by Tom McFeely
Monday, April 13, 2009 10:47 AM
(video, part 2 here.) One of the central premises of the abortion lobby is that prior to birth, an unborn baby isn’t a human being.
Try telling that to abortion survivor Gianna Jessen.
When an abortion occurs, according to pro-abortion activists, it’s not a human being that’s being killed — it’s merely the “termination” of a... READ MORE
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by Tom Hoopes
Monday, April 13, 2009 9:44 AM
The final tally in our matching gifts campaign: ... $13,000 (we just added in the phone total).
Our donor agreed to match up to $10,000, and his generosity sparked yours. Now your generosity sparked his: He’s matching the whole thing.
A special thanks to him, and to all who donated.
Happy Easter!
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by Tom Hoopes
Monday, April 13, 2009 4:35 AM
As April and I suggest in an upcoming User’s Guide to Sunday:
You observed Lent: Plan something special for your family this Easter Season. How about a special Sunday morning breakfast each week? Or ice cream after Mass? A family Sunday outing? Maybe a special Easter dessert? Here’s the Easter schedule:
1. April 12: Easter Sunday
2. April 19:... READ MORE
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by Tom Hoopes
Monday, April 13, 2009 3:34 AM
An Ethiopian Christian visits the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem. (CNS photo/Ammar Awad, Reuters)
For your Easter Monday and beyond, here are the stations of the Via Lucis and their Gospel texts.
Pope John Paul II was a big proponent of the Via Lucis (Way of Light), also called “The Stations of the Resurrection.”
The Vatican directory on popular piety says, “For centuries the Via Lucis involved the faithful in the first moment of the... READ MORE
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by Tom McFeely
Sunday, April 12, 2009 3:16 PM
Here is a video clip about this morning’s Easter Mass at St. Peter’s Square, celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI.
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by Tom McFeely
Sunday, April 12, 2009 2:34 PM
The Pope delivers his Easter blessing "urbi et orbi" today at the Vatican. (CNS/Reuters)
The following is the text of Pope Benedict’s Easter 2009 “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) address, delivered today from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome:
Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world,
From the depths of my heart, I wish all of you a blessed Easter. To quote St. Augustine, “Resurrectio... READ MORE
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by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, April 11, 2009 8:45 PM
(CNS photo/J.D. Long-Garcia, Catholic Sun)
These “Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection” were derived in large part from Tim Drake’s Easter Evidence.
1. The testimony of the texts. It is significant that Scripture, Tradition and the Church thereafter all agree that Christ rose. That kind of unanimity of witness is rare — and meaningful.
2. The testimony of the Twelve. If the apostles... READ MORE
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by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, April 11, 2009 8:44 PM
From our archives, free to subscribers:
Eternal Day of Ressurection
BY Father Peter John Cameron OP
March 23-29, 1997 Issue
March 30, 1997 John 20, 1–9
JESUS CHRIST is risen from the dead! The power of the Resurrection imparts new life to us-life that is new in every way. Easter does not signal a return to business as usual, resuming the... READ MORE
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by Tom McFeely
Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:16 AM
Heidi and Dan Sierras with their children, Logan, 3, baby Eleanor, Kayla, 8, and Ethan, 11. (CNS)
At this evening’s Easter Vigil Mass at the Vatican, Heidi Sierras will be baptized, confirmed and receive first Communion from Pope Benedict XVI.
Register subscribers can get acquainted with the California mom of four and the story of her conversion in this article by Tim Drake, published in our April 12-18 issue.
Tim’s article is a reminder... READ MORE
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by Tom McFeely
Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:46 AM
Here’s a short video about yesterday’s Way of the Cross led by Pope Benedict XVI at the Colosseum in Rome.
“The anguish of the passion of the Lord Jesus cannot fail to move to pity even the most hardened hearts,” the Pope said at the conclusion of the Via Crucis, Zenit news service reported, “as it constitutes the climax of the revelation of... READ MORE
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