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April 2018 – The Prophetic Power of Humanae Vitae

https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/04/the-prophetic-power-of-humanae-vitae These cradle Catholics and converts and reverts, fellow-traveling non-Catholics, clergy and laity alike have the consolation of one final realidad, which may be the most important reality of all. Whatever the anxieties of the moment, however prominent or widespread the disgruntlement, the ever-growing empirical record continues to vindicate Paul VI’s encyclical. Humanae Vitae doesn’t…

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March 19, 2018 – APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION GAUDETE ET EXSULTATE OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON THE CALL TO HOLINESS IN TODAY’S WORLD

http://m.vatican.va/content/francescomobile/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20180319_gaudete-et-exsultate.html It is my hope that these pages will prove helpful by enabling the whole Church to devote herself anew to promoting the desire for holiness. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us a fervent longing to be saints for God’s greater glory, and let us encourage one another in this…

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February 27, 2018 – Play Ball: Why Christ’s Faithful are Sitting on the Sidelines

https://www.catholicjournal.us/2018/02/26/play-ball-christs-faithful-sitting-sidelines/ So let us reflect on these words of our Lord and seek to change our outlook and our response to the attacks on marriage and family: “How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God” (St. John 5:44). My brothers…

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February 26, 2018 – Rome’s Colosseum lit in red to symbolise blood of persecuted Christians

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/romes-colosseum-lit-in-red-to-symbolise-blood-of-persecuted-christians/126414.htm Rome’s Colosseum was bathed in red on Saturday (February 24) as part of a worldwide campaign to highlight the persecution of Christians. It came as Pope Francis met Asia Bibi’s husband and daughter. The Pakistani woman has been on death row for nine years facing spurious charges of blasphemy.

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February 26, 2018 – New Hampshire Medical-Conscience Bill

https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/corner/new-hampshire-medical-conscience-bill/ The question of “medical conscience,” that is, whether doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and the like can be forced to participate in medical procedures or provide services with which they have a religious or moral objection is heating up. Now, New Hampshire is considering a bill that would provide protection for such dissenting medical professionals.

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