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Pope Francis: Beware “cosmetic spirituality” and “every disordered desire”
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 14, 2014 at 7:56 am From this morning’s homily: Pope Francis said Mass on Tuesday morning in the chapel of the Santa Marta guesthouse in the Vatican. In remarks to the faithful following the...
Retrouvaille: Saving marriages in crisis (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 14, 2014 at 7:48 am To view the video click here.
Pope's Mass: Say no to 'cosmetic spirituality' (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 14, 2014 at 7:42 am To view the video click here.
Violence subsides in Central African capital, but what next?
EWTN - World Catholic News - Oct 14, 2014 at 7:18 am Bangui, Central African Republic, Oct 14, 2014 / 07:18 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Violence has subsided in the Central African Republic's capital of Bangui after a week of conflict, but...
Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God [Book]
Brandon Vogt - Oct 14, 2014 at 7:04 am
Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God by Paul Copan (Baker Books, 2011)
Many people are troubled by the apparent violence in the Old...
Genuflections by Concelebrants
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:53 am Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and dean of theology at the Regina Apostolorum university. Q: At a recent priests meeting someone...
St. Louis Archbishop Asks "What's God's Blueprint for Us" Amid Race-Related Conflict
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:47 am Archbishop Robert Carlson of St. Louis, Missouri, on Friday renewed his call for peace in the St. Louis community with the statement below. On Monday, around 50 people were...
Pope Francis at Mass: a faith industrious in loving
News.va - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:35 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said Mass on Tuesday morning in the chapel of the Santa Marta guesthouse in the Vatican. In remarks to the faithful following the readings of the day...
The Maniac and the Witness
Dominicana - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:30 am The New Evangelization is tough to pin down. Typically we think of it as re-proposing the Gospel to formerly Christian peoples. Lay involvement is also more central than in...
Abp. Martin on Synod: We must learn from the lived experience of families
News.va - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:26 am (Vatican Radio) “We have to develop a different type of theology in which we can learn from the lived experience of families and the difficulties that they have”, says Archbishop...
Sukkah At High School Rejected After Other Jewish Students Raise Church-State Complaints
The Religion Clause - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:15 am The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Sunday on a new permutation in the battle over religious symbols in public schools. Last year, Jewish students at Glendale's Nicolet High...
9th Circuit Says Same-Sex Marriages Can Go Ahead In Idaho
The Religion Clause - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:10 am In what could be the final procedural step in the challenge to Idaho's ban on same-sex marriage, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday issued an order dissolving its...
Welcoming Vincent Malone to the priesthood
Diocese of Westminster - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:09 am Vincent Malone has been ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Westminster.
Vatican Clarifies Synod Document Released Monday
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:08 am After the summary document released Monday by the synod's general secretariat generated worldwide media attention and intense debate among the synod fathers, a Vatican press...
North Carolina Supreme Court Allows Direct Appeal of School Voucher Program
The Religion Clause - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:05 am The Winston-Salem Journal reports that on Friday the North Carolina Supreme Court decided to allow a direct appeal of a trial court decision striking down the state's school...
Why I Recommend the Unwind Series Wholeheartedly
Snoring Scholar - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:00 am Last summer, my eighth grade niece insisted I would LOVE a book she was required to read for her Language Arts class. The book was Unwind, by Neal Shusterman.
As it turns out, she...
Minnesota Archdiocese Enters Historic Settlement In Clergy Abuse Case
The Religion Clause - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:00 am As reported by AP, yesterday a settlement considered as historic by both sides was reached in a clergy sex abuse case, Doe 1 v. Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. As part of...
National shrine, exhibit feature artifacts, insights from St. John Paul II
Franciscan Media - Oct 14, 2014 at 6:00 am In the heart of the national shrine dedicated to one of the most revered figures in church and world history, a new exhibit pays further homage to the man who embodied the...
More men study for the Catholic priesthood at London’s Allen Hall seminary
Diocese of Westminster - Oct 14, 2014 at 5:55 am Eleven men have started studying for the Catholic priesthood at the start of the 2010 – 2011 academic year at Allen Hall, the Diocese of Westminster’s seminary in London.
The English version of the Synod document is quite frankly a disgrace. Whoever is responsible for it should be ashamed
Catholic Herald - Oct 14, 2014 at 5:55 am The reaction to the Synod interim relatio rumbles on. I have read the document, which perhaps many have not, and a model of clarity, concision and elegance it is not. I note that...
