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“We cannot violate our vows by participating in the government’s program to provide access to abortion-inducing drugs,” Sister Loraine Marie said of a class-action lawsuit filed against the mandate on behalf of multiple religious organizations that provide health benefits. LINK

This earthquake was first reported as a 7.7…7 is a symbol of Christ, the perfect number.   Joseph

1. Scores Are Killed by Suicide Bomb Attack at Historic Church in Pakistan

The Globe explains that collectors view certain 8-digit serial numbers as “fancier” (meaning more rare, and thus more collectible) than others. The fanciest numbers, according to collectors, include ones exceptionally low: A new $100 bill with the serial number 00000001, for example, might fetch up to $15,000. LINK

The last month and a half has seen perhaps the worst anti-Christian violence in Egypt in seven centuries, with dozens of churches torched. Yet the western media has mainly focussed on army assaults on the Muslim Brotherhood, and no major political figure has said anything about the sectarian attacks. LINK

That’s canon law, not opinion, he said. Canon 915 states that Catholics who are stubbornly contrary “in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.” “This is a person who obstinately, after repeated admonitions, persists in a grave sin — cooperating with the crime of procured abortion — and still professes to be a devout Catholic.” LINK

We were 23 people here in the house. I told them to come in here and they entered the place,and I close the door here. This room is in a closed corner. I closed the door and sealed it with Scotch tape, it’s still there. I also closed it at the bottom with wet rags. I gave them wet rags with vinegar to put on their faces. LINK

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In an open letter to Putin, the local parents’ group in central Ural region was reported by media as saying: “The singer intends to come out in support of local sodomites and break the current Russian law, directed at protecting children. LINK

The number of Dutch people killed by medical euthanasia has more than doubled in the 10 years since legislation was changed to permit it, rising 13 per cent last year to 4,188. LINK

RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – Virginia Commonwealth University is warning some students that they may have been exposed to tuberculosis. A VCU alert stated that the university would notify 300 students possibly exposed to tuberculosis “out of an abundance of caution.” LINK

Doctors are warning that a drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea could be more deadly than AIDS, and are urging members of US Congress to spend $54 million for the development of a drug that would fight it.LINK

Syrian opposition groups and international relief organizations are warning of the risk of mass starvation across the country, especially in the besieged Damascus suburbs where a gas attack killed hundreds last month. LINK

Russian president Vladimir Putin helped unsettle American opinion even more by saying he doubted that the government of Syria had gassed its own people. Instead, he said, blame might be placed on terrorist groups wanting to provoke America to attack and overthrow the Syrian government. LINK