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Improving the Lives of Poor Children in Nepal Nepal Orphans Home (NOH) began in March of 2005 when a friend took Michael Hess to an ‘orphanage’ in Dhapasi in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley that she said needed help. He found a small, rundown house with over two dozen destitute children. Malnourished, in poor health, and not attending school, the children were forced by the owners to beg on the streets. Michael assumed management of the home, renovated the building, and began to care for the children.

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The pilgrims from the Diocese of Paisley received a 'Shout Out' today at the General Papal Audience - announced "From Scotland - The pilgrims from the Diocese of Paisley, accompanied by Bishop John Keenan". Well done and we hope you are enjoying your time in the 'Eternal City'!

WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honour. Due out Jan 2017 No Classification available at time of posting. Please ensure that before watching any of the movies listed that you check out the bbfc classification.

This just might be one of the most inspiring things you’ve seen in a while. The small film studio Grassroots Films has just released a trailer for a new documentary on the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal – and it’s absolutely amazing. While showing images of Franciscan Friars and various other people in hard life situations, you hear the famous “Great Dictator’s Speech” from Charlie Chapman’s film The Great Dictator. Even if that doesn’t sound too incredible, just watch! Please ensure that before watching any of the movies listed that you check out the bbfc classification.

Mark Wahlberg is an unusual figure in Hollywood: an acting superstar who says “Being a Catholic is the most important aspect of my life”, and that he can’t start the day without 10 minutes of prayer. Now he is preparing for his most Catholic role yet: he will play Fr Stuart Long, an American priest and former boxer who died in 2014 at the age of 50. Wahlberg announced on Wednesday that he is teaming up with his long-term collaborator, director David O Russell, on a screenplay about the priest’s life. Please ensure that before watching any of the movies listed that you check out the bbfc classification.

The St. Vincent de Paul Society came to Scotland in 1845 only twelve years after the first Conference was founded by Frederic Ozanam in Paris. The 1840s in Scotland were years of the Irish immigrants with a crying need for those in better circumstances to help poor, unjustly-treated and often sick people trying to eke out a living in Scotland.

An truly amazing story... Henry and Jeanette De Lange lived a beautiful life together to the very end.

Photographer Lennart Nilsson spent 10 years of his life recording the growth of the human embryo, from conception to birth. Amazing images capturing the beginning of human life...this really does display the wonders of creation to its fullest!

SURVIVE-MIVA is a Catholic lay Association. We exist to provide one vital element for the success of the Church's health and pastoral work in areas of great need - a means of transport.

John Paul Retreats is a newly created charity set up to help parents and siblings who are trying to cope with the loss of loved ones, either through death or other unforseen tragedy.

We do not need to wait for approval from Rome to begin implementing the conclusions of our Synod. Nor is the Synod Document a ‘one-size-fits-all’ Pastoral Plan because we are all at different stages on our journey, with different strengths and challenges. One suggestion is to set up an Implementation Team who will keep us fed with resources, concentrating on one or two Charter points at a time. Another suggestion is for parishes, schools and groups to create a ‘star and wish’ plan for development, choosing from the Charter a star they are good at and a wish to work towards, and then they carry our some self -evaluation of how they have done.

BEN-HUR is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army. Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption. Based on Lew Wallace’s timeless novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Also starring Morgan Freeman and Rodrigo Santoro. Please ensure that before watching any of the movies listed that you check out the bbfc classification.

The British prime minister last week caused shockwaves with her call to re-introduce academic selection into public education. Even more surprising was her encouragement to Catholics to build more schools, suggesting that the trend toward ever-greater secularization may not be inevitable after all.

For one New York area priest, Father Mychal Judge, the Twin Towers attack made him a martyr. For two others, the experience of ministering to the survivors and caring for the dead remains an indelible memory that forever changed their lives and priesthoods.

A spokeswoman for the Scottish government said: "Religious and moral education enables children and young people to explore, debate and more importantly understand the world's major religions - as well as approaches to living independent of belief. "Religious observance is a whole school activity which should be sensitive to traditions and origins, and should seek to reflect these but it must equally be sensitive to individual beliefs, whether these come from a faith or non-faith perspective. "We encourage schools to discuss options with both parents and their children, particularly in the senior years."

DOCAT—a CAT that is out to change the world. Pope Francis repeatedly encourages us to go out into the world, to the peripheries of society and to minister to those in need. He reminds us of the poor, the marginalized, those affected by terror, pollution, tyranny, and the culture of death. While the media around us sometime portray current Catholic social teachings as “modern” or a “radical change to the views of the Church”, are they really?

According to a 2010 report from the United Nations Population Division, by 2045 the number of older persons in the world (defined as those 60 and above) will exceed the number of children (15 and under) for the first time. The UN body identified this as a demographic trend of mammoth consequence, one “without parallel in the history of humanity.”

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops have said that proposals by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to authorise federally funded research on part-human, part-animal embryos are “grossly unethical.” The bishops made ethical and legal arguments in opposing the plan in a submission to the institute this week, saying that such research would result in “beings who do not fully belong to either the human race or the host animal species.” NIH has proposed funding scientists researching such embryos, known as chimeras. Chimeras definition (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. YES REALLY!!