Catholic Church

June 11, 2018

Pro-Life Group Releases List of Products, Cosmetics and Vaccines Made Using Cells From Aborted Babies

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews - Children of God for Life released a new list this week that informs consumers about products that are made or tested with cells from aborted babies... The pro-life organization’s popular list has been successful in persuading companies like PepsiCo and Kraft to switch to ethical alternatives for testing their products... In an email to supporters this week, the pro-life group said it noticed some confusion about how aborted babies’ cells are involved with certain products on the list. Organizers released the new list to clarify any confusion.

June 11, 2018

Bishop Robert Barron Sets Sights on America’s Secular Culture, Goes to Google (Video)

By John Burger, Courtesy Word on Fire - Many people of a religious bent had high hopes for the internet and social media as a place to spread their message. Some have been disappointed that the digital world has turned out to be more of a landmine that seems more to encourage secularist messages and immoral behavior. And actions by social media giants in censuring certain messages, such as Google blocking pro-life ads....

June 11, 2018

NY Court Rules Archbishop Sheen’s Body Should Go to Peoria

By Joseph Pronechen, EWTN News - On the evening of June 8, the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced that earlier in the day the Supreme Court of New York had ruled for the second time in favor of Joan Sheen Cunningham and her petition to move Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s body from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York to the Cathedral of St. Mary in Peoria… Bishop Daniel Jenky, bishop of Peoria and promoter of the cause for canonization of Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen, made the announcement “with great joy,” according to an official statement.

June 11, 2018

Why the Immaculate Heart Is So Close to the Sacred Heart

By Stephen Beale, Catholic Exchange - As Catholics, we grasp the association on an intuitive level. Just as the Sacred Heart is an emblem of Jesus’ love for us, so also Mary’s Immaculate Heart indicates her maternal love for us. That Jesus and Mary are always together is a conviction reflected in the titles of Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix and the dogma of the Assumption. The Son of God and His Mother are as inseparable as Adam and Eve.