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What’s up with the false English translation of the Synod’s Final Report?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 18, 2014 at 11:46 pm Now that the 2014 Extraordinary Synod of Bishops has been over for a while, we have to start asking some questions about the synodal documents that emerged during the meeting,...
The Curious and Tragic Case of Dr. Haiselden and the Baby Bollinger
Creative Minority Report - Nov 18, 2014 at 11:04 pm Just about one hundred years ago, in November of 1915, a baby was born to a family that already had three children. The baby was born with only one ear and some medical issues...
Fr. Jean Buridan and the Birth of Modern Science
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 18, 2014 at 11:01 pm The reaction to Pierre Duhem’s 1913 volume Le système du monde: histoire des doctrines cosmologiques de Platon à Copernic (The System of World: A History of Cosmological Doctrines...
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Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 18, 2014 at 11:00 pm Dear friends,
Thanks to the generosity of more than 20,000 readers, ZENIT carried on in 2014. For now more than 17 years, ZENIT has provided news of the Church -- thanks to you!...
Patti Smith: “I like Pope Francis and I’m happy to sing for him”
The Deacon's Bench - Nov 18, 2014 at 10:17 pm Details from The New York Daily News: Last week, the Godmother of Punk drew criticism from all sides after accepting the invitation of Pope Francis to sing at the Vatican’s...
Vatican communication reform underway, but no decisions yet
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 18, 2014 at 10:01 pm Vatican City, Nov 18, 2014 / 09:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Though the Vatican's communications reform committee met last week, it is still to be seen how the committee's proposals...
The Great Division - The Bishops' Conference nails it on the family
Rorate Coeli - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:54 pm No, not the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, nor other bishops' conferences in developed (wealthy and spoiled) nations where the Church is dying and disintegrating as she...
How I Said "Yes" to God This Week
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:45 pm I will admit, I did not know about this #GraceOfYesDay until the pre-dawn hours this morning. I've been so disconnected from Catholic social media (thanks for that, COMD program...
Monks and Nuns = Zombies?
Quartermaster of the Barque - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:28 pm Resist daily the lie that the life of faith is a half-life. Zombies are slaves to themselves. True freedom consists in living for someone outside yourself.
Age of Euphemism in UK says Sex between 13-year-olds Kids is “Normal”
Quartermaster of the Barque - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:24 pm Our culture has surrendered to sexual deviancy. Period. There are those involved in one form of sexual sin or another who would prefer escaping judgment for whatever it is they...
Pope sets up new body to speed handling of sex abuse appeals
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:18 pm Pope Francis has established a special body within the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to speed up the process of hearing and ruling on appeals filed by priests...
Pew survey shows Latin Americans leaving Catholicism
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:14 pm Increasing numbers of Catholics in Latin America are abandoning the church in favor of evangelical congregations or nonreligious life, according to a new survey, making Pope...
Catholics want to learn more about their faith, bishops report
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:10 pm For three and a half years, members of several U.S. bishops' committees have been trying to pinpoint what Catholics in the pew are thinking and why they accept or reject church...
Remains of Ugandan Comboni found in Mexican mass grave
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:05 pm The remains of a missionary priest missing for months were recovered from a mass grave in the southern state of Guerrero, adding to the horror of the crimes and killings in a...
Were the early Christians pacifists?
Jimmy Akin.org - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:04 pm There is a persistent claim that the early Christians were pacifists—in the strong sense of being opposed to all use of violence—and that it was not until the time of the Emperor...
Pope Appeals for Peace in Jerusalem
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:00 pm At the conclusion of his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis called for peace in Jerusalem after months of tensions between Israelis and Palestinians led to an attack at a...
Pope at General Audience: Holiness Can Be Found in Ordinary Life
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:00 pm Pope Francis says every state of life leads to holiness, if lived in communion with the Lord and in the service of others. During his weekly General Audience this morning in St...
Pope Francis at General Audience: All baptized people can be saints (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:00 pm To view the video click here.
Rabbi Sacks: Family Is Most Humanizing Institution in History
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 18, 2014 at 6:00 pm Here is the address given Monday by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks at the colloquim underway in the Vatican on the complementarity of man and woman. The rabbi's address was titled "The...
Courageous Priest ACTION ITEM!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 18, 2014 at 5:54 pm The folks at Courageous Priest have another tee and hoodie sale going on to raise money. They invited me to share this and then give me a taste of the sales.
I am working...
