Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with Pope Francis for 40 minutes yesterday while on a state visit to Italy where authorities angered citizens by covering up statues of nude subjects to avoid offending the Iranian leader.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Big surprise. The mainstream media’s annual snubbing of the March for Life was in full swing again this year, only this time they had an excuse (hint: it wasn’t the Blizzard of 2016) – it was the debut of the Smithsonian Zoo’s latest giant panda cub, Bei Bei.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
In his message for the 50th World Day of Social Communications, Pope Francis is urging the faithful to reflect on how they are communicating with one another – in the home, the office, the public square - and in the digital realm.
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IMPORTANT UPDATES AT END OF ARTICLEOutrage is growing across the nation after a grand jury in Harris County, Texas returned two charges yesterday afternoon against David Daleiden, the pro-life activist behind undercover sting videos that revealed Planned Parenthood’s ongoing scheme to traffic aborted fetal body parts but found no wrongdoing on the part of the abortion giant.
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In a hard-hitting article appearing in the Vatican’s L’Osservatore Romano, the president of the International Association of Exorcists expressed his disappointment that instead of depicting reality – the power of God over evil – most movies are failing to portray this truth accurately.
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British Coroners ruled last week that two young, healthy women have died of pulmonary embolisms caused by birth control pills.
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Much to the chagrin of the aging “pro-choice” generation of women, today’s advocate for the unborn is young, hip, on fire for life – and female.
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In spite of an impending storm forecasters say will be the worst to hit the DC Metro area in decades, the 43rd annual March for Life is on!
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Pope Francis has instructed the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to allow women to participate in the traditional foot washing ceremony which takes place in the Holy Thursday liturgy, a ritual once open to just men and boys.
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The same California atheist who fought unsuccessfully to have “under God” removed from the Pledge of Allegiance is at it again – this time launching a legal challenge to have “In God We Trust” removed from all U.S. currency.
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