass, Part 2: 'Through My Most Grievous Fault' The Blessings of Captivity The Joys of Silence The Rosary: A Weapon of Mass Instruction Soldier-turned-bishop St. Martin of Tours celebrated Nov. 11 Blessed John Duns Scotus Vatican urges priests to ‘spice up’ sermons The distorted story of Guy Fawkes, a Catholic supremacist Life and Lifestyle Facing the Essential Question in the Abortion Debate Planned Parenthood Faces Suit Over Medicaid Fraud in Texas Vatican spokesman welcomes ‘Baby 7 Billion’ Down Syndrome and the Unalienable Right to Life Abortion Clinic Advertises Discount for Sunday Abortions High school football player dedicates senior season to his late mom Couple’s prayers for a child are answered through adoption Promiscuity declines among teenagers Do NFP Users Have a Contraceptive Mentality? Special Needs Kids Foster Parents

International News Pope urges Germany to defend all human life Christians fighting losing battle against infanticide in Ethiopia Archbishop Dolan: Jews, Catholics threatened by Islamist fanatics Nigeria: gunmen attack parish, kill 2 women Australian Anglican prelate: no offer to drop abuse charge There's a New Star in the Russian Sky. His Name Is Aleksandr Millions of Muslims converge on Mount Arafat Archbishop Tutu: Africa must shun anti-women practices Controversial Australian priest loses bid to postpone retirement again China’s Morally Hollow Economy Science and Technology Church must defend basic truths about man, Pope says Truth comes out: 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic 'deaths' of children were actually caused by MRSA A Practical Guide To Free Energy Devices New study finds that chemo targets cancer cells that were dying anyway Voyagers In The Heliosheath, Will Reach Interstellar Space Soon Is yeast extract (a taste enhancing additive) lurking in your 'natural' foods? Warning - Your cordless phone may subject you to harmful levels of EMFs CT Scans of Baby Mammoths Reveal Ice Age Mystery Star Trek Is Just Around The Corner A Real World ‘Superhero’ Living in Seattle? Another Strange Byproduct of Technology’s Advance

US National News The Secret Life of Barack Obama Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Children in the Womb are Not Persons CCHD rebuts new charges that funded groups violate Catholic teaching New US nuncio calls American Church ‘beacon of hope’ “Occupy Wall Street”: Whiners of the US, Unite Former Episcopal nuns become Catholic religious community Yet more bad news for the unemployed Clerics live it up in Vatican for Law’s 80th NARAL Lie That Pro-Life Bill Would “Let Women Die” Debunked Attorney General Sues to Close Two Michigan Abortion Clinics Media and Communication Kansas City paper refuses to answer Catholic League's bias charges USCCB staff member who linked Satan, homosexuality’s origins resigns Vatican Diary / Catholic Ireland takes away the pope's triple-A Vatican Radio director welcomes seven billionth baby Media calls Cain’s Comments on Planned Parenthood Racist Roots a Lie Fmr. Navy SEAL Calls Gov’t Account Of Bin Laden Raid ‘Fairy Tale’ The Devil may be in the details - or hidden in a fresco Publisher owned by German dioceses markets 2,500 erotic books Kathleen Turner to Keynote Planned Parenthood Fundraiser The Movie Theater Tumbleweed

November 5-7, 2011

Religion and Faith Catholic Church: Guardian of Freedom in an Age of Moral Relativism and Deception Researcher thinks Pius XII went undercover to save Jews Pius X Society leader doubtful of reconciliation with Vatican Pope Benedict XVI: Study the Eastern Catholic Churches St Edmund’s Masonic Church Breaking Bad Liturgical Habits Marian songs grace Rome’s basilicas for 12 days Agnivesh writes to Pope on conversion Anglican prelate offers to drop sex-abuse complaint with Australian Catholic archdiocese Bishop remembers martyrs of Spanish Civil War Life and Lifestyle Organs Taken from African Refugees - While They are Still Alive! Giving an award to a pro-abortion group is “the Christian thing to do” says Gov. Quinn CDF official addresses international conference on child abuse Facing the Essential Question in the Abortion Debate Abortionist pleads guilty to third-degree murders, report claims he severed their spinal cords « Rock For Life Contraceptive mandate designed to impact Catholics, CEO tells Congress Judge prevents New Jersey hospital from forcing nurses to assist abortions Why One Child is Not Enough Is Baby 7 Billion A Trick or Treat? Contraceptive linked to memory loss

International News “Islamic Gunmen Opened Fire at Church Vigil in Nigeria” The Vatican — Highly Relevant on Financial Reform Ireland shutters embassies in Vatican, Iran as cost-saving measures Holy See responds to Ireland’s decision to close embassy Sudan takes control of Blue Nile region of South Sudan Orthodox-Catholic statement on ‘Arab Spring,’ Middle East Christians Indian prelate complains of state’s indifference on anti-Christian violence New threats to peace in Ivory Coast Pope backs work of national reconciliation commission in Ivory Coast Catholic Church does not seek worldly power, Peruvian cardinal affirms Science and Technology Government response to ongoing Fukushima radiation? Deafening silence Wherever You Go, Cameras Are Watching You Is global warming 'over'? One scientist says major study used to defend global warming theory actually shows it is no longer occurring Climate Change, Galileo, And the New Inquisition Sun Shoots Off 'Benevolent Monster' 11/11/11: Doomsday Myths Debunked By Maya Scholar Man pleads guilty to illegally trafficking kidneys from Israel Is Agrarianism Just for Hippies? First Germany, now Belgium: Nuclear energy to be phased out by 2015 Massive iceberg breaking away from Antarctica

US National News Finding America: Our History Flows From our Belief in Self-Evident Truths Harvard Professor’s Top Fear: American Indifference to Religious Freedom Every Breath You Take, Every Move You Make – 14 New Ways That The Government Is Watching You 'Vendetta' Guy Fawkes mask becomes symbol of Occupy protests USCCB: lobby deficit ‘super committee’ on behalf of programs for the poor Ill. governor beholden to pro-abort money? American Synod follow-up committee speaks on inter-religious dialogue Banks hemorrhaging angry customers, credit unions benefit US Flight Crash: Catholic Friar on Board, Prayed with Pope John Paul II Relic Media and Communication Adviser resigns following column linking same-sex attraction with devil Publishers of New Missal Describe 'Once in a Generation' Experience Baltimore video incident exposes lax attitudes towards porn Columnist decries Irish government’s decision to close Vatican embassy New Media, Same Old Anti-Christian Bias... San Jose Articles Launched in London, Strasbourg, San Jose, and Madrid Beliefnet to manage CNA's e-mail subscriptions Anything but Anonymous: Shakespeare the Catholic The Faith of the Famous: Celebrities Embracing Christianity How great tragedy inspires great art

November 4, 2011

Religion and Faith The Roman Rite: Old and New - The New Mass and the Church New Mass norms do not discourage communion under both kinds Paedophilia: Mgr. Scicluna's ten commandments against child abuse Accountability critical for sex abuse prevention, says Vatican official Pope: resurrection depends on Christ, not nature SSPX leaders have rejected Vatican statement, says superior QUAERITUR: Before Mass ended the congregation blessed the priest Which is Worst Kind of Catholic? Archdiocese of Baltimore welcomes new order of nuns Cardinal Koch and Jewish-Christian Relations Life and Lifestyle Population Control Activists Call for Taxpayer Reductions Planned Parenthood Accused of Massive Medicaid Fraud in Texas Immunization of Boys Against HPV: Neither Sound Ethics Nor Sound Public Policy Pro-Life Movement Winning Thanks to Students, Young Adults Oppose the Respect for Marriage Act - Defend Marriage, Family, the Common Good Another Study Shows Abortion-Mental Health Issues Link We'll Starve That Baby Out Of You Bishops blast Catholic governor of Illinois’s role in abortion award ceremony Catholics for Choice leader rips conscience provisions for Catholic institutions Does Pro-Life Equal Anti-Woman?

International News Egypt: Army absolved of responsibility in massacre of Coptic demonstrators Greek PM Abaondons Referendum on Greek Debt Plan The Vatican — Highly Relevant on Financial Reform Mission to the Vatican: Diplomats find unique challenges at Holy See One thing is clear: Chinese Catholics need prayers Chinese Communist Party teaches Tibetans how to be good Buddhists China’s One-Child Policy Blasted in Congressional Hearing North Korea: Pyongyang purges regime, five officials shot "with 60 bullets" Short-Lived Euphoria in Europe Mass unites Mexicans, Americans separated by border fence Science and Technology Daylight Savings Time Reasons and Why Some States Don’t Do It Bill Gates more powerful than Pope, Forbes says Is Steve Jobs really the APPLE of our eye? Gulf War Syndrome: A lot of questions, few answers Unraveling the causes of the Ice Age megafauna extinctions Booming Success With Home Robots, Cuts To Military Spending Has iRobot Looking To Shift Priorities Fail: New superbug drugs cause 500 percent increase in infections How to test for metals poisoning and remove heavy metals from your body Gas pump handles are filthiest surfaces Americans touch Asteroid 2005 YU55 will zip by Earth next week

US National News A New Line of Defense in Obama’s War on Religious Liberties Look at What the Government Has Done With Your Money Rep. Smith criticizes Obama administration’s trafficking rankings House Panel Approves Subpoena on Solyndra Loan The Real Question - What Lies at the Center of Our Society? Newspaper: HHS leadership overruled staff in denying funding to bishops’ agency Occupy Protesters Disavow Oakland Violence Bishops' agenda more geared to internal matters than societal ills Milwaukee Archdiocese says pension recipients being paid on time US bishops urge Senate not to repeal Defense of Marriage Act Media and Communication USCCB staff member retracts column linking Satan to origins of homosexuality Media Lies about Pope Benedict's Call for “Central World Bank”... Edgar Allan Poe and the Jesuits Vatican bureaucracy inept at public relations New film on famed pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela Cain Blames Media, Perry for Furor Catholics Come Home Announces Ad Campaign on Major Networks Opera tells story of murdered nun who helped poor farmers, fought powerful landowners in Brazil Angels, Smiles, and Saints: An Interview With Roma Downey Offices attacked after magazine mocks Islam

November 3, 2011

Religion and Faith Pope meditates on death for All Souls Day All Saints and All Souls: Pope is Serious about Sanctity Leading exorcist laments apathy to Medjugorje apparitions As Through Fire: A Meditation for All Souls Day Feasting with the dead– who live! Let’s end the obsession with women priests: the arguments are outdated and the question resolved long ago Exploring the Supernatural I'd Like to Say: We're All Called to Be Saints Orthodox Church: explosive growth in Russia Association of blind Catholics seeks Blessed Manuel Lozano as patron Life and Lifestyle Planned Parenthood Teams Up With Occupy Wall St. Movement When Will Black America Wake Up on Abortion? New Jersey nurses face job loss for refusing to assist abortions Leading AIDS researcher defends Pope Benedict, criticizes condoms Gay Agenda Highjacks Bullying Crisis Bishops Call on Faithful to Oppose Bill That Would Repeal DOMA Planned Parenthood’s Walls Are Crumbling Clinic Advertises “Gentle Abortions. No Pain. No Memory.” Family activist slams Perry’s flat tax plan over marriage Pregnant inmate put in solitary on bread and water for refusing ‘early induction’

International News A Misguiding Note from the Vatican Occupy London Siege Continues at St. Paul's Cathedral Christians must continue to be present in Holy Land, says nuncio Mindanao: 12 unsolved murders of priests At Least 13 Killed In Renewed Yemen Violence Gingrich: 'Arab Spring' is anti-Christian Bishops defend Indian Christian protestors Understanding Catholic Social Teaching: Jesus and the City Sr. Jacinta hopes to evangelize 'pagan' Britain USCCB, CRS: lobby on behalf of foreign aid for the poor Science and Technology Scholar probes links between Thomism, environmentalism Exposed: CDC deliberately manipulated, covered up scientific data showing link between vaccines containing mercury and autism New trials show naked body scanners have up to 40% error rate World’s Most Powerful Laser To Tear Apart The Vacuum Of Space Unraveling The Causes Of Ice Age Extinctions Amino acid therapy for depression, anxiety, ADHD, addiction and more Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo Still Contains Some Amounts of Harmful Chemicals Climate Change: Soon every African village will know what the weather may bring City Lights Could Reveal Civilisations On Other Planets The Invention Steve Jobs Couldn’t Deliver

US National News US bishops urge HHS to respect consciences House hearing focuses on Obamacare defects Cain and the Liberals Vatican Cardinal Koch meets with U.S. Jews Congressional hearing on health care law, conscience protection Supreme Court declines case of roadside crosses House reaffirms 'In God We Trust' as US motto Alleged Plot To Attack U.S. Officials Was Inspired By Online Anti-Government Novel, Authorities Say Catholic University president: ‘Muslim students are welcome’ Priest facing child porn charges flees U.S. Media and Communication The Pope at the G20: “Only human development can get us out of the crisis” - Vatican Insider Family Radio Founder Harold Camping Repents, Apologizes for False Teachings Lefebvrians: Internal dissent against agreement with Rome - Vatican Insider Pope Leo XIII's Dream and the St. Michael Prayer... From Playboy Pornographer to Christian pastor: the unlikely story of Donny Pauling Church of England to review investments in internet providers over porn Catholic author encourages prayers for souls in purgatory Vatican newspaper pays tribute to hagiographer Montonati October Baby: A Pro-Life Movie Showing the Pain of Abortion The Atheist Book by “God”

November 2, 2011

Religion and Faith Pope prays for Eastern Catholic Church in November Bishop Slattery: "They shouldn't have viewed the old liturgy...as something that needed to be fixed." God's Glorious Nobodies Celebrating 'All Hallows Eve'/ 'Feast of All Saints' in a Pre-Christian West Everyone is called to be holy, Pope says on All Saints Day A papal contender grabs the spotlight Legionaries begin payments to Maciel abuse victims How 'sola scriptura' is at odds with the Bible message Ten Steps to Becoming a Saint Episcopal Church reports lowest membership in 70 years Life and Lifestyle Welcoming the New Mass for Human Life Population is Not the Problem: Steve Mosher on Seven Billion Reasons to Celebrate Population worldviews clash as 7 billionth baby arrives Cain maintains Planned Parenthood has racist roots Hospital Told Nurses: Assist Abortions or Lose Your Job Abortion allowed parents to cover up repeated incestuous rapes of 12-year-old daughter Planned Parenthood completely defunded in Tennessee Doctors Pressured Family to Abort Baby With Trisomy 18 Planned Parenthood Caught Misleading on Birth Control Pills Crossdressing 7-year-old boy allowed to join Girl Scouts

International News German Bishops caught in massive porn scandal - why didn’t they listen to the faithful? The German pope who took on the secular world Europe’s leaders are acting like the hapless ministers of pre-Revolution France Catholics more inclined to share wealth: ECB study British Prime Minister praised for recognizing Christian persecution Indian bishops want charges dropped against Christian protesters Fears of ‘unchecked Islamic persecution’ in Iraq Ukrainian Church laments nation’s justice system The Church in Chad: Between Suffering and Hope Lord’s Resistance Army Continues Terrorizing North-western Congo Science and Technology 1 father, 150 children? ‘Selective reduction? The bizarre and scary world of reproductive technology FDA ordered to address problem of drug shortages Fukushima: More Frightening Details Federally-Funded Street Lights Capable of “Recording Conversations” Physics Shocker: Nature's Laws May Vary Across The Universe Cruise Control Farming – Robotic Tractor Drives Itself (video) Boeing Phantom Eye UAV Drone To Take Maiden Voyage The Latest Updates to Augmented Reality: 3D and Gravity The Most Incredible Video Game Simulator Ever Built Brings Battlefield 3 To Life…With Pain Get ready to meet the ‘Techno monk’

US National News Catholic group launches petition to protect religious freedom in light of Obama attacks Bishops May Sue Obama Admin for Denying Grant Over Abortion Health, abortion issues split Obama administration and Catholic groups Chicago’s Jesuit-run Loyola U. drag show asks: ‘what does your gender mean to you?’ Why America Might Pull Through the Demographic Collapse Georgetown’s Catholic Apologist for Islam What Have Our Wars Done for You? Wisconsin bishops to parishioners: Keep concealed weapons out of church California diocese loses bid to purchase Crystal Cathedral Judge denies emergency injunction to evict protesters from church Media and Communication Satanism: A Primer | Crisis Magazine Richard Dawkins: ‘Somebody as intelligent as Jesus would have been an atheist’ George Weigel: the (happy) decline and fall of Catholic “progressives” Big Sis To Monitor Twitter For Signs Of Social Unrest Bozell Slams Media Double Standard: Shielding Clinton, Pouncing on Cain New Book Disputes Obama Administration’s Account of Bin Laden Raid New Video Exposes Pro-Abortion Guttmacher Institute Character and Courage: Rick Santorum and the 'Bella' Campaign Commercial Google Is Killing Our Memory! Defend Us In Battle...: "The Kingdom of Patria"

November 1, 2011

Religion and Faith Catholics have to live the faith they teach, says Benedict XVI 4 Spiritual Tips To Help You Adapt To The New Catholic Mass St. Meinrad seminary reports full house for first time in decades Pope: Assisi Showed Us What We Have to Share How Halloween Can Be Redeemed All Saints Day — Because We Were Created for Something Better! St. Martin de Porres, first black saint of the Americas, celebrated Nov. 3 The Pope Embraces Doubt Nun has refused to meet with doctrine committee, Cardinal Wuerl reveals The Fighting Nun in Rome and the Pope Pius XII Museum Life and Lifestyle Planned Parenthood hits back as Cain stands by ‘Planned Genocide’ statement Pope prays for terminally ill in November Population is Not the Problem: Steve Mosher on Seven Billion Reasons to Celebrate Exploring Gardasil Vaccinations From a Pro-Life Perspective UN report demands legal abortion under right to health Undercover call: Medicaid would fund $16K abortion on 30-week baby with Down syndrome Love Notes: A Catechesis for Marriage on the Brink Holy Spirit College: Love is the Primary Purpose of a Catholic Education Religion is part of holistic education of children, pope says Thy Brother’s Keeper: Why Wrongful Convictions Should Matter to You

International News ‘Occupy the Vatican’ postpones disruption of Sunday morning Vancouver mass Peru quake injures hundreds, damages homes and the cathedral On anniversary of cathedral massacre, 42 Iraqis remembered as martyrs Fears of ‘unchecked Islamic persecution’ in Iraq Egypt: Christian student murdered for refusing to remove crucifix The Church in Chad: Between Suffering and Hope Ukrainian Church laments nation’s justice system Why the Irish Bishops Can Criticize Capitalism More Freely Pope addresses bishops of Angola Bishops of Brazil call for urgent political reform Science and Technology Israeli Archaeologists Find Tiny Christian Relic Hospitals raking in cash from unnecessary surgery for dying seniors How the medical monopoly hides inconvenient vaccine truths The Asteroid That Fell To Earth: Meteorites From 2008 TC3 Still Giving Up Their Secrets Human Ecology: Toward a Genuinely Catholic Environmental Vision Studies Consistently Fail To Show Benefits Of Dietary Supplements – Experts Think It’s Time To Reevaluate CDC considering mandatory HPV vaccination for all boys 11 and older NASA In Final Preparations For Nov 8 Asteroid Flyby New book explores moral dimension of human cell research Is your washing machine contributing to the 'microplastic' pollution problem in the world's oceans?

US National News Catholic PAC pressures Obama on key issues Philly prosecutors aim to prove abuse pattern Chaput: Phila. school closings concern parishioners most Experts predict erosion of society, religious liberty if DOMA is repealed Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Faces the Nation: I am Pro-Life', Period US bishops urge Senate to renew US religious freedom commission Maryknoll marks 100th anniversary War dead prompts letters of 'penance' from North Carolina rep 'Ad limina': US bishops set to begin round of consultations in Rome The famous exorcism in St. Louis Media and Communication Vatican Diary / The "spirit of Assisi" that the pope doesn't trust Not Just for Thrills: The Real Meaning of ‘The Exorcist’ Trick or Tract: Satan, Jack Chick, and Other Halloween Horrors Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson meets Pope Queen of the Public Square: Media Silent as Public Masses for Mary Rick Santorum's New Ad Features His 3-Year-Old Daughter Bella Hollywood prepares for a new era of biblical epics Movies: The Horror Moneyball and Spiritual Leadership Penn Jillette knows what’s best for all, except when he doesn’t.