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Churches File Complaint With HHS Over California Abortion Coverage Requirement

The Religion Clause - Oct 13, 2014 at 7:31 am
Following up on a similar complaint filed last month on behalf employees of Loyola Marymount University (see prior posting), two advocacy groups filed a complaint (full text) last...

Bishops call on on MPs to back Palestine motion

Catholic Herald - Oct 13, 2014 at 7:14 am
The Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and the Church of England have released a joint statement calling on MPs to vote in favour of a parliamentary motion to recognise...

My Own Little Way

CatholicMom.com - Oct 13, 2014 at 7:00 am
“I think I need a new patron saint, “ I told my husband. “Is that even allowed?” he replied, turning from the sink where he was finishing up the dinner dishes. “I’m not sure,” I...

Same-Sex Marriage Developments In Kansas, West Virginia, Alaska

The Religion Clause - Oct 13, 2014 at 6:41 am
Developments relating to same-sex marriages have been moving rapidly in Kansas.  Last Wednesday, Chief Judge Kevin Moriarty of the state's 10th judicial district (Johnson County)...

The Lord is in This Place

Dominicana - Oct 13, 2014 at 6:30 am
I have never been to Israel, but I think it must be a curious place. Because, sometimes when I walk through a place, I feel as if, no matter how alert I am to my surroundings,...

THe First Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony in the Garden

Verbum Blog - Logos Bible Software - Oct 13, 2014 at 6:07 am
This post is by Brody Stewart, Verbum Marketing and Promotions Coordinator The Sorrowful Mysteries have always seemed the easiest for me to meditate upon. There’s something...

Recent Articles and Podcast of Interest

The Religion Clause - Oct 13, 2014 at 6:05 am
From SSRN: Olga Redko, Religious Practice as a 'Thin Skull' in the Context of Civil Liability, (University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review, Vol. 72, No. 1, 2014). J. R. Kerns,...

SAne-Sex Marriage Developments In Kansas, West Virginia, Alaska

The Religion Clause - Oct 13, 2014 at 6:00 am
Developments relating to same-sex marriages have been moving rapidly in Kansas.  Last Wednesday, Chief Judge Kevin Moriarty of the state's 10th judicial district (Johnson County)...

Church needs to watch its language, say Synod Members

Franciscan Media - Oct 13, 2014 at 6:00 am
In official reports of the closed-door talks at the Synod of Bishops on the family, an emerging theme has been the call for a new kind of language more appropriate for pastoral...

Here's why Church teaching on 'gay marriage' did not change today

EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 13, 2014 at 5:59 am
Vatican City, Oct 13, 2014 / 05:59 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Catholic blogosphere exploded Monday after the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops released a document summarizing last week...

Synod14: Mid-Way Report Urges Listening to Families With Gaze Fixed on Christ

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 13, 2014 at 5:57 am
The Vatican today published the “post-discussion report” of the Extraordinary Synod on the family - a document summarizing the interventions and debates that took place last week...

First Synod Report creates a New Gospel: Homosexual Orientation must be "valued" by Church; Homosexual Unions "mutual aid that constitute precious support in the life of the partners"

Rorate Coeli - Oct 13, 2014 at 5:51 am
James Tissot The Sodomites (c. 1895) Jewish Museum, New York Well, they are already blessed in Church in Argentina, so of course they must be excellent for body and spirit. From...

Don't rush to judge Columbus, anthropologist encourages

EWTN - US Latest News - Oct 13, 2014 at 5:33 am
Providence, R.I., Oct 13, 2014 / 05:33 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The controversies surrounding Christopher Columbus are sometimes misplaced and should not overshadow Columbus'...

Pope at Santa Marta: Holy law is not an end in itself

News.va - Oct 13, 2014 at 5:30 am
(Vatican Radio)  Be open to God's surprises, not closed to the signs of the times and remember holy law is not an end in itself. This was Pope Francis’ message this morning at...

Pope Francis blesses those working for canonisation of Newman

Catholic Herald - Oct 13, 2014 at 5:25 am
Pope Francis has sent his blessing to the people working for the canonisation of Cardinal Henry Newman. The Pope sent a message of support to the Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham...

Franciscan martyr beatified

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 13, 2014 at 5:04 am
Father Francesco Zirano (1564-1603), a Franciscan Conventual friar who was flayed alive in Algeria after he refused to renounce his faith, was beatified in Sassari, Sardinia, on...

Daily Gospel Reflection for October 13, 2014

CatholicMom.com - Oct 13, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 11:29-32 In April, 2009, I received the most amazing call of my life. The woman from our adoption agency said, “We believe we have found a match for your...

The poor and excluded welcome the Gospel, Pope says in Angelus address

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 13, 2014 at 4:53 am
Reflecting on the Gospel of the day (Mt. 22:1-14), Pope Francis devoted his October 12 Angelus address to the welcome that the Gospel receives among the poor and excluded. "God is...

Pope Francis: may Quebec again become a land that produces missionaries

Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 13, 2014 at 4:39 am
On October 12, the midpoint of the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family, Pope Francis celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving for the April...

Why Italians don’t go in for ‘fat shaming’

Catholic Herald - Oct 13, 2014 at 4:34 am
It was the feast day of St John XXIII last Saturday, which rather took me by surprise. He is commemorated on 11th October, because that is the anniversary of the opening of the...
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