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Hey Western Washington! I’m coming your way!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 13, 2014 at 9:26 am Coupla gigs coming up:
First: I will be at the University of Washington Newman Center tonight at 7:00, talking about the theological foundations of Catholic Social Teaching. This...
Gradualism and Holiness
Commonweal - Oct 13, 2014 at 9:13 am Keeping up with all the news coming out of the Synod is a challenging task for those of us in the midst of a full load of fall classes. I’ll leave it to full-timers like Grant and...
Congressman: Why Do Feminist Groups Never Condemn China’s Forced Abortion One-Child Policy?
LifeNews.com - Oct 13, 2014 at 9:05 am Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) is one of Congress’s loudest voices on right to life issues. One of his most passionate causes, is exposing and dismantling China’s inhumane One Child...
Pope Francis: God always surprises us (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 13, 2014 at 9:03 am To view the video click here.
Notre Dame Asks For Supreme Court GVR In Contraceptive Coverage Challenge
The Religion Clause - Oct 13, 2014 at 9:03 am On Oct. 3, a petition for certiorari was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in University of Notre Dame v. Burwell, (Docket No. 14-392). In the case, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of...
Day 8 of the Synod (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 13, 2014 at 9:02 am To view the video click here.
WE WILL NEVER GET OUR COMEUPPANCE! YOU HEAR ME? NO COMEUPPANCE!!!!
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:57 am Some bourgeois slobs are claiming the Cowboys “beat” the Seahawks (if you are the sort of philistine who thinks “scoring more points” constitutes “winning” in football.) We in...
Beyond immigration: Story on Chicago's new archbishop veers into abortion, same-sex marriage and contraception
GetReligion - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:53 am While working on a story on Christians and immigration a few years ago, I witnessed a mother's tearful farewell to her son, who was being deported.
CHICAGO — On a dark street, a...
Key synod report calls for 'gradualism' in Church response to irregular family situations
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:53 am An interim report from the Synod of Bishops has called upon Catholic pastors to recognize the positive elements of all family situations, including those at odds with Church...
The Relatio: Our Doom in the Making
Creative Minority Report - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:52 am In my mind, the Relatio (The mid Synod report), released today October 13th, is the equivalent of standing out in a field during a thunderstorm holding a 50ft lightning rod,...
Pope Warns Against Being Closed in 'System of Law'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:47 am Be open to God's surprises and remember holy law is not an end in itself. This was Pope Francis’ message this morning at Mass at Casa Santa Marta, Vatican Radio reported....
Mater et Magister
Commonweal - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:42 am At this morning's session of the Synod the document summarizing the first week's deliberations was released.
It will be the basis of this week's discussion in the small language...
199 Babies Spared From Abortion So Far During 40 Days for Life Campaign
LifeNews.com - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:33 am We are at the halfway point! Have you participated in the 40 Days for Life campaign yet? If not … there is plenty of time. And here’s some motivation.
Halfway through these 40...
Better Than Paradise: Thanksgiving After Mass
CatholicMom.com - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:30 am “There is no prayer more agreeable to God, or more profitable to the soul than that which is made during the thanksgiving after Communion.” -St. Alphonsus Liguori
“The Mass has...
“An earthquake at the synod”
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:24 am That’s how veteran Vatican reporter John Thavis described a document released this morning: In pastoral terms, the document published today by the Synod of Bishops represents an...
Pope Francis, Communion, and the outskirts of Buenos Aires
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:23 am You might have a look at something that Sandro Magister posted today, which could give us an insight into what Pope Francis is thinking. HERE
Here is a sample:
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he sociology...
Pro-Life and Pro-Family Group: Synod Report a "betrayal". Faithful "morally obliged to oppose course taken within the Synod against natural law"
Rorate Coeli - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:17 am ROME, 13 October 2014: An international coalition of pro-family groups has rejected the mid-way report of the Extraordinary Synod on the Family, calling it “a betrayal”.
Voice of...
Debate: Is the family synod document a triumph or disaster?
Catholic Herald - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:11 am Today the Vatican released one of its most polarising documents in decades.
The text, known as the relatio post disceptationem, calls for a new approach on such hot button issues...
Consistory for the canonisation of the Blesseds Joseph Vaz and Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception
News.va - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:06 am Vatican City, 13 October 2014 (VIS) – On Monday, 20 October, in the New Synod Hall, the Holy Father Francis will preside at a celebration of Terce and the Ordinary Public...
Two Vatican Scientists, One Great New Book
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 13, 2014 at 8:00 am I’ve been enamored with Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial? since the blue galley copy showed up in my mailbox. I haven’t read it all, but I’ve nibbled enough to know it’s full...
