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Social Media: Over-sharing and Disconnecting
Journey of a Catholic Nerd Writer - Oct 15, 2014 at 4:29 pm First, happy feast of St. Teresa of Avila. As a writer, she's an inspiration. As a student, her feast day will always be tied to the day I was officially accepted to Utah State...
Man Finds Abandoned Baby in Dumpster and Names Her “Miracle,” Glad It Wasn’t Trash Day
LifeNews.com - Oct 15, 2014 at 4:25 pm Last week, police reported that a baby was abandoned in a dumpster in California. Jorge Miranda (below right) found the baby when he was looking for cans and bottles to sell for...
32-YearOld Terminally Ill Cancer Patient Dedicates His Last Days to Suicide Prevention
LifeNews.com - Oct 15, 2014 at 3:40 pm On the heels of seemingly relentless media hype over a propaganda piece circulating from the pro-assisted-suicide group Compassion and Choices (formerly the Hemlock Society), USA...
Court blocks law that had closed most Texas abortion clinics
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 15, 2014 at 3:20 pm In a brief order posted after normal business hours, the Supreme Court granted requests by some of the affected abortion clinics to block parts of the law. It blocked statewide...
Cardinal Kasper dismisses African prelates' objections to Synod proposals
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 15, 2014 at 3:16 pm Cardinal Walter Kasper said that African prelates should not have much influence on the Synod of Bishops, in an interview with the Zenit news agency.
The German cardinal said that...
Translation error cited in Synod report's passage on homosexuality
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 15, 2014 at 3:14 pm In inaccurate translation in a key passage of an interim report has exacerbated concerns about the work of the Synod of Bishops, the Catholic News Agency notes.
In a passage...
Armenian, Syriac patriarchs urge worldwide recognition of Armenian genocide
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 15, 2014 at 3:13 pm The leaders of two Eastern Christian churches have united in a call for the world to recognize the gravity of the Armenian genocide, as the 100th anniversary of that tragedy...
Cardinal Müller raps 'shameful' bias in interim Synod report
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 15, 2014 at 3:12 pm The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has denounced an interim report from the Synod of Bishops as "worthless."
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, speaking in one of...
Bishop confident priest will be released after Islamic trial in Syria
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 15, 2014 at 3:11 pm The apostolic vicar of Aleppo, Syria, has said that he is "optimistic" about the prospects for release of Father Hanna Jallouf, the Franciscan priest who faces trial before an...
President's supporters threaten priests, nuns in Democratic Republic of Congo
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 15, 2014 at 3:10 pm Catholic priests and religious in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been threatened with violence since the country's bishops staked out their opposition to a bid to allow...
Priests details special problems of pastoral care for families in Russia
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 15, 2014 at 3:10 pm As the Synod of Bishops discusses pastoral care for the family, a representative of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God, in Moscow, has spoken with the AsiaNews service about the...
Apple, Facebook will pay female employees to freeze eggs, continue careers
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 15, 2014 at 3:09 pm Two powerful American high-tech companies are offering to pay female workers to have their eggs frozen, so that they can continue to work full-time without forfeiting the chance...
Vatican delegate to UN: don't judge women's advances by men's standards
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 15, 2014 at 3:07 pm In a statement to a UN session on the advancement of women, the Vatican's representative has argued that the welfare of women "should not be measured merely by the criterion of...
Alaska to appeal ruling that invalidates its ban on same-sex marriage
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 15, 2014 at 2:51 pm ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska will appeal a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Burgess that invalidates the state’s constitutional definition of marriage as the union of...
Media Enjoy “Heartwarming” Letter From Mom to Her Unborn Baby Saying, “I’m Aborting You”
LifeNews.com - Oct 15, 2014 at 2:49 pm As if we needed more evidence that pro-choice means one choice.
An anonymous Reddit user, scaredthrowingaway, posted to the online news platform a letter to her unborn baby whom...
Archbishop Kurtz hopes synod’s final report will ‘refine and clarify’
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 15, 2014 at 2:41 pm VATICAN CITY — Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., said that he hoped the final report of the Synod of Bishops on the family would improve on the assembly’s midterm...
Synod’s indicator swings toward a rewrite of midterm relatio
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 15, 2014 at 2:35 pm Vatican City, Oct 15, 2014 / 01:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As the synod fathers' small groups continue to meet, it seems increasingly clear that the Synod of Bishops' concluding...
Houston, we have a church-state controversy: Sermons, subpoenas and the First Amendment
GetReligion - Oct 15, 2014 at 2:30 pm
So, the other rocket blasting off in the news this week?
It's social media in the wake of the City of Houston subpoenaing pastors' sermons. Twitter, not for the first time, is...
Mother Who Thought She Had Stomach Ache Gives Birth to Rare Mono Twins
LifeNews.com - Oct 15, 2014 at 2:13 pm An Iowa couple, Shelby Magnani and James Croskey, were given the surprise of their life when Shelby went to the doctor for a stomach ache and found out she was pregnant. Not only...
Shop Fair Trade and Give Gifts That Give Twice
CatholicMom.com - Oct 15, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Psst! You.
Yes, you.
Have you heard?
Christmas is nearing.
I know, I know. I hear your collective groans through this digital space.
It’s not even Thanksgiving yet. Shoot, it’s...
