Here is an interview of Ronan Mullen by Elisabetta Pittino, regarding the One of Us campaign, and the current legal battle over abortion in Ireland. * * * Senator Ronan Mullen is from Ahascragh in Co Galway, Ireland. He was elected as an independent senator in July 2007 and was re-elected, topping the poll, ...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=VPZUlUdxNnI:K1bnk6EBEuw:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=VPZUlUdxNnI:K1bnk6EBEuw:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=VPZUlUdxNnI:K1bnk6EBEuw:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=VPZUlUdxNnI:K1bnk6EBEuw:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=VPZUlUdxNnI:K1bnk6EBEuw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=VPZUlUdxNnI:K1bnk6EBEuw:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=VPZUlUdxNnI:K1bnk6EBEuw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/VPZUlUdxNnI" height="1" width="1"/

In the Spring of 2014, the Pontifical North American College (PNAC) will continue its newly restructured ongoing formation program for priests, this time focusing on the following themes: spiritual direction; Scripture studies of Mary, Saint John, and Saint Paul; and answering today's moral questions. The PNAC's ...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=9dOpog_XpIs:W_MGYstCzxM:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=9dOpog_XpIs:W_MGYstCzxM:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=9dOpog_XpIs:W_MGYstCzxM:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=9dOpog_XpIs:W_MGYstCzxM:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=9dOpog_XpIs:W_MGYstCzxM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=9dOpog_XpIs:W_MGYstCzxM:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=9dOpog_XpIs:W_MGYstCzxM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/9dOpog_XpIs" height="1" width="1"/

Here is the translation of Pope Francis' address to the directors of the Pontifical Missionary Societies who are in Rome for their annual General Assembly. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am particularly pleased to meet for the first time with you, national directors of the Pontifical Mission societies fro...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=8IC3z_5x_QE:qtw4P7bjGOc:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=8IC3z_5x_QE:qtw4P7bjGOc:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=8IC3z_5x_QE:qtw4P7bjGOc:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=8IC3z_5x_QE:qtw4P7bjGOc:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=8IC3z_5x_QE:qtw4P7bjGOc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=8IC3z_5x_QE:qtw4P7bjGOc:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=8IC3z_5x_QE:qtw4P7bjGOc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/8IC3z_5x_QE" height="1" width="1"/

"On a scale of 1 to 10, the Pope’s interest in eradicating hunger is at 11," the director general of the FAO says. José Graziano da Silva of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization told ZENIT this on Wednesday, at the end of a conference held at the Foreign Press Association in Italy. Graziano da Silva took ...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=xMm8g5HQEhY:tFZY5ga9--g:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=xMm8g5HQEhY:tFZY5ga9--g:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=xMm8g5HQEhY:tFZY5ga9--g:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=xMm8g5HQEhY:tFZY5ga9--g:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=xMm8g5HQEhY:tFZY5ga9--g:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=xMm8g5HQEhY:tFZY5ga9--g:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=xMm8g5HQEhY:tFZY5ga9--g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/xMm8g5HQEhY" height="1" width="1"/

Given below is the calendar of the Holy Father Francis' liturgical celebrations and activities scheduled for the months of May, June, and July. MAY 23 May, Thursday: 6:00pm, Profession of Faith with the Bishops of the Italian Episcopal Conference. 26 May, Sunday, Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: Pastoral v...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=tycY_-Lle-s:NHE9tk6OhoQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=tycY_-Lle-s:NHE9tk6OhoQ:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=tycY_-Lle-s:NHE9tk6OhoQ:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=tycY_-Lle-s:NHE9tk6OhoQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=tycY_-Lle-s:NHE9tk6OhoQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=tycY_-Lle-s:NHE9tk6OhoQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=tycY_-Lle-s:NHE9tk6OhoQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/tycY_-Lle-s" height="1" width="1"/

The Church is the place where "the Spirit blooms" (St Hippolytus of Rome, Traditio apostolica, 35) and the Chosen People, non-restricted by borders, come from all the peoples: “For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks” (1 Cor 12:13) Fire and wind The old and the new Pentecos...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=0PQmnHbNEwc:yzU8ky_UtA0:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=0PQmnHbNEwc:yzU8ky_UtA0:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=0PQmnHbNEwc:yzU8ky_UtA0:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=0PQmnHbNEwc:yzU8ky_UtA0:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=0PQmnHbNEwc:yzU8ky_UtA0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=0PQmnHbNEwc:yzU8ky_UtA0:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=0PQmnHbNEwc:yzU8ky_UtA0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/0PQmnHbNEwc" height="1" width="1"/

The pressure is on in a number of countries for the legalization of euthanasia. In England, Lord Falconer is making yet another attempt to get Parliament to change the law. On Wednesday, Falconer tabled a bill that would allow adults to request assisted suicide if they have a terminal illness and have been given ...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jWor0z5q4jI:XWeRia2mIQs:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jWor0z5q4jI:XWeRia2mIQs:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jWor0z5q4jI:XWeRia2mIQs:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jWor0z5q4jI:XWeRia2mIQs:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=jWor0z5q4jI:XWeRia2mIQs:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jWor0z5q4jI:XWeRia2mIQs:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=jWor0z5q4jI:XWeRia2mIQs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/jWor0z5q4jI" height="1" width="1"/

Pope Francis met today with directors of the Pontifical Missionary Works (POM), also known as the Pontifical Mission Societies, who convened in Rome for the annual assembly. The directors hail from various missionary societies under the jurisdiction of the Holy See. The Pontifical Missionary Works help in areas whe...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=SG1Cpiyq5Cg:UE6L6uvD2Q0:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=SG1Cpiyq5Cg:UE6L6uvD2Q0:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=SG1Cpiyq5Cg:UE6L6uvD2Q0:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=SG1Cpiyq5Cg:UE6L6uvD2Q0:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=SG1Cpiyq5Cg:UE6L6uvD2Q0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=SG1Cpiyq5Cg:UE6L6uvD2Q0:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=SG1Cpiyq5Cg:UE6L6uvD2Q0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/SG1Cpiyq5Cg" height="1" width="1"/

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue held a meeting in the chapel of Domus Sanctae Marthae on New Religious Movements. In a statement released by the Holy See, the purpose of the meeting was to “offer an opportunity for further study on the topic, which merits attention and reflection.” Among those ...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=VerAM6wl60I:dEdluEQ7vRM:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=VerAM6wl60I:dEdluEQ7vRM:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=VerAM6wl60I:dEdluEQ7vRM:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=VerAM6wl60I:dEdluEQ7vRM:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=VerAM6wl60I:dEdluEQ7vRM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=VerAM6wl60I:dEdluEQ7vRM:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=VerAM6wl60I:dEdluEQ7vRM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/VerAM6wl60I" height="1" width="1"/

In his homily during Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae this morning, Pope Francis reflected on the love of Christ and the power it has in redeeming one’s sins. Among those attending the Mass were employees of the Vatican Museums. The Holy Father spoke on the Gospel which relates the encounter Christ had with Peter, a...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=2BG5g5RZn4o:ygpRZYKiAJA:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=2BG5g5RZn4o:ygpRZYKiAJA:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=2BG5g5RZn4o:ygpRZYKiAJA:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=2BG5g5RZn4o:ygpRZYKiAJA:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=2BG5g5RZn4o:ygpRZYKiAJA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=2BG5g5RZn4o:ygpRZYKiAJA:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=2BG5g5RZn4o:ygpRZYKiAJA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/2BG5g5RZn4o" height="1" width="1"/

Pope Francis has set the tone for his papacy and for the whole Church in the years ahead with three concise points in his homily on March 14, 2013: “Journeying, building, professing.”[1] I would suggest there is a clear takeaway for institutions whose mission and identity are bound up with Catholic Christian charit...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=UxJw1DQlxkc:uG3-Hz2okJc:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=UxJw1DQlxkc:uG3-Hz2okJc:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=UxJw1DQlxkc:uG3-Hz2okJc:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=UxJw1DQlxkc:uG3-Hz2okJc:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=UxJw1DQlxkc:uG3-Hz2okJc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=UxJw1DQlxkc:uG3-Hz2okJc:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=UxJw1DQlxkc:uG3-Hz2okJc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/UxJw1DQlxkc" height="1" width="1"/

Anything without heart, anything without love -- and I mean politics, music, law, art, even religion --anything without love, no matter how brilliant, is finally inadequate and weak. At the end of the day, the human soul yearns to be loved, and to love in return.  And it won't settle for anything less.  God loves...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=WUjZmN1uq6s:cg-GPf9NnJo:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=WUjZmN1uq6s:cg-GPf9NnJo:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=WUjZmN1uq6s:cg-GPf9NnJo:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=WUjZmN1uq6s:cg-GPf9NnJo:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=WUjZmN1uq6s:cg-GPf9NnJo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=WUjZmN1uq6s:cg-GPf9NnJo:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=WUjZmN1uq6s:cg-GPf9NnJo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/WUjZmN1uq6s" height="1" width="1"/

Pope Francis is emphasizing the predominance of ethics in economic and social matters and warning that "we have created new idols" with regard to money. The Holy Father said this today when he received the credential letters of four new ambassadors to the Holy See: Bolot Iskovich Otunbaev from Kyrgyzstan; David S...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jzMV1rbphwY:Z5V-r9WL0N4:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jzMV1rbphwY:Z5V-r9WL0N4:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jzMV1rbphwY:Z5V-r9WL0N4:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jzMV1rbphwY:Z5V-r9WL0N4:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=jzMV1rbphwY:Z5V-r9WL0N4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jzMV1rbphwY:Z5V-r9WL0N4:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=jzMV1rbphwY:Z5V-r9WL0N4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/jzMV1rbphwY" height="1" width="1"/

"It is the height of irony that the Minnesota legislature decided, and the governor signed into law, the redefinition of marriage just after we celebrated the unique gifts of mothers and women on Mother's Day," said Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the US bishops' Subcommittee for the P...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=6E3wJkEAp8o:NlRdNI77rRw:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=6E3wJkEAp8o:NlRdNI77rRw:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=6E3wJkEAp8o:NlRdNI77rRw:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=6E3wJkEAp8o:NlRdNI77rRw:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=6E3wJkEAp8o:NlRdNI77rRw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=6E3wJkEAp8o:NlRdNI77rRw:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=6E3wJkEAp8o:NlRdNI77rRw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/6E3wJkEAp8o" height="1" width="1"/

The chairman of the US bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities called for reflection, greater respect for human life and healing in the wake of the May 13 convictions of Dr. Kermit Gosnell of Philadelphia. “Dr. Gosnell’s trial brought much-needed attention to the tragedy of abortion,” said Cardinal Seán O’Malle...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jHJGQb1NXc4:Yg98JfzF2s4:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jHJGQb1NXc4:Yg98JfzF2s4:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jHJGQb1NXc4:Yg98JfzF2s4:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jHJGQb1NXc4:Yg98JfzF2s4:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=jHJGQb1NXc4:Yg98JfzF2s4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=jHJGQb1NXc4:Yg98JfzF2s4:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=jHJGQb1NXc4:Yg98JfzF2s4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/jHJGQb1NXc4" height="1" width="1"/

Protests continue following the news that scientists at the Oregon Health and Science University created cloned human embryos that were then used as a source of stem cells. Cardinal Seán O'Malley of Boston, chairman of the US bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, declared that human cloning is inconsistent w...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=Q8fjix0AiBk:IPg0K0Bdd-k:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=Q8fjix0AiBk:IPg0K0Bdd-k:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=Q8fjix0AiBk:IPg0K0Bdd-k:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=Q8fjix0AiBk:IPg0K0Bdd-k:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=Q8fjix0AiBk:IPg0K0Bdd-k:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=Q8fjix0AiBk:IPg0K0Bdd-k:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=Q8fjix0AiBk:IPg0K0Bdd-k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/Q8fjix0AiBk" height="1" width="1"/

As the nation's attention has again been drawn to abortion through the trial and subsequent murder convictions of abortionist Kermit Gosnell, those in the pro-life movement have continued on with their daily work. For the organization Heroic Media, that work means reaching women in crisis pregnancies and connecti...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=HAZRA6gIsG8:WJWAZE1fnss:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=HAZRA6gIsG8:WJWAZE1fnss:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=HAZRA6gIsG8:WJWAZE1fnss:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=HAZRA6gIsG8:WJWAZE1fnss:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=HAZRA6gIsG8:WJWAZE1fnss:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=HAZRA6gIsG8:WJWAZE1fnss:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=HAZRA6gIsG8:WJWAZE1fnss:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/HAZRA6gIsG8" height="1" width="1"/

Here is a Vatican translation of the address Francis gave today to four new ambassadors to the Holy See: Bolot Iskovich Otunbaev from Kyrgyzstan; David Shoul from Antigua and Barbuda; Jean-Paul Senninger from Luxembourg; and Lameck Nthekela from Botswana. * * * Your Excellencies, I am pleased to receive you f...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=NubIAfc2nwQ:nVpfYVsvf6g:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=NubIAfc2nwQ:nVpfYVsvf6g:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=NubIAfc2nwQ:nVpfYVsvf6g:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=NubIAfc2nwQ:nVpfYVsvf6g:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=NubIAfc2nwQ:nVpfYVsvf6g:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=NubIAfc2nwQ:nVpfYVsvf6g:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=NubIAfc2nwQ:nVpfYVsvf6g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/NubIAfc2nwQ" height="1" width="1"/

Here is a statement from Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster and Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark regarding the same-sex "marriage" bill set to be debated next week in Parliament. * * * We urge members of the House of Commons to think again about the long term consequences of the Marriage (same sex cou...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=a_q_5aQIe2A:a6MbusDYGhw:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=a_q_5aQIe2A:a6MbusDYGhw:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=a_q_5aQIe2A:a6MbusDYGhw:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=a_q_5aQIe2A:a6MbusDYGhw:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=a_q_5aQIe2A:a6MbusDYGhw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=a_q_5aQIe2A:a6MbusDYGhw:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=a_q_5aQIe2A:a6MbusDYGhw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/a_q_5aQIe2A" height="1" width="1"/

This morning, after celebrating Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel, Pope Francis met with the executive committee of Caritas Internationalis, telling them that "a Church without charity does not exist." The president of Caritas, Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras,...div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=t5nZStK84sg:Foac3mP9Tvw:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=t5nZStK84sg:Foac3mP9Tvw:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=t5nZStK84sg:Foac3mP9Tvw:I9og5sOYxJI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=t5nZStK84sg:Foac3mP9Tvw:-BTjWOF_DHI"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=t5nZStK84sg:Foac3mP9Tvw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?a=t5nZStK84sg:Foac3mP9Tvw:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/zenit/english?i=t5nZStK84sg:Foac3mP9Tvw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zenit/english/~4/t5nZStK84sg" height="1" width="1"/