Interrupted Lives, Story of Nun Heroes, Distributed to ABC TV
WASHINGTON DC (MetroCatholic) – Some were nurses. Many were educators. Still others cared for orphans, the elderly, the mentally ill. But all were women religious enduring the communist regime in...
View ArticleActor Jim Caviezel from ‘Passion of the Christ’ to Make Special Appearance at...
LOS ANGELES, CA (MetroCatholic) – Internationally renowned actor Jim Caviezel, whose portrayal of Jesus in The Passion of the Christ has impacted millions of viewers around the world, will make a...
View ArticleChristian Newswire Editor Says President Obama’s Lame Duck Status Gets an...
OPINION, Aug. 21 (MetroCatholic) – The following is submitted by Dan McCullough, newsdesk editor with Christian Newswire: As reported by the Associated Press today(1) President Obama’s approval rating...
View ArticleDr. King Says “Kourtney Kardashian is Singing Our Song”
Staten Island, NY (MetroCatholic) – Dr. Alveda King, Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life and Day Gardner, President of the National Black Pro-Life Union says, “Thank you...
View ArticleThe Butter Dish
- by Megan You can tell a lot about a family by looking at their butter dish. If it’s crystal… no kids. If it matches the plates… maybe one child, or at least a newborn. If it is chipped and/or...
View ArticleEWTN Unveils Season’s New Series
IRONDALE, AL (MetroCatholic) – EWTN Global Catholic Network is proud to unveil a host of new series, which will debut in September. Start programming your DVR now so you preview the shows and find your...
View ArticleUSCCB, CRS Global Poverty Initiative Reaches Quarter Million Catholics
WASHINGTON DC (MetroCatholic) – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) announced that they have reached over 250,000 Catholics through their...
View ArticleUnderstanding Death through Play
- By Kyle Cupp My son Jonathan informed me yesterday that one of his lifelong toys named Baby Edward had died. He prefaced this sad news by asking me where he could find the Jesus that we had received...
View ArticleUSCCB Web Page Follows Special Assembly For Africa Of The Synod Of Bishops
WASHINGTON DC (MetroCatholic) – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a Web page on the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, which can be found at...
View ArticleDallas Abortion Doctor: ‘Am I killing? Yes, I am. I know that.’
DALLAS, TX – Dr. Curtis Boyd is no stranger to controversy. In 1973, Boyd opened the Fairmount Center, which was the first abortion clinic in Texas. Boyd is the only doctor in North Texas who will...
View ArticleFr. Larry Richards Releases New Book on Becoming the Man You Were Meant to Be
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (MetroCatholic) – In the past forty years, society has seen a shift in gender roles. Men have become more feminine and women have become more masculine. So says Pennsylvania based...
View ArticleNo Stranger to Death, Navy Chaplain Fr. Ron Camarda Stars in Special...
WATERTOWN, MA (MetroCatholic) – No Stranger to Death, Navy Chaplain Fr. Ron Camarda Stars in Special Veteran’s Day Program on CatholicTV On Veteran’s Day November 11th, CatholicTV will air a special...
View ArticleDFWCatholic.org Fall Fund Drive
DFWCatholic.org and its parent company, MetroCatholic, Inc. has been around now for nearly two years! During this time, we have seen much success in our evangelization by reaching over 1,000,000 page...
View ArticleNew Mythologies
By Kyle Cupp My wife and I took a break this weekend from packing and cleaning to watch Up and Star Trek, two films we would have liked to have seen in the theater. Both were quite good. I wasn’t sure...
View ArticleAdvent/Christmas Season Web Site Offers Resources For Prayer, Reflection; Has...
WASHINGTON DC (MetroCatholic) – For the second consecutive year, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has created a Website (www.usccb.org/advent/ ) with suggestions for daily...
View ArticleD.C. same-sex ‘marriage’ bill fails to protect religious freedom, archdiocese...
Washington D.C., Dec 15, 2009 / 07:40 pm (CNA).- The City Council of Washington D.C. voted today to legalize same-sex “marriage,” causing the Archdiocese of Washington to state that it failed to...
View ArticleNew papal decree clarifies role of deacons and result of defections on marriage
Denver, Colo., Dec 15, 2009 / 05:16 pm (CNA).- This morning the Vatican published a Motu Proprio from Pope Benedict called “Omnium in Mentem” and dated October 26. According to J.D. Flynn, a canon...
View ArticleSide-by-side comparison of the language of the Hyde Amendment, the Federal...
WASHINGTON—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has made available a side-by-side comparison of the language of the Hyde Amendment, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and...
View Article‘Congress Just Signed Millions of Death Warrants’ says International Pro-Life...
FRONT ROYAL, VA, Dec. 17 /Christian Newswire/ — Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of Human Life International, today responded to the U.S. Senate’s passing of a massive $447 billion omnibus spending...
View ArticleThe Rutherford Institute Defends Second Grader Forced by School Officials to...
TAUNTON, Mass., Dec. 16 /Christian Newswire/ — The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of the family of a second grader who was allegedly forced by school officials to undergo psychological...
View ArticleOrganization uses name of Blessed Mother to finance abortions in Mexico city
Mexico City, Mexico, Dec 18, 2009 / 01:07 am (CNA).- The Abortion Fund for Social Justice, “Women, Abortion, Reproduction and Accompaniment,” announced this week the launching of the “Maria Network,” a...
View ArticlePope reflects on importance of religion for peace in the world
On Thursday in the Vatican, the Holy Father met with and received the Letters of Credence from eight new ambassadors to the Holy See. During his dialogue with the diplomats, the Pope spoke on the...
View ArticleJudge upholds ruling against photographers who declined work at homosexual...
Attorneys for a small photography company charged with violating anti-discrimination laws for declining to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony” are planning to appeal a New Mexico judge’s...
View ArticleAbortion clinic escort strikes Planned Parenthood investigator Lila Rose
San Jose, Calif., Dec 19, 2009 / 03:37 am (CNA).- Legal charges are pending against a male Planned Parenthood escort who struck pro-life activist Lila Rose on the hands on Thursday outside an abortion...
View ArticleSen. Nelson accepts Reid abortion provisions in exchange for medicaid kickbacks
Washington D.C., Dec 19, 2009 / 04:54 pm (CNA).- This afternoon Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced that he will now vote for cloture on the Senate health care bill and for the bill itself. The move...
View ArticleVenerable John Paul II’s life gives answers to society’s problems, Supreme...
CNA STAFF, Dec 21, 2009 / 03:21 pm (CNA).- Following the declaration by Pope Benedict XVI that his predecessor John Paul II lived a life of “heroic virtue,” CNA spoke with Carl Anderson, the head of...
View ArticleSebelius: Senate health care plan will pay for abortions
Washington D.C., Jan 4, 2010 / 06:53 pm (CNA).- In a little-publicized interview given with the Feminist blog, “BlogHer.com,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius praised the language...
View ArticleU.S. Postal Service recognizes Mother Teresa
Washington D.C., Jan 4, 2010 / 12:02 pm (CNA).- Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta will appear on a U.S. postal stamp in 2010, the postal service announced last week. “With this stamp,” notes the press...
View ArticleMedjugorje bishop says Cardinal Schönborn’s visit brings greater suffering to...
Medjugorje, Bosnia, Jan 4, 2010 / 06:58 pm (CNA).- Most Rev. Ratko Peri?, the Bishop of Mostar-Duvno in Bosnia-Herzegovina, released a statement in which he criticizes Vienna, Austria’s Cardinal...
View ArticleZoogle.com launches Catholic social networking venture
CNA STAFF, Jan 5, 2010 / 02:09 am (CNA).- A new Catholic social networking website named Zoogle is claiming that a “new era” in mass communications gives the Church an opportunity to bypass a “media...
View ArticleMost voters favor abortion ban for federally subsidized health plans
Washington D.C., Jan 5, 2010 / 10:22 pm (CNA).- A new national telephone survey reports that a majority of American voters favor a ban on abortion coverage in federally subsidized health insurance...
View ArticleCardinal George Welcomes Pope Benedict’s Day of Peace Message, Stresses Human...
WASHINGTON DC (MetroCatholic) — The Catholic Church worldwide will celebrate the 43th World Day of Peace on New Year’s Day. Pope Benedict XVI has chosen “If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect...
View ArticleDaughters of St. Paul unfazed by threats from Church of Scientology
Rome, Italy, Jan 12, 2010 / 09:09 pm (CNA).- In Italy, the pre-Christmas release of the book “The Courage to Speak Out – Stories of ex-Scientologists” was met with a promise from the National Church of...
View ArticleUSCCB, Other Episcopal Conferences Call for the Courage to Achieve Peace in...
WASHINGTON DC (MetroCatholic) – Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, Vice President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) joined with Catholic bishops from Europe and Canada in...
View ArticleDallas Morning News Reports on Dallas March for Life
By SAM HODGES / The Dallas Morning News Opponents of abortion packed the pews and took to the streets in downtown Dallas on Saturday, marking the anniversary of the January 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision....
View ArticleContest for Priests
Vatican City (MetroCatholic) – In order to promote the beauty of the Catholic priesthood, the website Catholic.net (http://www.catholic.net) has launched a contest of priestly stories during the Year...
View ArticleWomen Hurt by Abortion Support Tebow and His Mom in Super Bowl Ad
SAN ANTONIO, TX (MetroCatholic) – The women of Operation Outcry support Tim Tebow and his mother Pam as they share their story in an ad sponsored by Focus on the Family during Super Bowl XLIV. Tebow’s...
View ArticleFr. Gawrych Will Discuss 40 Reflections For 40 Days of Lent During Live...
WATERTOWN, MA (MetroCatholic) – On February 19th, Fr. Andrew Gawrych, CSC will be interviewed on the CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”. Fr. Andrew and Kevin Grove, C.S.C. edited the book “The Gift...
View ArticleBishops’ Conference Launches Por Tu Matrimonio, A Spanish Website On Marriage...
WASHINGTON DC (MetroCatholic) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) launched this week http://www.portumatrimonio.org/, a new Web site in Spanish for couples. The Website, completely in...
View ArticleA Tale of Two City Magazines
-by Kyle Cupp I recently received two locally-published magazines in the mail addressed to the resident of my address—or possibly someone named Resident, a cruelty that would give credence to my...
View Article‘School of Faith’ to premiere in March on CatholicTV
WATERTOWN, MA (MetroCatholic) – Starting in March, CatholicTV will air a new series called “School of Faith”. The new show revolves around different dimensions of faith including vision, purpose,...
View ArticleGolf Pro Talks About Love and Life
DALLAS, TX (MetroCatholic) – Good news on the horizon for the sports community. America is seeking a role model to believe in – someone kind, generous, humble, fun, adventurous and loving. Thankfully,...
View ArticleArchbishop Dolan reveals the Extraordinary in the ordinary faith-lessons of life
HUNTINGTON, Indiana (February 21, 2010) – How should people make sense of daily events – even catastrophes – as part of God’s plan? How do common annoyances, chance meetings – even sudden unemployment,...
View ArticleUSCCB Liturgist: Welcoming Catechumens into Church a Job for all Catholics
Prayer, participation in liturgies, welcoming spirit and witness are key WASHINGTON DC (MetroCatholic) – During Lent candidates for the sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist)...
View ArticlePro Life Film ‘Sarah’s Choice’ has World Premier Feb. 27th on TBN
NASHVILLE, TN (MetroCatholic) – The film, “Sarah’s Choice,” starring Grammy Award winning Christian singer Rebecca St. James in the controversial role of a young single career woman facing the...
View Article‘Abortion Changes You’ Ads Reappear in NYC Subways
New York City, NY (MetroCatholic)– 2,000 new ads stating ‘abortion changes you’ will reappear this month on New York City subways. Similar ads were seen by hundreds of thousands of New York subway...
View ArticleCatholic Cultural Diversity Network Convocation to Dialogue about Challenges...
WASHINGTON DC (MetroCatholic) – Three hundred church leaders —bishops, priests, religious and laity—from all ethnic and cultural families and walks of life will gather May 6-8, at the University of...
View ArticleHouse passes health reform; effort to insert abortion language fails
By Nancy Frazier O’Brien,Catholic News Service The House of Representatives passed historic health reform legislation late March 21 but rejected a last-ditch effort to send a package of legislative...
View ArticleMelinda Gates and the Contraceptive Imperialists
By TOM HOOPES | It was billed as a major clash: Melinda Gates — the Catholic woman whose husband, Bill, is one of the richest men on the planet — vs. the Pope. But you may have noticed one thing...
View ArticleInevitably Controversial: Melinda Gates and contraception for the poor
by Fr. Peter West July 27, 2012 (HLIWorldWatch.org) - In the age of Wikipedia and viral internet sensations, it is easy for facts to be overshadowed by carefully crafted stories — the truth eclipsed by...
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