By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In order to win concessions from the Democrats on budget cuts, House Speaker John Boehner agreed to remove a rider that would strip Planned Parenthood of all taxpayer funds, but on one condition - that the U.S. Senate be permitted to vote on the rider in spite of Majority Leader Harry Reid's promise to never allow such a vote to take place. This historic vote has been scheduled for Thursday.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Vatican has just published a notice regarding the feast day assigned to Pope John Paul II, who will be beatified this year on May 1, Divine Mercy Sunday.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In the same week that the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) issued a devastating report documenting more than 150 current and past connections between Catholic colleges and Planned Parenthood, Philadelphia's La Salle University has announced that it is investigating a professor for hosting a business ethics forum in which three strippers gave lap dances to students.
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"Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if He wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength."
St. Philip Neri
For Reflection:
Sometimes we lack courage, because our confidence in God is weak. What does St. Philip Neri tell us? To what extent do you believe it? Are you willing to give it a try in what God is asking of you right now?Â
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"Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if He wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength."
St. Philip Neri
For Reflection:
Sometimes we lack courage, because our confidence in God is weak. What does St. Philip Neri tell us? To what extent do you believe it? Are you willing to give it a try in what God is asking of you right now?
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Ignatius Press has just released
Toward the Gleam by T. M. Doran which is described by renowned Catholic author, Michael J. O'Brien as "ingeniously inventive . . . startling, moving, horrifying at times, and ultimately consoling."
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A fierce budget battle on the Hill ended at the eleventh hour on Friday night when pro-life lawmakers were forced to give up attempts to defund Planned Parenthood and ObamaCare in order to avoid a government shutdown.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While U.S. lawmakers argue over funding of "women's reproductive health" services, cutting these services may one day be inevitable in a government-run health care system such as the UK's, where recent budget constraints are forcing them to ration these - and many other services - in an effort to control costs.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While commenting on Sunday's gospel before praying the Angelus yesterday in St. Peter's Square, Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged the doubt and confusion many Christians have toward the Resurrection but reassured them that Christ does indeed "break down the wall of death."
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"The past must be abandoned to God's mercy, the present to our fidelity, the future to divine providence."
St. Francis de Sales
For Reflection:
How can preoccupation with past transgressions and worry over future possibilities rob us of fidelity to the present moment? How does fidelity to the present moment increase our hope? How does reliance on God's mercy and providence increase our hope?Â
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