"Fear no one" (Jesus)

• National NFP Awareness Week (USCCB, 7/23/17 - 7/29/17)
  (NOTE: There is a new Natural Family Planning eNewsletter from the Couple to Couple League of Southeast PA.)


•  The "Sistine Chapel" at the WTC, 6/22/17

•  Free to Serve (USCCB, 6/22/17)


• Fortnight for Freedom 2017 (USCCB, 6/21/17 - 7/4/17)
  Saint (Bishop) John Fisher and Saint Thomas More stood firmly with the Pope, as he declined Henry VIII’s demand for a declaration of marital nullity after abandoning his wife (See Katherine of Aragon: the  Official Website for Her Cause.).  A half millenium later, spousal abandonment is a plague: "In a world that would have us believe that divorce is just an opportunity for a new start, the Church’s message must be loud and clear: We will hold fast to our ancient teachings on marriage – for the sake of our souls, our families, and our civilization." (Dr. Hilary Towers, Catholic News Agency, 3/4/11).


• "In the fight against evil, we Christians do not despair. Christianity cultivates an incurable confidence" (Pope Francis, 6/21/17)

• The Importance of ‘Humanae Vitae’ — a Testimony to the Truth (Archbishop Chaput, National Catholic Register, 6/20/17)


• "All You Have to Decide is What to Do with the Time that is Given to You" (6/19/17)

• Christian population of Iraq, Syria halved since 2011 (CWN, 6/15/17)
  
  
• Growing family culture locally: the church /Migration makes the local church as a home even more necessary (Mercatornet, 6/15/17)

• Elder abuse is a clear and present danger in the euthanasia debate(Mercatornet, 6/15/17)

• What can priests practically do to combat the porn epidemic? (EWTN, 6/14/17)

• Pope Francis' Message for the First World Day of the Poor, 11/19/17 (released on 6/13/17)

• Appointment of Ordinary Members of the Pontifical Academy for Life (Vatican Press Office, 6/13/17)
• Philosopher who supports legal abortion joins Vatican pro-life academy (CNA, 6/13/17)

• Abortion increasingly common for multiple pregnancies, English statistics show (CWN, 6/13/17)


• Catholics in Florida remember victims of Pulse nightclub (The Catholic Spirit, 6/13/17)

• Conscience: "that still small voice that people won't listen to" (J.Cricket) (6/13/17)

• Irish Church facing ‘persecution’ and ‘hostility’, bishops warn (Catholic Herald, 6/12/17)

• Mexican priests are targets of violence (CWN, 6/13/17)

• ‘Catholic Church committed to protecting migrants’ (Pope Francis, 6/12/17)
  • Dozens of Iraqi Christians arrested in immigration roundup, face deportation (CWN, 6/12/17)

• The Consequences of Not Telling the Truth (Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, 6/10/17)

• Pope Condemns ‘Barbaric Attack’ in Tehran (Zenit, 6/9/17)