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[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Spain's World Cup final goal scorer Ferran Torres says the cross and image of the Virgin Mary he carries with him give him strength.

Video: Spanish Football Federation

[HolySoulsVocation @HolySouls3]

Let's say three Hail Marys for the souls who died today.

[Catholic Manhood ❤️‍🔥 @bethecreed]

“If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.”

St. John of the Cross

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

A 50-year-old woman was stabbed inside a Catholic church in Waterford, Ireland, by a young man while she was reciting the Rosary before Mass.

Info: Irish Daily Mirror

[Live Action @LiveAction]

.@ElspethMckellar painted this heart wrenching depiction of a late-term abortion. ⁠

This gruesome procedure is legal in 9 states + D.C.

Countless babies are experiencing this brutal death in abortion facilities near you.⁠

Let this painting break your heart, share it with others, and take a stand against abortion.

We must end the killing.

[Lila Rose @LilaGraceRose]

A newborn baby placed skin to skin with her mother after birth, and immediately experiences the safety of her warmth, her heartbeat, and her voice.

The bond between a mother and her child is irreplaceable.

[Black Monk Rosaries @MonkRosaries]

Saint of the day

Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, pray for us!

Son of Guglielmo de Rossi and Elisabetta Masella. He felt an early call to religious life, and was educated by the Friars Minor Conventuals of Brindisi, Italy. His father died when the boy was twelve. Studied in Venice. Joined the Capuchin Friars in 1575 at age 16, taking the name Brother Lorenzo. Studied theology, the Bible, French, German, Greek, Spanish, Syriac, and Hebrew at the University of Padua; he was a brilliant student, known for his facility with languages. Priest. Taught theology. Served as linguist and military chaplain. Famous, effective and forceful preacher in any of his several languages. Founded convents of Vienna and Graz in Austria, and in Prague, Czech Republic. Wrote catechisms.

Chaplain of the army of the Holy Roman Empire in 1601. Rallied the German princes to fight a superior Turkish force, and was asked to lead the army into battle at Stuhlweissenburg (modern Székesfehérvár, Hungary) carrying no weapon but a crucifix; the Turks were completely defeated. Master general of his order from 1602 to 1605; he was the choice for another term, but turned it down. Carried out important and successful diplomatic peace missions to Munich, Germany and Madrid, Spain. Assigned in 1605 to evangelize in Germany, where he had great success. Convinced Philip III of Spain to join the German Catholic League. Commissary general of his order for the provinces of Tyrol and Bavaria in Germany. Spiritual director of the Bavarian army. Tended to fall into ecstasies when celebrating Mass.

In 1956, the Capuchin Order compiled fifteen volumes of his sermons, letters and writings. Proclaimed Apostolic Doctor of the Church by Pope John XXIII in 1959.

[Hannah Strege, LCSW @HannahStrege]

Last week, I showed lawmakers in Washington, D.C., two photographs of me and two of my siblings under a microscope.

The first was taken the day I was thawed.

The second was taken the day I was transferred.

Overnight, I had already continued developing into the next stage of embryonic development, compaction.

I wasn’t waiting to become alive.

I was already growing.

[Colm Flynn @colmflynnire]

A packed Church on a Monday night in Dublin as Irish gathered to celebrate Mass with @frmikeschmitz.

[Ravious101 🦅🇺🇸 @Ravious101]

"Satan's going to come after you." 😳
That was Mel Gibson’s chilling, direct warning to screenwriter Randall Wallace before they even typed a single word for The Resurrection of the Christ.
According to Wallace on Raymond Arroyo’s podcast, Gibson dropped this bombshell during their 2016 promotional tour for Hacksaw Ridge.
Gibson wasn't trying to scare him—he was laying out the terms of spiritual warfare.
🎬 The Ground Rules for the Sequel:
No Greed: Gibson insisted the movie cannot be made for money.
No Revenge: The film cannot be a weapon against their critics.
Pure Motives: The focus must strictly remain on grace and salvation.
The highly anticipated sequel to The Passion of the Christ is shaping up to be an absolute spiritual epic.

[Kristan Hawkins @KristanHawkins]

Every Member of Congress received an "F" on our Pro-Life Generation Report Card for failing to pass a renewal on defunding of Planned Parenthood by July 4th.

However, for any Member who publicly joins @sflaction to demand that the Trump Administration DEBARS Planned Parenthood, those grades will be erased.

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Spanish forward Ferran Torres, who scored the winning goal against Argentina in the FIFA World Cup final, has spoken openly about the importance of his Catholic faith. He once said: “I have a cross and an image of the Virgin. They give me a great deal of faith.”

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Friends, while disagreement between the Church and state is sometimes inevitable, it’s also healthy—and steady conversation is essential to moving forward in a productive way. In the latest episode of Bishop Barron Presents, Vice President Vance reflected on this theme in terms of the pope’s criticisms of the current administration.

[Live Action @LiveAction]

The argument that a fetus isn't a human being because she is dependent on her mother is ridiculous.

Newborns depend on their parents.

Toddlers depend on their parents.

The elderly depend on others for care.

The MORE helpless a human being is, the MORE he or she should be protected.

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

Friends, in converting to Catholicism, Vice President Vance was deeply struck by the fact that Jesus Christ is the Lord of one’s entire life, not just parts of it—and this includes all of our political positions.

[Lila Rose @LilaGraceRose]

This is what the hand of a 22-week-old baby looks like: all five tiny fingers, fully formed, wrapped around a parent’s finger.

Age does not determine a child’s humanity.

[Students for Life of America | Pro-Life Gen @StudentsforLife]

⏰ 25 DAYS until Planned Parenthood regains access to taxpayer funding.

Planned Parenthood can repeat "safe and effective" when discussing Chemical Abortion Pills a hundred times. It doesn't change reality.

Chemical Abortion Pills always kill a preborn child, too often result in hospitalized women, and flood our waterways with the tragically lost babies as well as chemically tainted blood and placenta tissues, causing harm to our environment.

They're also increasingly known as the abuser's dream drug because they can be obtained, hidden, and used to cover up abuse and coercion.

Women deserve better. Children deserve protection.

Tell @POTUS @GOP to defund and debar Planned Parenthood at the link below.

https://t.co/Joiz9oiE1t

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

The Catholic bishops of the United States are consecrating the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus today.

[LifeNews.com @LifeNewsHQ]

Unborn babies are NOT just clumps of cells...

because they can have surgery IN THE WOMB!

Here is Royer... he had spina bifida.

But doctors did an operation before he was born to correct it!

Baby Royer’s success story brings hope to families whose unborn babies have been diagnosed with spina bifida.

Royer was born with the debilitating condition; but because of a surgery he underwent in the womb in September, his outlook appears extremely good.

Royer was born with a “feisty spirit,” kicking and screaming. Doctors told his parents, Lexi and Joshuwa Royer, that these were great signs for a child with spina bifida.

“It was so worth it,” Lexi Royer told the newspaper. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat. That’s for sure.”

He arrived pink and screaming on a Friday at 5:35 a.m., two days before his official due date, weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces, and almost 20 inches long.

Within moments of his birth at Texas Children’s Hospital, he did what his parents and doctors had eagerly hoped to see:

He moved his legs and feet, a sign that the operation may have prevented damage to the spinal nerves needed for walking.

Indeed, placed on his belly, he managed to pull a knee underneath himself and push off, as if he intended to crawl away from the nurses who were trying to swaddle him.

Dr. Larry Hollier, the surgeon-in-chief at the hospital, said he was very pleased with how baby Royer looked at birth.

“I’ve never seen a such a big defect successfully repaired, with the child moving his feet at birth,” Hollier said. “It’s unbelievable. If this is the cost of getting that closed — just having to do a little skin operation — it’s fantastic.”

Last year, Lexi Royer told the newspaper that doctors tried to pressure her to have an abortion after her unborn son was diagnosed with spina bifida, but she refused.

Instead, she and her husband began researching and found doctors at Texas Children’s Hospital who were willing to help their son.

In September, the little boy and his mother underwent an experimental fetal surgery while he was still in his mother’s womb. Doctors at Texas Children’s Hospital made small incisions in his mother’s uterus and used a camera and surgical tools to repair a gap in his spine.

Dr. Michael Belfort, a surgeon at Baylor in Houston, Texas, explained that the fetal surgery helps decrease the damage to the spine while the baby still is in the womb. He said the amniotic fluid eats away at the nerve tissue in the gap of the spine, so closing the gap before birth is important.

Belfort said they typically perform the surgery around 24 weeks because if something goes wrong, there is a good chance the baby will survive outside the womb.

Though the technique is new, doctors have been performing in-utero surgery for spina bifida and other ailments for years in the United States. In 2003, the National Institute of Health’s Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS) found that closing the spinal defect in utero reduced the need for shunts after birth and boosted the child’s chances of walking independently. Doctors think the procedure may reduce the odds of learning disabilities as well.

In 2014, LifeNews reported British doctors performed the first in-utero surgery on an unborn baby girl with spina bifida.

The surgery was a success, and by December 2016, 14-month-old Frankie was overcoming her disability and learning to walk.

Currently, at least 13 hospitals in the U.S. perform the fetal surgery on unborn babies with spina bifida.

Researchers estimate that 68 percent of unborn children who are diagnosed with spina bifida die from abortion. However, these new surgical procedures recognize that unborn babies are individual patients who deserve care, not death.

[Live Action @LiveAction]

99% of people with Down syndrome indicated they were happy with their lives.

97% reported they liked themselves.

99% expressed love for their families.

Abortion is depicted as "merciful" for babies with Down syndrome.

But it's brutal murder.

Every child deserves a chance at a joyful life—no matter their diagnosis.