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Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. III: Ordinary: 651 Proper of Seasons: 253 Psalter: Saturday, Week III, 1103 Office of Readings for Saturday in Ordinary Time God, come to my assistance.R ... discuss

Here is this week's column by Archbishop Charles Chaput for the CatholicPhilly. * * * “IRS officials have, of course, confessed that they inappropriately targeted conservative groups — ... discuss

Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time (Click here for readings) A kind mouth multiplies friends and appeases enemies, and gracious lips prompt friendly greetings.  Let your acquaintances b ... discuss

Kenneth R. Stevens, Jr., M.D., FACR*Abstract: This is a review and evaluation of medical and public literature regarding the reported emotional and psychological effects of participation in physi ... discuss

The Supreme Court in 2010 ruled unequivocally in the Citizens United v. FEC decision that independent political expenditures by 501(c)(4) organizations are protected under groups’ First Amendment ri ... discuss

Top stories:The battle against government's same-sex marriage bill moves to the LordsThe bill now goes to the House of Lords where it faces concerted opposition, and there is no guarantee that the ... discuss

Today in Washington, D.C. - May 22, 2013 Lois G. Lerner, the IRS official who was over the department that targeted conservative groups, appeared this morning before the House Oversight and Govern ... discuss

Vatican City, May 22, 2013 / 12:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis thanked the Missionaries of Charity for their work and described one of their houses located inside the Vatican “a beautiful ... discuss

Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. III: Ordinary: 651 Proper of Seasons: 244 Psalter: Thursday, Week III, 1061 Office of Readings for Thursday in Ordinary Time God, come to my assistance.R ... discuss

from Jill Stanek.comby Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli We welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek. ... discuss

Peers should have confidence to vote against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill at its first House of Lords debate due on 3 June.SPUC was commenting after the House of Commons voted in favour of t ... discuss

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli We welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.com. Culture Campai ... discuss

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General published a new report Monday that confirms former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke leaked a document intended to smear Operation Fast and Furio ... discuss

by Hans Johnson In the wake of the recent IRS scandal, the Thomas More Society, representing three pro-life groups that received unwarranted scrutiny, presented Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) 150 pages of i ... discuss

For Twenty-Seven months the Obama IRS refused to approve any Tea Party applications for tax-exempt status. At the same time the Obama IRS approved dozens of progressive applications. USA Today reporte ... discuss

Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time(Click here for readings)Someone from the crowd came to Jesus and said, “Teacher, I have brought to you my son possessed by a mute spirit.  Wherev ... discuss

 from Jill Stanek.comby Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and KelliWe welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillst ... discuss

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli We welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.com. ProLifeBlogs f ... discuss

Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. II: Ordinary: 1054 (Midday) Proper of Seasons: 1009 Psalter: Saturday, Week III, 1481 Midday Prayer for Saturday in Week 7 of Easter, using the Current Psal ... discuss

The LA Times has waded in to the junk biology game, assuring us that no embryos are threatened in human cloning--WHEN THE WHOLE POINT OF HUMAN CLONING IS TO CREATE AN EMBRYO!  From the editorial, ... discuss

1955 Calendar (Double): May 17 Born on the Feast of Pentecost in 1540, St. Paschal lived a quiet start to his life, just as our Lord did.  His name Paschal refers to "the Pasch (or "Passover") ... discuss

Chicago, Ill., May 17, 2013 / 02:04 am (CNA).- As a new bill aims to bar federal funding of adoption services that do not place children with gay couples, an Illinois Catholic leader warned a similar ... discuss

The saint of the day for May 17th is St. Paschal Baylon.Born in a small village in between Castille and Aragon in Spain, on Pentecost in 1540, he was christened Pascua (meaning "the pasch of the Holy ... discuss

Yesterday the journal Cell published research from a group of scientists (most of them from Oregon Health and Science University) indicating that they successfully derived stem cells from cloned human ... 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

This doesn't surprise me at all.  Barry is so corrupt, and so determined to promote abortion that HIS  administration (yes, the IRS IS part of his administration) will do anything to promote ... discuss

Paul makes a pretty good case for Hillary having been lying her *ss off all along and has been deeply involved in the Benghazi catastrophe and cover-up from the very beginning. gerprints-all-over-b ... discuss

http://www.rightwingnews.com/column-2/why-obama-didnt-send-in-the-troops/".... To grasp Obama’s state of mind at the time, we have to realize that he had to win the vote of every last supporter in o ... discuss

I was a bit taken aback when the abortionist discussed in the Life Dynamics video turned out to be Douglas Karpen. I'd known that he was quacktastic, greedy, indifferent to the well-being of his patie ... 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

H/t Drudge on Twitter via Dan Riehl: Letters from the IRS to tea party-related organizations in Oklahoma City and Albuquerque, New Mexico show that IRS headquarters in Washington, D.C., and two satell ... discuss

Yesterday the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Romeike family’s request for asylum in the United States. The Romeikes sought political asylum in the United States due to Germany ... 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

Think you and your wife can spend the rest of your lives together? Think again ... the 'system' now controls whether or not you even get to see each other: var p = new anv_pl_def();p.loadVideoWithKey ... discuss

Bryan Preston reports at PJ Tatler:During yesterday's press briefing, Jay Carney made the startling claim that someone "fabricated" the Benghazi emails containing the discussion of the infamous talkin ... discuss

http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/30/b... | Frank VanderSloot grew up a poor kid in rural Idaho. His father made $300 a month. His clothes came from the Salvation Army. Yet through determinatio ... discuss

Source:HSLDAAnother story that the mainstream media has failed to cover...the story of this Christian home school family who came here as refugees from Germany because they were suffering religious pe ... discuss

Romeike family  Another story that the mainstream media has failed to cover...the story of this Christian home school family who came here as refugees from Germany because they were suf ... discuss

  We have been ridiculed for our characterization of Obama and his regime as "illegitimate," "thugs," and "criminals," by some insignificant local bloggers,  but a glance of one day's hea ... discuss

I've frequently urged Vital Signs readers to subscribe to the free e-mail newsletters offered by National Review Online. Read this superb essay from Jim Geraghty's "Morning Jolt" newsletter and you'll ... discuss

A short story.      It's about a little Marxist boy who was very lucky to have been spared a mother who planned her parenthood.  He grew up in monkey god Hanuman's shade while stud ... discuss

So the Obama administration's IRS scandal doesn't just involve some "low-level workers" in Cincinnati.What a shocker!From the Washington Post:Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington and at le ... discuss

by Ron Paul: Congressional hearings, White House damage control, endless op-eds, accusations, and defensive denials. Controversy over the events in Benghazi last September took center stage in Washi ... 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

He was born in 292 in Thebes (Luxor, Egypt) to pagan parents. According to his hagiography, he was swept up against his will in a Roman army recruitment drive at the age of 20, a common occurrence dur ... discuss

CBS News anchor Scott Pelley on Friday scolded the news media for what he said has been “a bad few months for journalism.” “Our house is on fire,” Pelley told an audience at Quinnipiac Univers ... 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

Oldest of all novenas, this is still the only one officially prescribed by the Church.Descent of the Holy Ghost (Pentecost), Durer, c. 1510 Woodcut, 12.7 x 9.6THE GIFT OF FORTITUDE(Monday, 7th Week of ... 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: 1054 (Midday) Common of the Apostles: 1963 Psalter: Tuesday, Week III, 1407 Midday Prayer for the Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle, using the ... 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

DOUBLE / WHITE INTROIT Ps. 26:7, 8, 9 Hear, O Lord, my voice as I cry to You, alleluia! my heart has spoken to You; I have sought You. Your presence, O Lord, I will seek; hide not Your face fr ... discuss

the Abbot of Louth in Lincolnshire, was elected to the See of Canterbury in AD 790, through the influence of King Offa of Mercia who wished to find archiepiscopal support for his kingdom's interests. ... discuss

Even Christians have abortions because they have never seen abortion.  How can they see it if nobody shows it to them?  If pro-life churches would simply show the truth, babies could be saved that ... discuss

by Ron Paul: [A Week ago] at its regular policy-setting meeting, the Federal Reserve announced it would double down on the policies that have failed to produce anything but a stagnant economy. It wa ... discuss

The saint of the day for May 11th is St. Ignatius of Laconi, OFMCap.Born on December 18, 1701 the second of seven children, to a poor Italian farming family, he received the name Francis Ignatius ... discuss

Via Friends of the Chamber The Associated Press - by STEPHEN OHLEMACHER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for additional reviews ... discuss

 Ohio kidnapper Ariel Castro will likely face aggravated murder charges for forced abortions by Kristi Burton Brown ... discuss

by By Jill Stanek [Shared on America Life League]: Although President Obama had no trouble commenting on the ongoing Trayvon Martin case, White House spokesperson Jay Carney said [last month] Obama ... discuss

I'm very pleased that the Catholic New Agency picked up this story about chant as part of free culture. The ChantCafe gets a shout out. Denver, Colo., May 9, 2013 / 04:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Gregori ... discuss

Denver, Colo., May 9, 2013 / 04:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Gregorian chant is freely available and a music of the people – not the domain of a stuffy, Catholic elite as it is often perceived, says ... discuss

Family Research Council: Admiral: "I'm not Backing Down" Over the last several days we've watched the Pentagon double timing in their efforts to get ahead of the fallout from the April 23rd meeting ... discuss

6,000 Complaints Lodged Against Late-Term Abortionist LeRoy Carhart: "A formal complaint was filed on February 19th by Operation Rescue, seeking the revocation of Carhart’s license in the death of M ... 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

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

World Magazine recently posted a piece in which Anthony Bradley argues that “the push to be ‘radical’ and ‘missional’ discourages ordinary people in ordinary places from doing ordinary t ... discuss

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

Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. II: Ordinary: 1049 Proper of Seasons: 900 Psalter: Wednesday, Week II, 1282 Christian Prayer: Ordinary: 689 Proper of Seasons: 552 Psalter: Wednesday, Week ... discuss

(died 7 May 721) was an Angle bishop during the time of the kingdom of Northumbria. He was the Bishop of Hexham and then the Bishop of York which was the most important religious designation in the ar ... discuss

Growing Chorus Of ‘Very Concerned’ Democrats Decry Obamacare ‘Train Wreck,’ Even President Obama Acknowledges ‘Glitches And Bumps’ PRESIDENT OBAMA: “The Affordable Care Act, Obamacare ... discuss

There are many indications that what we have come to know as the Obama Administration may be coming apart at the seams. As more and more information is revealed about the Boston bombing, Benghazi, and ... discuss

Reported on Sunday evening: Via James Rosen: On the night of Sept. 11, as the Obama administration scrambled to respond to the Benghazi terror attacks, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and ... discuss

The anniversaries we observe today all involved deaths from the pre-legalization era.On May 5, 1938, Mrs. Genevieve Horton, a practical nurse, pleaded guilty in an abortion case in Westchester Count ... discuss

Military history, dating back to ancient times, includes the element of seeking spiritual guidance and strength. Armies have typically sought the favor of God or gods, being sure to have among their ... discuss

The Saint of the Day for May 4 is St. Pelagia.Pelagia, the daughter of pagan parents, was said to have caught the eye of the Emperor Diocletian's son. However, she had no desire to marry. On the prete ... discuss

We know about Monnica almost entirely from the autobiography (the Confessions) of her son Augustine, a major Christian writer, theologian and philosopher (see 28 August). Monnica was born in North Afr ... discuss

Evidence has emerged that senior Regime officials knowingly misled the country about what had happened in the days and weeks before and after the attack (hat tip - Nice Deb). Exclusive via The Week ... discuss

Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. II: Ordinary: 1054 (Midday) Proper of Seasons: 867 Psalter: Saturday, Week I, 1203 Midday Prayer for Saturday in Week 5 of Easter, using the Current Psalmod ... 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

Charles Krauthammer's must-read today leaves little doubt that Barack Hussein Obama has, indeed, lost his "juice" - he's gone from king of the world to dead in the water - in just six months. And that ... discuss

The Saints of the Day for May 3 are Sts. Philip and James.St. PhilipThe Apostle Philip was one of Christ's first disciples, called soon after his Master's baptism in the Jordan. The fourth Gospel give ... discuss

In a play on one of the Gipper’s greatest lines, the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin urges us to “Tear Down this Icon.” The highly touted “From the Right” columnis ... discuss

“PRAY FOR AMERICA”AMERICANS TO UNITE AND PRAY ON THURSDAY, MAY 2ND, FOR THE 62ND  ANNUAL OBSERVANCE OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYERCOLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO (April 8, 2013) – As our nation s ... discuss

Unfriend Yourself: Three Days to Detox, Discern, and Decide About Social Media We are all connected. To each other, to our devices, to our networks, to everything… The world of social media has ... discuss

From Victor Davis Hanson's latest... In Star Trek lore, the Borg was a collective of servile drone operatives that sought to assimilate other species into its “hive mind.”Something akin to th ... discuss

Unbelievable.  They can't get a tattoo or piercing without their parent's approval, but they can get an abortifacient that will kill a human baby and likely damage themselves.  BTW ... discuss

“If I talk, maybe people will make sure it won’t happen again.” That’s what 20-year-old Desiree Hawkins told me last week as she recounted the horror of visiting abortion docto ... discuss

Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. II: Ordinary: 1064 Psalter: Thursday, Week I, 1250 Common of Doctors: 2097 (reading, canticle antiphon) Common of Pastors: 2081 (intercessions) Proper of Sa ... discuss

Christ the Lord allowed Himself to be considered the son of a carpenter: come, let us adore Him, Alleluia -- Invitiatory Antiphon for Saint Joseph the Worker The Feast of St. Joseph the Worker was ... discuss

Here's the news release from your government, declaring the good news for sexually active young teenagers:FDA approves Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive without a prescription for women 15 years ... discuss

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat At the Washington Post, Erik Wemple busts NARAL president Ilyse Hogue’s obvious lie that NARAL was “first out of the gate to call attention t ... discuss

Erik Wemple busts NARAL president Ilyse Hogue's obvious lie that NARAL was "first out of the gate to call attention to (the Gosnell) case."Having done precisely 3,454 Nexis and Internet search on the ... discuss

Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. II: Ordinary: 1054 Proper of Seasons: 844 Psalter: Wednesday, Week I, 1150 Midday Prayer for Wednesday in Week 5 of Easter, using the Current Psalmody God, ... discuss

Despite the action of the French Senate that redefined marriage last week, the advocates of true marriage remain determined and undeterred. Calling themselves La Manif pour Tous (Demonstration for All ... discuss

Before you get ready to head to your nearest Walmart looking for a hot chick turning tricks ... better think again. ... discuss

Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. II: Ordinary: 1064 Psalter: Monday, Week I, 1115 Proper of Saints: 1796 Common of Doctors of the Church: 2097 Christian Prayer: Ordinary: 694 Psalter: Monda ... discuss

April 29 Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor Memorial Saint Catherine was born in Siena in 1347. While still a young girl, she sought the way of perfection and entered the Third Order of Saint Domi ... discuss

(March 25, 1347 - April 29, 1380) was a Dominican Tertiary (lay affiliate) of the Dominican Order. Catherine was the 23rd child out of 25 (her twin sister, the 24th, died at birth); her parents were G ... discuss

You may have already seen this video but it is worth watching again as Bill Whittle explains the history and the goals of cultural Marxism ... alive and well under today's liberal-progressivism, and m ... discuss

Songs are a powerful means of teaching. The melodies, rhythms, and rhymes that characterize songs make the words easier to remember. The best and most effective songs combine lyrics and music to ... discuss

One of the most prolific artists of country music died this morning, from complications related to irregular blood pressure. He was 81.Born in a log cabin in Saratoga, Texas (a town outside of Beaumon ... discuss

Democrats Are Freaking Out Over Pending Implementation Of Obamacare "Democrats in both houses of Congress said some members of their party were getting nervous…" (“Democratic Senators Tell W ... discuss

Died c. 490. Bishop and Patron of Elphin, in Ireland, one of St. Patrick's converts, and worker in iron. In the Tripartite Life of St Patrick (ed. Whitley Stokes) we read: Bishop St Assic was Patrick' ... discuss

One of the great Americans of our time, Constitution Party founder, Howard Phillips, passed away this past Sunday, April 21 of complications due to Alzheimer’s disease. He was 72. Howard i ... discuss

Five Ways to Halt the Advance of Chemical Abortion   By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund Last week, D ... discuss

To America: April 23,2013 Transparency-Barack Obama's best-kept secret. Preamble:Four years and twenty-four" letters ago, I starte ... discuss

FoxNews.com Shown here are Federal Premium hollow point bullets. (AP) Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz said Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security is using roughly 1,000 ro ... discuss

-By Warner Todd Huston Reddit has officially apologized for users’ assumption that an innocent and missing Brown University student was a likely suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. In the fe ... discuss

In addition to Kermit Gosnell, there is another human butcher on the loose. Hopefully, through our efforts, late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart will be removed from his position soon.Annapolis, M ... discuss

by Hans Johnson Father Frank Pavone of Priests For Life is seeking the bodies of 45 newborns taken as evidence in the Kermit Gosnell case. When the trial is over, he desires to give them a proper buri ... discuss

Assisting Suicide promoted in large number of states Jennifer Popik, JDBy Jennifer Popik, JDRobert Powell Center for Medical Ethi ... discuss

And said on Thursday's throughout the year. Remember not, O Lord, our offences, nor those of our fathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins. Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy Christ ... discuss

There's a tale making the rounds concerning an exchange between the new Pontiff and a Swiss Guard: http://piadesolenni.com/but-im-the-pope-sit-down/I read this and think of some of the other stories s ... discuss

Vatican Pavilion for the first time at the Venice Biennale - "2.8 million euros thrown out of the window" At the Venice Biennale, which from 1 June takes place for the 55th time, for the first ti ... discuss

The saint of the day is St. Teresa of the Andes.She is also known as:Juanita Fernandez SolarTeresa de los AndesTeresa of Jesus of the AndesShe was born in Santiago, Chile on July 13, 1900. At the Bapt ... discuss

Rehtaeh ParsonsI came across this story in the news today and was deeply saddened to hear of the senseless loss of a young and beautiful girls life.According to reports, the mother of a teenage girl f ... discuss

A few days after our September 2012 Awareness Campaign at the First Congregationalist Church of Winter Park, Florida, I got this email from Sarah Morice-Brubaker who is an Assistant Professor of The ... discuss

Many years ago, Mother Teresa declared that the world’s greatest destroyer of peace is abortion. Though that’s the kind of statement we might expect from a nun, it’s a rather extrao ... discuss

Many years ago, Mother Teresa declared that the world’s greatest destroyer of peace is abortion. Though that’s the kind of statement we might expect from a nun, it’s a rather extrao ... discuss

Recently in Canada a Conservative Member of Parliament tried to bring bring a motion against gender selected abortions before Parliament. Mark Warawa was blocked, his motion deemed "unvotable", h ... discuss

1 April AD 1582? By most accounts, almost nothing stood out about young Fere. Indeed, the birth of this seventh son of one Septum Fillus is lost completely to history. Only apocryphal accounts remain ... discuss

"But he that received the seed into stony places, the sameis he that heareth the word, and anon with joyreceiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation o ... discuss

Today is designated as "Spy Wednesday". No it isn't meant to honor any of these spies:It refers to the opening from the Gospel at today's Mass:" Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas ... discuss

by Susie Allen, host of the blog,Pro-Life in TN, and KelliWe welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! EmailSusie@jillstanek.com.At Priests for Life ... discuss

Tweetby Jonathon Van MarenIn January of 2006, shortly after Stephen Harper’s election as the first Conservative prime minister since Brian Mulroney, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation aired a bio ... discuss

18 mos Baby Antonio Shot and KilledWWW.KMOV.COMIn this case two Black males are charged with shooting and killing an 18 month old baby in the face while he was in his stroller for a walk with his moth ... discuss

Today, I finished the Old Testament in this crazy Lenten reading schedule, one whole bible in 40 days. Highlights from the end of the Bible. Habakuk 2:4 Look at the proud! Their spirit is not rig ... discuss

The first days of his papacy to Pope Francis, the archbishop of Buenos Aires elected Pope with the white smoke on Wednesday evening began with a visit to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. And he ... discuss

Tonight I ventured to adoration.  I had attempted to go last week but good intentions were thwarted by unruly children and my subsequent bad attitude.  Tonight, however, I felt that familiar ... discuss

 According to a recent advertisement released by Planned Parenthood (P.P.), there is a rising desire that the term "pro-choice" be stricken as the label given to the position of individuals who a ... discuss

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 --- 1 ---Can I say how grateful I am for 7 Quick Takes?  The whole concept of it is an awesome idea.  I love the idea of being able to bang out a bunch of stuff that can be complete or ... discuss

I read an article written by Michael Farris, the founder and chair of HSLDA – the Home School Legal Defense Association.  In it he discussed the case made by government lawyers representing Attorne ... discuss

FATHER FRANK’S RANTSRant Number 525 8 February 2013Les MiserablesWhy does this passionate musical enthral so much? Les Miserables...Why its success? Answer: because of three loves. Also, because ... discuss

Denver, CO – 2/4/13 – While researching the scandal of the Catholic Health Initiatives legal briefs which denied the personhood of unborn children, Personhood USA has learned that the same Colora ... discuss

Tweet This PostIn order to fully understand the Cross, we need to begin where it all began…literally. We must go back to the Garden of Eden, where God brought His creation into being and prono ... discuss

Tweet This PostA recent LifeSiteNews.com article, also published by LifeNews, covering the news that Mississippi issued a notice to the last operating abortion mill in the state is excellent news. ... discuss

All of you sports fans are familiar with sports injuries and players with seemingly career-ending injuries return after surgery or treatment to perform at a high level.  What, say you, does this have ... discuss

26 January AD 1915; transferred to 28 January* Matthias Loy (1828-1915) was born on 17 March to Matthias and Christina Loy, a pair of German immigrants. The family lived in near-poverty in Cumberland ... discuss

Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. III: Ordinary: 668 Psalter: Monday, Week III, 1012 Common of Doctors: 1768 (reading, canticle antiphon, intercessions) Proper of Saints: 1337 (concluding pr ... discuss

Join Jen and the other Quicktakers over at the Conversion Diary 1. Sam the Second Son- turned 20 this week! It was a quiet low-key dinner party that we didn't actually get to until after 8 p.m. at n ... discuss

Next time someone asks you why you want the right to keep and bear arms, keep this story in your thoughts. Mother and her 12 year old son, viciously gang raped, sodomized and beaten in horrific h ... discuss

Double (1955 Calendar): January 26 Memorial (1969 Calendar): February 23 Today the Church celebrates the sainthood of St. Polycarp, a 2nd century bishop of Smyrna.  Saint Jerome wrote that Pol ... discuss

Here is my third and final post in response to Obama's Second Inauguration Speech. While many have written about it and shared similar views, here is my perspective of where Obama continues to stand o ... discuss

{Genesis 1:26-31} In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Introduction Perhaps you’ve heard the old saw that goes like this. A man turned to his friend and said, “Do ... discuss

Sermon – 2nd Sunday after Epiphany – John 2:1-11 St. John's Lutheran Church, Random Lake, WI “The Bridegroom at the Wedding” “Who is this guy?” That's perhaps the main question of the Ep ... discuss

16 April 1963   My Dear Fellow Clergymen:   While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.R ... discuss

The Saint of the Day for January 12 is Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys. On Jan. 12, Roman Catholics remember Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, who not only founded a religious congregation, but was also instrume ... discuss

Tweet This PostWhen I was a kid my next door neighbor and I would spend summer days dreaming up adventures. With no XBox, Wii or internet to entertain us, we used our imagination to have fun and ent ... discuss

Here at The Charcoal Fire, I have been embedding the Papal tweets as they come along. The new evangelization, 140 characters at a time! Yet there is a dark side. Many faithful Catholics may have no i ... discuss

A. Outline and Structural Analysis54:1-10—The Fecundity of the Barren Wife.         1-3: Call for Jerusalem to rejoice and promise of renewed fertility.  ... discuss

President Reagan discusses the true meaning of Christmas in this December 23, 1981 message to the nation.  A great leader and Christian gentleman who sought to do God's will, in a far, far b ... discuss

One of the things that I love most about Christmas is receiving gifts.  I know that I ‘should’ say that the blessing is in giving gifts, but frankly I love to receive gifts more.  I love ... discuss

[This story originally appeared here in 2007, courtesy of “Rooster Cogburn.” According to our online statistics, it is one of the most sought-after items we have published here in our ten-plus yea ... discuss

The Saint of the Day for December 23 is St. Thorlak Thorhallsson. The Scandinavian island nation of Iceland celebrates its national patron, St. Thorlak Thorhallsson, on Dec. 23. Although Iceland's nat ... discuss

It's only a temporary stay. Licensed counselors who practice so-called "reparative therapy" and two families who say their teenage sons have benefited from it sought the injunction after a lower cou ... discuss

December 21, 2012/New York, NY/Operation Rescue -- A "study" released by Planned Parenthood employees and sympathizers has concluded - based on incomplete numbers - that the abortion pill is "safe", ... discuss

Washington D.C., Dec 21, 2012 / 12:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A law firm has given Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chaffee its 2012 “Ebenezer Award” for his insistence that the 17.5-foot fir tree i ... discuss

I borrowed from my local library the digital version James Swanson's book Bloody Crimes: The chase for Jefferson Davis and the death pageant for Lincoln's corpse, and I was so sad last night that I ... discuss

How do we respond to an unspeakable tragedy like this? A horrific slaughter carried out by a young man barely removed from his teen years. How do we respond as young people? How do we respond as Chri ... discuss

Today in Washington, D.C. - Dec. 14, 2012: Both the Senate and House were not in session today. On Monday, the House is scheduled to reconvene at noon and the Senate at 2 PM. Click here to review act ... discuss

The sacred text refers to Israel as “the fig tree” in Joel 1:7 and again in Hosea 9:10, among other places. Knowing that this metaphor for Israel was established by Scripture in ancient ti ... discuss

A group of Anglican nuns from the Community of St Mary the Virgin (CSMV) in Wantage, Oxfordshire, are to be received into the full communion of the Catholic Church in January 2013. Eleven sist ... discuss

He was born around 305, probably near the city of Egitania, Lusitania, in what is the present-day village of Idanha-a-Velha, Portugal, then part of the Western Roman Empire. His life coincided with th ... discuss

"Government should uphold - and not undermine - those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family." -- Ro ... discuss

"Government should uphold - and not undermine - those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family." -- Ro ... discuss

By David N. O’Steen, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Right to Life A determined, one-sided media together with a sequence of most unfortunate statements by candidates created a  “perfect stor ... discuss

Today is the feast of St. Nicholas.We always celebrate. It's a family tradition.The true story of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas, who was born during the third century in the village of Patara. At t ... discuss

St. Nicholas was a real person, and in fact a real bishop! You can read his story here but an excerpt is below: The true story of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas, who was born during the third ce ... discuss

Pro-Lifers Optimistic They Can Defeat Pro-Abortion CRPD Treaty Pro-life advocates are optimistic they can defeat the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities treaty that could open th ... discuss

(Arabic: يحيى ابن منصور Yaḥyā ibn Manṣūr; Greek: Ιωάννης Δαμασκήνος/Ioannês Damaskinos; Latin: Iohannes Damascenus or Johannes Damascenus also known as John Damasce ... discuss

There is and has been a lack of use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation by the faithful. Although in our parish, there are quite a number of Confessions heard each week. That’s because priests are in ... discuss

When it comes to freedom of association, Colorado workers soon may have good reason to envy their Michigan counterparts. The Washington Times recently reported some developing momentum for a Right-to- ... discuss

Born in Strasbourg on September 15, 1858, he grew up in a family which was a part of the French aristocracy. Orphaned at the age of six, he and his sister Marie were brought up by their grandfather, C ... discuss

In the Supreme Court decision in Roe v Wade that made abortion the law, the cop out used by Justice Blackmun in writing the decision to allow it was claiming that science didn't know when life be ... discuss

One of our greatest living philosophers, Alasdair MacIntyre, recently gave a lecture at the University of Notre Dame titled “Catholic instead of what?”  MacIntyre always h ... discuss

30 November, New Testament Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle of our Lord Jesus Christ. Most New Testament references include him on a list of the Twelve Apostles or group him with ... discuss

(Greek: Ανδρέας, Andreas), called in the Orthodox tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the elder brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" (from Greek : ανδ ... discuss

It’s funny how so many of those Colorado teachers union deadlines fall at inconvenient times. Want to sign up for one of the Colorado education Association’s local affiliates? You can do i ... discuss

WeNeedALaw: A statement released this morning by National Campus Life Network, an organization which supports pro-life clubs across the country, said the students who placed the application had re ... discuss

“What these Democrats have in mind is a fundamental change to the way the Senate operates for the purpose of consolidating their own power and further marginalizing the minority voices that the S ... discuss

On November 24, 1907, homemaker Lizzie Paulson, age 38, died at County Hospital in Chicago from an abortion performed that day. John and Minnie Nelson were arrested and held without bail. John Nelson ... discuss

Via TeresAmerica — LifeSiteNews  / Prolifeaction.org: Whenever we go out on the streets for a “Face the Truth” Tour, we can always count on someone happening by our display to tell us tha ... discuss

The Vatican Information Service reports on Pope Benedict’s November 21st general audience: “Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis to the rationality of faith in God, emphasising that the C ... discuss

Today is the memorial of St. Cecilia, patron of singers, musicians, and poets, because she sang for God alone. She is praised as the perfect model of the Christian woman because of her virginity and t ... discuss

Fourth Thursday in November, United States Another year, another day to stop and say, "Thanks." Of course, we don't need to be reminded to be thankful, do we? God doesn't need to encourage our living ... discuss

"Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the LORD is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all genera ... discuss

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN and Kelli We welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.com. Culture Campaig ... discuss

For an organization working to eliminate a specific injustice, anniversaries are not something to celebrate. The goal is to become superfluous. The fact that our work is still necessary is indication ... discuss

Karl Rove by Ralph Benko, Contributing Author: Liberals do not grasp the distinction between Ronald Reagan and (either) George Bush.   This blind spot creates a massive confusion and haza ... discuss

"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within." "Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and ador ... discuss

As I mentioned in my previous piece, the political animals of our culture dream that the re-election of Barack Obama was primarily a political failure addressable by compromising on political issues ... discuss

"The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms.  History shows that all conquerors who hav ... discuss

Today, abolitionists converged upon the ground outside a gathering of one of the most pro-abortion "church"es in the state of Oklahoma to make known our presence, our dissent, and the law of Almighty ... discuss

It is only a small victory. But it is a positive one. & given the current attack on free speech for Pro-lifers by the Obama administration, we can hope it is a sign of things to come that the Supreme ... discuss

We know the Obama campaign engaged in massive voter fraud in 2008. They also sought unsuccessfully to suppress the military vote, which historically votes conservative. This time, they did b ... discuss

Well, hey now, there’s still a bit of justice in the land. In 2005 pro-life activist Steven Lefemine, pictured right, sued the police department of Greenwood County, South Carolina, for stopping ... discuss

The following is a sermon from Rev Tony Sikora that was posted on Brothers of John the Steadfast.  Enjoy.=========================================Beloved in the Lord, The reformation of ... discuss

My heart is as leaden as the grey skies which are blustering and threatening to once again pound our coastline, and I feel like I am attending the funeral of my homeland. So I make moves to comfort my ... discuss

(c. 658 – November 7, 739) was a Northumbrian missionary, known as the "Apostle to the Frisians" in the modern Netherlands. He became the first Bishop of Utrecht and died at Echternach, Luxembourg.P ... discuss