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by Bethany Monk, CitizenLink: A Washington florist facing a lawsuit for declining to contribute her talents for a same-sex wedding ceremony filed a countersuit against state Attorney General Bob Fergu ... discuss

It’s important to note, though, that analyzing the morality associated with late-term abortion isn’t predicated upon finding dirty and murderous clinics that put women’s lives at risk. While th ... discuss

By Dr Peter Saunders, Campaign Director, Care Not Killing Alliance.Dr Peter SaundersLink to the original article.Lord Falconer, who has just introduced his ‘Assisted Dying Bill’ into par ... discuss

The Virginia Republican Convention 5-18-13Well, after a twelve-hour day for most delegates, the Virginia Republican Convention (labeled a "freak show" by the Daily Kos) selected a great ticket for the ... discuss

City Attorney Larry Brown and the The Winter Park Police Try to Explain WINTER PARK, Florida (“www.forerunner.com”: ) – On October 22, 2012, Winter Park City Attorney Larry Brown ... discuss

Using IRS Against Your Enemies an 'Impeachable Offense' By: Jim Meyers and John Bachman, Newsmax, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 (+ Dick Morris video) article source: http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/ir ... discuss

Washington D.C., May 18, 2013 / 01:01 pm (CNA).- A new study says that undocumented immigrants to the U.S. tend to be more Christian than the general population, while new legal permanent residents te ... discuss

By Fczarnowski (Own work).Okay, so Pope Francis is not Pope Benedict.  That much is obvious.  He didn't take a traditional name.  He doesn't do the Traditional Latin Mass.  He woul ... discuss

Janice Easterbrook, who was 20 years old, traveled with her parents from her home Arcadia, Nebraska to  to Dr. Harry Werbin's Kansas City, Missouri office to arrange an abortion. Werbin took Jani ... discuss

My painting of the late Maude and Golden Girls star Bea Arthur suggestively naked and sheltering two pancakes in the general vicinity of her breasts. This  painting makes reference to the LGBT Al ... discuss

-By Warner Todd Huston The journalist group Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has penned a letter of complaint to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder after revelations that the Dept. of Justi ... discuss

Today in Washington, D.C. - May 17, 2013 The Senate was not in session today and will reconvene on Monday at 2 PM, when it will take up S. 954, the farm bill. Yesterday, the Senate voted 97-0 to conf ... discuss

The commemoration of Florence Nightingale is controversial. On the one hand, she doubted or question many of the central articles of the Creed. On the other hand, she believed in God and devoted her l ... discuss

Amazingly, Commissioner Miller of the IRS actually responded to Rep Brady's question with, "I do not believe targeting against Americans is wrong." Incredible, true, but nonetheless he actually said t ... discuss

It's fast becoming a gigantic hole that the IRS has dug for itself ... and it's one that is becoming way too deep for them to dig out of. Things were bad enough already, but now it has been proven tha ... discuss

Media Ignores Abortion Doc Who Killed Babies With His Bare Hands The name Kermit Gosnell has become familiar to most Americans because of the gruesome abortions and infanticides that resulted a ju ... discuss

Washington D.C., May 17, 2013 / 05:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The National Organization for Marriage is filing a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, after its confidential tax return was leaked ... discuss

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/05/top-constitutional-experts-obama-is-worse-than-nixon.html Objective Analysis: Obama Versus Nixon In the wake of the twin scandals of the IRS targeting conservat ... discuss

…taking the definition of “willfully ignorant” and “gullible” to new extremes.  If you are one of these pathetic souls, you believe: Low-level agents within the ATF ran ... discuss

This is so incredibly sad for so many reasons. There is really nothing else to say. (I have already expressed my concerns about uterine transplants here.) From the UK's Daily Mail:A woman who was ... discuss

"On a scale of 1 to 10, the Pope’s interest in eradicating hunger is at 11," the director general of the FAO says. José Graziano da Silva of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization tol ... discuss

Here is the translation of Pope Francis' address to the directors of the Pontifical Missionary Societies who are in Rome for their annual General Assembly. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am ... discuss

Stem Cells in General Much of the confusion over stem cell research involves misunderstanding of terms, so let’s begin with some definitions. Stem cells are immature cells that are undifferentia ... discuss

By MICHELLE BAUMAN | VATICAN CITY — Addressing the participants of a plenary assembly of the International Union of Superiors General — which included some members of the U.S. Lead ... discuss

Washington D.C., May 17, 2013 / 04:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Along with its targeting of conservative political groups for extra scrutiny, Internal Revenue Service employees also reportedly singled out ... discuss

“We were simply doing what our bosses ordered.” So say the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees in Cincinnati who were charged with targeting tea party and other conservative groups with impro ... discuss

The Virginia GOP Convention starts today and some 13,000 delegates will nominate the party’s candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General. Well, okay, some 12,999 delegates. I’m not ... discuss

"Danielle," age 18, had decided to take advantage of the liberalized law, and traveled from Massachusetts to New York for a safe and legal abortion. On May 17, 1972, the abortion was performed. Minu ... discuss

ARRA News Service: The House passed H.R. 95 by a vote of 229-195 — "To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Recon ... discuss

"Most illegal medical abortionists will not handle a case when the pregnancy is beyond the twelfth week, but there are no doubt some exceptions. The technique of the well-accredited criminal abortioni ... discuss

American People Seeing "Remarkable Arrogance" from Obama Administration A lot of questions are being raised as a result of these revelations and, as Speaker Boehner said at a press conference today, ... discuss

On May 16, 1916, 25-year-old Lucile Bersworth died at the Chicago office of Dr. Anna Albers from complications of an abortion perpetrated that day. Though Albers was held by the coroner and indicted ... discuss

*** Let Me Count The Ways.  ("Sonnets from the Portuguese," by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (#43, 1806-1861)      Impeachment is a formal process in which an offici ... discuss

Alan Caruba, Contributing Author: How is it that, time and again, the most powerful man on the planet doesn’t seem to have a clue what is happening in his own government? Famed for never accepting b ... discuss

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, announced this afternoon that Priests for Life has launched a project to expose Texas abortionist Douglas Karpen ... discuss

by John G. Malcolm and Hans von Spakovsky WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2013 (Heritage Foundation) - With the announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder of a criminal investigation of the IRS over ... discuss

by John G. Malcolm and Hans von Spakovsky WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2013 (Heritage Foundation) - With the announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder of a criminal investigation of the IRS over ... discuss

Born alive after abortion part 11: former clinic workers’ allegations by Sarah Terzo ... discuss

Tomorrow, I will be participating in the Step Forward for Orphans March to bring awareness to the more than 10 million children around the world who live outside a family setting, in an institution, o ... discuss

For Democrats in the Obama administration (including Himself), ignorance is truly bliss. Indeed, if their own statements are to be believed, ignorance is also a defense, an excuse, and standard operat ... discuss

Shining the Light on Planned ParenthoodEric Holder: The "Know Nothing" Attorney GeneralOther Top-Rated Reads ... discuss

President Obama tries to rebound from the IRS scandal by sacking the acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller.  Not even remotely good enough.  Miller was set to leave that post next month anyway (a ... discuss

Top stories:Same-sex marriage is "policy by magic", hear parliamentariansChanging the law to allow same-sex marriage is "policy by magic", parliamentarians heard on Monday (13 May) in an expert bri ... discuss

By EDWARD PENTIN | VATICAN CITY — The plenary assembly of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) wrapped up May 8 with a private meeting with Pope Francis in the VaticanR ... discuss

There are things of which liberals must not speak of ... one being the powerful Treasury Employees Union headed by ex-IRS agent that Obama and the IG Report refuse to touch or even mention. But Jeff ... discuss

In evolutionary terms, liberal men are acting like women who need protection, both physically and psychologically (hey, don’t start the misogynist yammering, that’s the way it was for the ... discuss

by AF "Tony" Branco Today in Washington, D.C. - May 15, 2013. The House is in session but most bills to be considered are administrative in nature. Any bills completed will be noted  in tomorr ... discuss

Many bioethicists want to destroy what remains of the sanctity/equality of human life ethic. Two areas of current push in this regard are the drive to permit infanticide and to harvest organs fro ... discuss

The saint of the day for May 14th, St. Simon Stock, was born in Aylesford in County Kent, England in 1165. Although we know little about Simon Stock's early life, legend has it that the name Stock, me ... discuss

Does the Clinton Political Machine Live? This is pure speculation, I have no evidence to prove this is (or is not) true. It’s just a theory I’m putting out there for your thoughts. First, ... discuss

Never thought I’d see the day. Spying on The Associated Press — NY Times The Obama administration, which has a chilling zeal for investigating leaks and prosecuting leakers, has failed to offer a ... discuss

The Saint of the Day for May 16 is St. Simon Stock.On May 16 the Catholic Church remembers Saint Simon Stock, a twelfth- and thirteenth-century Carmelite monk whose vision of the Virgin Mary is the so ... discuss

“This is a prayer that we need to say every day: 'Holy Spirit, make my heart open to God's Word so that my heart might be open to good, so that my heart might be open to God's beauty every day.' Let ... discuss

Ammo shelves empty.article source: http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/fn-latino/news/660/371/ammunition.jpgBy Kristina Shevory, FoxNews.com, Su.12May13   &nb ... discuss

Stories of the IRS giving newly founded ‘Tea Party’ organizations asking for tax breaks, a hard time excites the masses as they dare to dream of a Nixonian end for Obama.  I will submit t ... discuss

Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) released a statement today calling for President Obama to fire Acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Steven Miller. This follows the release of last night’s rep ... discuss

CAMPUS MINISTRY ASSOCIATE Pastoral Ministry, FT EmployeeMount St. Mary's University (Emmitsburg, MD)GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Campus Ministry Associate position includes pastoral ministry to universit ... discuss

Written by: Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Abraham SkorkaOn Heaven and Earth Pope Francis on Faith, Family, and the Church in the Twenty-First Century is a fascinating book, in which the man who would ... discuss

Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today called for the resignation of Acting Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Steven Miller following the release of a report last night from the Treasury Inspecto ... discuss

The next two days are destined to stand among the most significant days in our nation’s constitutional history, but the issues at stake reach far beyond the U.S. Constitution. Nothing less than ... discuss

Margaret Thatcher, one of the most significant leaders of the 20th century, died yesterday at age 87. A model of convictional leadership, Margaret Thatcher became almost universally known as Britain&# ... discuss

Yes, there have been several moments in the bizarre presidency of Barack Obama where I hoped that maybe, just maybe, members of the Fourth Estate would awaken to their responsibilities (you know, the ... discuss

Operation Rescue and Life Dynamics have released photos, video, and witness testimony about a late-term abortionist in Houston, Texas, who routinely murders babies in horrendous ways after he aborts t ... discuss

Via Twitchy: Revelations about the political thuggery of the IRS are more chilling every day. The Daily Mail reports that IRS creeps ordered Linchpins of Liberty, a conservative educational group th ... discuss

Here is the translation of the Holy Father’s weekly General Audience address in St. Peter’s Square where he continued the cycle of catechesis dedicated to the Year of Faith. * * * Dear ... discuss

A new onslaught on disabled and vulnerable people has been launched today with the introduction by Lord Falconer of a bill in the House of Lords to legalise assisted dying.Lord Falconer's bill is ex ... discuss

   Gallup poll shows long-term gains in pro-life sentiment Last week, Gallup released the results of a recent survey on ... discuss

Remember several years ago when OJ Simpson fled accusations that he had killed his wife and another fellow, doing so in a white Bronco? The episode played out on live helicopter video along the highwa ... discuss

Before concluding his weekly General Audience. Pope Francis announced his intention to visit the Marian Shrine of Bonaria, located in Cagliari, Sardegna. The Marian Shrine is the namesake of the Holy ... discuss

Vatican City, May 15, 2013 / 04:42 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As he looked ahead to Pentecost, Pope Francis spoke about the Holy Spirit’s role in guiding Christians to know Jesus, who is the Truth, in ... discuss

    Attention , attention!  All IRS employees who gave “special” attention to conservative groups at the behest of your politicial masters.  You are being thrown under ... discuss

Late-term abortionist Jean Guimond was recently interviewed on Montreal radio to get his reaction to the Kermit Gosnell case. (Paul Arcand 98.5FM). Campaigne Québec-Vie made a transcript of the inter ... discuss

The abortion-lobby response to the Kermit Gosnell mass murder debacle has been to insist that Gosnell was not enabled by prochoicers even though, in the spirit of Janis "Aghast in my Gut" Compton-Carr ... discuss

ALG calls for special counsel to be appointed to prosecute caseMay 14, 2013, Fairfax, VA — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) in 2010 letter requested that then-Internal Revenue ... discuss

Today in Washington, D.C. - May 14, 2013: The Senate resumed consideration of S. 601, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013. At noon, they voted on cloture on S. 601 (i.e. whether to cut off d ... discuss

One of my favorite saint pictures!   Good Saint Isadore who was so good and holy, and such a good worker, that God sent an angel to toil in the field so that St. Isadore could keep going t ... discuss

More from the opposites files...Must limit second amendment rights to fight suicide.Must legislate to support the right to suicide. ... discuss

Pro-abortion groups are reacting to the Gosnell verdict with predictable spin. It’s all the fault of those anti-choice people, they say. If more women had greater access to free abortion, things ... discuss

President Obama is having a bad week and it’s only Tuesday.  First the Benghazi testimony carried over weekend… then we learn that the IRS targeting conservative groups was more widespread and go ... discuss

Here’s a CBS anchor admitting that the media is getting stories wrong over and over again.  I am glad he noticed and appreciate the admission.   however, I really disagree with him about the ... discuss

Via Michael Barone at The Examiner: That's the title of New York University Law Professor Richard Epstein's blogpost on the difficulty of implementing Obamacare. It's as good a summary as I've seen of ... discuss

AUL Welcomes Prominent Attorney and Pro-Life Advocate Ovide Lamontagne as General Counsel Senator Kelly Ayotte and former Senator Jim DeMint of the Heritage Foundation to Speak During Rooftop Recept ... discuss

 Part Three: Gosnell Found Guilty of three-counts of first-degree murder, one count of involuntary Manslaughter; sentencing phase begins next week By Dave Andrusko Ilyse HogueIn order to u ... discuss

Thomas Sowell, on Barack Obama's Libyan-related collapsing house of cards:There can be honest differences of opinion on many subjects. But there can also be dishonest differences. Last week's testimon ... discuss

Changing the law to allow same-sex marriage is "policy by magic", parliamentarians heard yesterday in an expert briefing. Proponents are claiming that the change will benefit marriage in general, bu ... discuss

Blessed are the rich in wealth, for theirs is the kingdom of men. Blessed are the indignant, for they will be promoted. Blessed are the powerful, for they will disinherit the earth. Blessed are those ... discuss

It was a high school graduation weekend around here -- no one in our immediate family this weekend, but I accompanied Atticus to some Friday night receptions, then Saturday, the girls and I (Atticus h ... discuss

Washington D.C., May 14, 2013 / 04:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. bishops' conference has announced a second Fortnight for Freedom, scheduled for the two weeks leading up to Independence Day, to rai ... discuss

Mike Riccci, Speaker'S Blog: At his press conference a short while ago, President Obama described criticism of his administration’s handling of the Benghazi attack as a “sideshow” on “Capito ... discuss

14 May AD 1565 Nikolaus von Amsdorf was one of the members of the German nobility who came to follow Martin Luther and to support his reforms. While some questions remain, it's likely that he was bor ... discuss

Another OBAMA SCANDAL!The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a " ... discuss

What can y’all tell me about Lenovo ThinkPads?  in general, or the X131e 33722FU 11.6-Inch Laptop?   I need a new Laptop, but it has to be Windows 7, not 8, and it has to be under 600 doll ... discuss

Among other things the IRS asked of the Tea Party groups it improperly targeted for auditing:  membership and donor lists.  Totally, utterly, shockingly, out of line.  More here. And, btw, The Whit ... discuss

It is legal in all 50 states to murder this baby. Gosnell has been found guilty of murder of three babies and of manslaughter of one woman.  The difference between the first three murders and the mur ... discuss

Outside my window... I am thinking... about the things I got for Mother's Day -  Noah ran the 5K I asked him to run with great results! 4th in ages 15-19  Noah LaVictoire age 15 ... discuss

by Bethany Monk< Citizen Link: Caution: This article contains graphic content. Two House committees have launched nationwide investigations to learn what state officials have done to makes sure a G ... discuss

"Dr." Kermit Gosnell, the serial murderer of infants, has been found guilty.Dr. Gosnell is one of the faces of the abortion movement, so the trial received little coverage in the mainstream media. The ... discuss

Why cover the March for Life when you can film at the CBC studios and talk about ecumenism and ecology? Glad we have our priorities straight. ... discuss

Series Introduction: I live in a small house. I work in a small office in a small church. For those reasons and others I will never have a huge library. When I add a book I almost always remove a book ... discuss

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, along with Archbishop Angelo Becciu, substitute for General Affairs presented to Pope Francis the 2013 edition of the Annuario Pontificio, wi ... discuss

CBC News reported on a conference in Montreal that was organized by the Physicians for the Total Refusal of Euthanasia. The article was published on Saturday May 11. The article states:Physicians say ... discuss

A couple of weeks ago, we published an article that addressed the issue of whether or not abolitionists have the authority to speak to Christians who meet in a different locality, regarding genuine co ... discuss

     My comments below (with colored backgrounds) refer first to Dudley Brown's 'National Association for Gun Rights' email (included below) which lists most of&n ... discuss

   Congress takes action to root out other Houses of Horror by Johanna Dasteel WASHINGTON, DC, May 10, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two Hou ... discuss

Desiree Hawkins was 16 years old when she had an abortion at Kermit Gosnell’s house of horrors. She describes her traumatic experience here. Four aspects of her experience apply to abortion in g ... discuss

Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. II: Ordinary: 651 Proper of Saints: 1822 Common of apostles: 1951 Office of Readings for the Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle God, come to my assistance.̵ ... discuss

BBC published a Viewpoint article on the issue of gap year international volunteering, not necessarily just to serve on short-term missions, but in general, from disaster relief, to community work, te ... discuss

What? Simply not possible! Surely the Obama administration, rapidly proving itself to make the Nixon and Harding administrations look exemplary and models of honesty, credibility, and transparency, wo ... discuss

I found this review of a book that seems like pure science fiction instead of reality. The book is called “Exo-Vaticana: Petrus Romanus, Project L.U.C.I.F.E.R., and the Vatican’s Astonishing Plan ... discuss

Fascinating. They intended it as a gift, but these 60 years later it’s a time capsule. More than half the players on the roster of the Pittsburgh Pirates got together in the spring of 1953 and gave ... discuss

A Mother's Day EssayThe second Sunday of May is Mother's Day here in these United States. From its origins in 19th Century feminism and pacifism, the day grew into a general celebration of motherhood& ... discuss

Judging from the author's appearance, he either A) shoots skeet with o'bwana the great black hunter or B) once saw a Clint Eastwood movie and extrapolated from there. -- rfh An End to the NRA's Angry ... discuss

I am deeply saddened to hear of the death of Senator Finley. He was an amazing man. He was always very kind to me. He used to [undeservedly] say I was Canada's best blogger. I last saw him at the ... discuss

Democrats are such hypocrites. They are always attacking the rich, but they are among the richest. Check out Al Gore. His dad wasn't a railroad, oil, or manufacturing tycoon. He was a Tennessee politi ... discuss

The media has been abuzz lately with conversations about “emergency contraception.”  The FDA has approved over-the-counter access to Plan B for 15-year-old girls.  The Obama Administration has� ... discuss

Tony Perkin's FRC Washington Update: Senator Mike Lee's resolution should have been a no-brainer. Who could possibly object to a non-binding measure condemning the mass murder of newborns? Senate Demo ... discuss

Boston, Mass., May 10, 2013 / 04:45 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Séan O'Malley announced that he would not attend the commencement of Boston College due to an honorary degree Irish Prime Minister Enda Ken ... discuss

by The Editors May 10, 2013 (LiveActionNews.org) - The Kermit Gosnell trial has shocked many in the pro-life movement and in the general public. But as shocking as the Gosnell situation is, this is no ... discuss

by The Editors May 10, 2013 (LiveActionNews.org) - The Kermit Gosnell trial has shocked many in the pro-life movement and in the general public. But as shocking as the Gosnell situation is, this is no ... discuss

    Textos “Algarve Pela Vida”De 2 de Abril a 15 de Abril de 2013  Dia 2 de Abril de 2013- Terça Feira        É realmente extraordinári ... discuss

Dear Mr. Pacheco:   CBC’s Office of the Ombudsman is independent of CBC News management and thus has no say in day-to-day decision-making.  The CBC Ombudsman has a mandate to determine whether ... discuss

By:  Melanie Hunter Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden (AP Photo) read more ... discuss

Rome, Italy, May 10, 2013 / 12:39 pm (CNA).- The leader of the Cuban protest group Women in White said she hopes Pope Francis will visit Cuba after she had the opportunity to meet the Holy Father at a ... discuss

THE VIRAL EMAIL SENT BY A MARINE GENERAL IN 2003 ON THE IMPORTANCE OF READING By Jonathon M. Seidl, The Blaze, May. 10, 2013 article source: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/10/the-viral-e ... discuss

 Don’t be fooled by Lord Falconer’s ‘modest’ assisted suicide proposals By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Chri ... discuss

It is almost depressing to think about, but there are people around the world hailed as champions of human rights who have made a career advocating for the death of their fellow humans, while those se ... discuss

What follows is an interview with Kevin Schut. He’s a delightful fellow, and he happens to have written a book about video games. It’s called Of Games and God, and you should probably re ... discuss

“I have but to show him my design, and I know that if it can be done it will be done.  Straight as the needle to the pole he advances to the execution of my purpose.” Robert E. Lee on ... discuss

David Kupelian, World News Daily: Exclusive on why jury has been given an impossible job. Have you wondered why the jury in the Kermit Gosnell multiple-baby-murder trial in Philadelphia is taking su ... discuss

Gosnell Jury Hears About Baby Surviving Abortion Struggling in Toilet The jury in the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell re-heared testimony today of a baby who was delivered alive ... discuss

The saint of the day for May 10th is St. Damien de Veuster of Molokai.Joseph Damien de Veuster was born at Tremelo, Belgium, on January 3,1840. He began his novitiate with the Congregation of the Sacr ... discuss

Americans for Limited Government General Counsel Nathan Mehrens today issued the following statement praising a ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for overturning a National Labor Relations B ... discuss

Washington D.C., May 9, 2013 / 05:30 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Amid the on-going trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, two committees of the U.S. House of Representatives are demanding answers from stat ... discuss

Source  http://www.knowthelies.com/node/8922There is a growing groundswell within American Republican and Tea Party ranks that impeachment proceedings should be initiated against President Obam ... discuss

Francis says that listening to the Holy Spirit gives the confidence of knowing that we are loved. The Pope said this at the general audience Wednesday, which he dedicated to the theme of the Third ... discuss

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Vatican City, May 9, 2013 / 10:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Sister Alice Matilda Nsiah says that Pope Francis’ decision to meet with her and other superiors general on Wednesday left them encouraged, ... discuss

Enda Kenny, Ireland's Taoiseach, who'sproposing abortion legislation whichis worse than the British Abortion Act.Pope Francis has written to the Argentine Assembly of Bishops expressing the desire tha ... discuss

The New York Times covered Live Action's InHuman video of abortionist LeRoy Carhart.  While writer Erik Eckholm says Carhart uses "some imprudent phrases while discussing the process of a late-te ... discuss

I wrote the other day that aside from a U.S. Senate resolution introduced May 6 to “investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices” in the wake of the Kermit G ... discuss

I wrote the other day that aside from a U.S. Senate resolution introduced May 6 to “investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices” in the wake of the Kermit G ... discuss

The general and most common understanding of the Christian doctrine of Ascension holds that Jesus bodily ascended to heaven in the presence of his apostles, forty days following his resurrection. It i ... discuss

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Today in Washington, D.C. - May 8, 2013: At 10:30 AM, Her Excellency Park Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea, gave an address to a Joint Meeting of Congress. House Speaker John Boehner (R-O ... discuss

havior:url(#ieooui) } < ![endif]--> , with the weight of several years of Internet and more primitive mail order activism accusing the Executive Branch of gross criminal behavior, a new scandal was ... discuss

May 8, 2013. (Romereports.com) More than 70,000 people flocked to St. Peter's Square for the Pope's weekly general audience. For about 45 minutes, the Pope greeted the crowds.On several occasions, he ... discuss

Here is a translation of Francis' address today to the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) * * * Lord Cardinal, Venerable and Dear Brother in the Episcopate, Dear Sisters! I am ... discuss

Vatican City, May 8, 2013 / 01:50 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis commended Argentina to the protection of its patron saint Our Lady of Lujan, bringing white flowers to her statue and pausing in pra ... discuss

Brethren, Peace be with you. I share this report by the Catholic News Agency: Vatican City, May 8, 2013 / 10:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told leaders of women’s religious orders today th ... discuss

a single instance in history in which civil liberty was lost, and religious liberty preserved entire. If therefore we yield up our temporal property, we at the same time deliver the conscience into b ... discuss

“The Treasury Department announced earlier today that it’s ready to sell the 18 percent of General Motors that it still owns, which is going to leave the auto bailout as a large net loser ... discuss

Vatican City, May 8, 2013 / 10:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told leaders of women’s religious orders today that their vocations can only be recognized within the fold of the Church.  ... discuss

Vatican City, May 8, 2013 / 10:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- If the Church does not have the “apostolic courage” that led Saint Paul to evangelize, she becomes a “stalled Church … wi ... discuss

the fact that God has created every thing which exists, He is the absolute Owner and final Disposer of all that He has made. He exerts not merely a general influence, but actually rules in the world ... discuss

Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter (Click here for readings) Jesus said to his disciples:  “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.  But when he comes, ... discuss

Rear Admiral Lee's powerful, courageous, must-watch National Day of Prayer speech addresses pentagon's potential Restrictive Religious Liberty Regulations. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thursday at a Nationa ... discuss

Imagine if you will, that you are traveling with a small and unlikely group, preparing to face the elements. You drive for hours, and then pull up into a promising-looking row of cars, tents, and slop ... discuss

Here is the translation of the Holy Father’s weekly General Audience address in St. Peter’s Square where he continued the cycle of catechesis dedicated to the Year of Faith. * * * Dear ... discuss

  Irish Ministers claim abortion bill doesn’t change, only ‘clarifies’ the law BY HILARY WHITE Editor’s note. This appeared at lifesiten ... discuss

The saint of the day for May 8th is St. Magdalene of Canossa, virgin, foundress of the Canossian Family of Daughters and Sons of Charity (1774-1835).Magdalene of Canossa was born in 1774, the sec ... discuss

CNN Mentions Jodi Arias Trial 44 Times, Kermit Gosnell TwiceMainstream media’s limited reporting on the murder trial of Philadelphia abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell has been obvious Read More Gosnel ... discuss

Gary Bauer, Contributing Author: There is an odd coincidence in American politics -- presidential second terms often seem cursed. For Ronald Reagan it was the Iran/Contra scandal. For Bill Clinton it ... discuss

Trust me, you don’t want to look at pornography.Preparing the final for my Mass Communications class, I thought I should share some of what we studied about one of the biggest players in the media t ... discuss

Contact Congress: http://harrold.org/rfhextra/contact_the_US_government.html o'Stand Down - A fool or traitor to his oath? Benghazi:      o'Stand Down and 'call me ... discuss

By: Marion Algier Ask Marion FireAndreaMitchell.com: Cesar Conda, Marco Rubio’s Chief of Staff previously worked for George Soros. Conda recently made his Tweets private (protected) so the general p ... discuss

Bogotá, Colombia, May 7, 2013 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Officials from the Bishops’ Conference of Colombia have urged Catholics to adhere to Church teaching in the face of potential same ... discuss

This is not mine.The so-called Marketplace Fairness Act was designed to cure a problem that doesn’t exist. Currently, states and municipalities that levy a sales tax on their inhabitants can forc ... discuss

It becomes more and more clear as we learn more each day about Benghazi: If Kerry Picket's source is correct, Barack refused help for our people in Benghazi (as many have suspected all along), then li ... discuss

By Patrick J. Buchanan Last week, several polls came out assessing U.S. public opinion on intervention in Syria. According to the Huffington Post poll, Americans oppose U.S. air strikes on Syri ... discuss

Thomas Perez By Nathan Mehrens: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee are likely to vote on the nomination of Obama Labor Secretary nominee Thomas Perez this week, and their vo ... discuss

Vatican City, May 7, 2013 / 08:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican’s doctrine congregation has released a statement saying the media misreported a cardinal’s remarks about the ongoing refo ... discuss

    Pro-abortion forces fail again to advance their goal ... discuss

 58 premature babies in England and Wales every year develop cerebral palsy because their mothers had previous abortions   By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders ... discuss

 What are some assumptions about pro-lifers? by Rebecca Downs Sometimes when ... discuss

 Kermit Gosnell: the Abortion Industry’s Worst Nightmare By Dave Andrusko credit–NBC10.com – Daralene JonesIf you are committed to “abortion rights,” Kermit Gosnell come ... discuss

The dominant media in this country, which are overwhelmingly liberal, are waging a sophisticated, undeclared war on the Republican Party (and conservatives in general); and the party, instead of stron ... discuss

Tony Perkins, FRC Washington Update: Military officials appear to be in sandbag mode telling the media that the recent revelations about policies that would lead to the prosecution of military members ... discuss

The Gosnell trial has been bringing news of safe and legal abortion deaths to the forefront. With this attention, of course, comes the standard abortion-rights assertion that the bad old days of& ... discuss

It's certainly not a conservative web site. Indeed, some of the sidebar ads of this Likes.com site are sophomorically salacious and among the featured "photo articles" are such titillating offerings a ... discuss

“AAAAAAHHHHHH.  Our monopoly on the control of ideas is shattered.  Now we have to defend the decapitation/dismemberment of little human beings.  People who disagree with us must be banne ... discuss

On March 21, Mike Izzotti, a former vice president Pharmacists For Life International and a founder of its Canadian branch, passed away at Hamilton General Hospital at the age of 55. He had multiple s ... discuss

Richard A. Viguerie ConservativeHQ.com 9625 Surveyor Court, Suite 400 Manassas, Virginia 20110 rav@conservativeHQ.com Contact Bob Sturm, (703) 392-7676, ext 1144 Or K ... discuss

Most homeschoolers know that Charlotte Mason advocated that children learn from a literature-based curriculum, that she disdained ‘twaddle,’ and recommended the reading of many well-writ ... discuss

Outside my window... I am thinking... my feelings are a little hurt...I'll get over it.  I am thankful... for life's little experiences.  I have mostly been successful in my life ... discuss

Shock Video: “We Will Not Resuscitate” Baby Born Alive After Failed Abortion A third shocking undercover video has been released showing abortion clinic staffers saying they will not revive babie ... discuss

Guy Benson, TownHall.com: I'd imagine that most people find these investigative videos from Live Action are exceedingly difficult to watch, regardless of their stance on abortion.  Which is prob ... discuss

5 May AD 1525 Frederick the Wise, elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, was Martin Luther's sovereign in the early years of the Reformation. Indeed, were it not for Frederick, there might not have been ... discuss

Ed Morrissey goes much further than I did yesterday in my brief post on the subject as Ed not only does a better job of pointing out that while the President told an audience in Mexico that "Most of ... discuss

A slippery slope of unintended consequences - seizing "ALL" guns on premises even those not owned or controlled or accessible to the person adjudicated not to possess firearms - a first step toward go ... discuss

  Rhode Island governor signs same-sex ‘marriage’ into law by Kirsten Andersen Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee has signed a law redefining “marriage” to incl ... discuss

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 Someone finally takes time to discuss ‘3801 Lancaster’ and distorts it from beginning to end By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. As of the time this is being written on Friday, ... discuss

First Saturdays Devotion On Saturdays, Catholics traditionally have taken part in the "First Saturdays Devotion" which entails going to Mass and receiving Communion for the first Saturday of the ... discuss

  From: Oath Keepers Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 Subject: Oath Keepers Logo Will be on Fastwax.com/Earnhardt Car this Weekend at Talladega! Having trouble viewing this email? Click h ... discuss

Here’s a recent PSR News article that I prepared after sitting in on an April 5 Fort Bliss press conference. Photos are copyright 2013 PSR News, by Robert Cunningham. Originally published on PSR ... discuss

From: Chuck@chuckbaldwinlive.com Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 Subject: Should Christians Give Up Their Guns? by Chuck Baldwin, May 2, 2013 Should Christians Give Up Their Guns? by Chuck Bal ... discuss

Newark, N.J., May 3, 2013 / 04:02 pm (CNA).- A priest accused of sexual misconduct against a minor in 2001 has resigned from ministry with the Newark archdiocese, after acknowledging that he viol ... discuss

The following news release was issued on May 2.MINNEAPOLIS—Texas-based Whole Woman's Health chain of abortion facilities has a new online job listing seeking an "Empower Line Phone Counselor" for it ... discuss

One of the most difficult books that I have read in recent years is that of Moises Silva, “Biblical Words and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Lexical Semantics.” I read the Kindle edition, so in ... discuss

My most recent post on music has a provocative title: “Superior Affections Yet a Christ-less Conception of Worship.” And someone over at Sharper Iron sought clarification (in the comment t ... discuss

Florida’s abortion industry exhibits a similar pattern “Unfortunately, you do have rogue providers that prey on the most vulnerable of women … Gosnell is an extreme outlier whe ... discuss