Wednesday Roundup: May 20, 2015

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CATHOLICISM AROUND THE WORLD

Entire Hindu Village in Nepal Spared by the 'Miracle of the Ordination'
Anto Akkara, National Catholic Register, May 14, 2015

HUMAN RIGHTS & ABUSES

His girlfriend refused to abort their baby. So he killed his daughter by hurling her off a cliff instead.
(U.S.A.) Ben Johnson, Life Site News, May 13, 2015

• "Raised in a culture of sexual excess, Brown wanted to be able to satisfy his lust without emotional or financial consequences....Abortion was one way to that end; murder nearly five years later was another."

• "The availability of abortion degrades life at every stage, inside or outside the womb, and puts us on the slippery slope to infanticide."

• "Abortion is just child murder at another date -- and vice-versa."

Pro-abortion protester endorses 'post natal abortions' at Canadian March For Life
(Canada) Carole Novielli, Life Site News, May 18, 2015

• He says he is okay with killing a newborn baby, but that he is not advocating murder. There is some serious cognitive dissonance there! And some very shallow thinking. Please pray for him and others like him.

Nurse quits after witnessing abortion of a 4-pound baby girl
(U.S.A.) Sarah Terzo, Live Action, May 12, 2015

NEW AGE & OCCULT

Bishop: Catholics Should Abstain from Yoga
S. Brinkmann, Women Of Grace, May 18, 2015

Relative Drags Family into Fortune Telling
S. Brinkmann, Women Of Grace, May 15, 2015

• Re: Trust Your Vibes cards by Sonia Choquette

OF HYPOCRITES & LIARS

Michael Coren Sidesteps the Real Issue in His Change of Religion
Karl Keating, Catholic Answers, May 18, 2015

OVERPOPULATION MYTH

Population control won't solve climate change, Caritas official says
Ann Schneible, Catholic News Agency, May 16, 2015

• See our "OVERPOPULATION MYTH" page above for more information on this topic, especially the book Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism, by Robert Zubrin, Ph.D.

• Related article: Scholar says population fears ignore history's evidence, by Carl Bunderson, Catholic News Agency, July 11, 2013

  
PHILOSOPHY & THEOLOGY

The Atheist IQ: Why St Thomas Wouldn't Approve
Jon Clark, Seton Magazine, May 15, 2015

071: The Theology of Cooking Food [Podcast]
Taylor Marshall, Ph.D., taylormarshall.com, May 14, 2015

SPIRITUAL WARFARE

#19: How Satan Desires a Society of "Equality"
Philip Kosloski, Put On The Armor Of God, May 15, 2015

WOMEN'S HEALTH

(STUDY) Is the pill shrinking parts of women's brains? New report suggests yes

Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency, May 15, 2015

Big Pharma Behind "War on Women"

S. Brinkmann, Women Of Grace, May 15, 2015