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April 19, 2019

Pro-Life Catholic Medical Group’s Title X Application Included Contraceptive Promise

By Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSiteNews - Controversy continues to swirl around pro-life medical group Obria as its application for government funding in Texas comes to light… Obria’s pro-life critics believe that the medical organization has compromised its original Catholic mission to provide pro-life medical services by agreeing to partner with groups that dispense contraceptives… A reporter for the Houston Chronicle has published a copy of the application Obria made this year to receive Title X funding for its affiliates in Texas. Obria’s proposal, written on Obria letterhead, clearly states that it will “ensure” several forms of contraceptives.

April 19, 2019

The Joyful Shocks of Easter Sunday, by Gayle Somers

By Gayle Somers, Catholic Exchange - On Palm Sunday, the narrative of our Lord’s Passion ended with these words: “The women who had come from Galilee with Him followed behind, and when they had seen the tomb and the way in which his body was laid in it, they returned and prepared spices and perfumed oils. Then they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.” (Lk 23:55-56) We can only imagine how much “rest” they got on what must have been the longest Sabbath day of their lives.

April 19, 2019

Cardinal Tobin: Catechism Language ‘Very Unfortunate’ on Homosexuality

Catholic News Agency - “The Church, I think, is having its own conversation about what our faith has us do and say with people in relationships that are same-sex. What should be without debate is that we are called to welcome them,” Cardinal Joseph Tobin said… “But how can you welcome people that you call ‘intrinsically disordered?’” Thompson asked… “Well I don’t call them ‘intrinsically disordered,’” Tobin answered… “But isn’t that the Catechism of the Catholic Church?” Thompson asked.

April 19, 2019

Father Roger J. Landry: Holy Thursday and Divine Mercy

By Father Roger J. Landry, EWTN News - As the Sacred Triduum begins Holy Thursday, the Church ponders three interconnected realities: Christ’s washing of the feet of his apostles, instituting the Eucharist, and establishing the priesthood to perpetuate the Eucharist in memory of him… These are always inexhaustible mysteries to actualize in any liturgical cycle; this year, however, when we can feel as if we began Lent not just on Ash Wednesday but last June, with the re-emergence of clergy sexual-abuse crisis, they contain far more light and power. They contain the seed of the renewal of the priesthood and the true reform of the Church.