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Pope Francis to meet with Vietnamese leader
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 13, 2014 at 4:25 am On October 18, Pope Francis will meet with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung of Vietnam, according to a brief announced from the Holy See Press Office.
"The meeting will allow a...
Synod on Family: Midterm report presented, 2015 Synod announced
News.va - Oct 13, 2014 at 4:20 am
(Vatican Radio) As discussion at the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family got underway Monday morning, it was announced that the second phase of this process – next year’...
Family synod: mid-term report is hailed as a ‘pastoral earthquake’
Catholic Herald - Oct 13, 2014 at 4:13 am A document summing up the synod so far has been described as a “pastoral earthquake” by a leading Vatican commentator.
The document, called the relatio post disceptationem, was...
Family synod: full text of the mid-term report
Catholic Herald - Oct 13, 2014 at 4:12 am Introduction
During the prayer vigil held in St Peter’s Square on 4 October 2014 in preparation for the Synod on the family, Pope Francis evoked the centrality of the experience...
Synod of Bishops: October 10 roundup
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 13, 2014 at 4:07 am The ninth and tenth general congregations (sessions) of the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Family took place on October 10.
Preaching at...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from the CDF on Fatima
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 13, 2014 at 3:30 am “Throughout history there have been supernatural apparitions and signs which go to the heart of human events and which, to the surprise of believers and non-believers alike, play...
Guard your heart against the Devil, says Pope Francis
Catholic Herald - Oct 13, 2014 at 3:16 am Just as you protect your home from thieves, you need to protect your heart from the temptations of the Devil, Pope Francis has said in a morning homily.
Preaching during Mass in...
When Textbooks Upheld the Ideals of Our Ancestors
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 13, 2014 at 3:00 am
I am musing upon a fine book written by a teacher and prolific author, Leroy Armstrong. He is introducing the reader to the life and the work of John Greenleaf Whittier, the old...
Mary, Evolution, and Michaelangelo’s Chisel
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 13, 2014 at 2:52 am …are all being discussed over at the Register.
If you Love Craft in your Cuisine…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 13, 2014 at 2:52 am you’ll love this:
Rediscovering the Pleasures of Penance
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 13, 2014 at 2:45 am
Growing up Catholic at a time when everything you needed to know to save your soul was presumptively understood by everybody, there was never any excuse for those of us who fell...
The Soul of a Gibbon
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 13, 2014 at 2:40 am
In the center of Rome stands the Capitoline Hill: the heart of the ancient city, where the temples of Jupiter, Juno, and Virtus once dominated the skyline. It was the site of the...
Encountering the Word — Hosea 14:9
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 13, 2014 at 2:30 am “Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors...
Americans on War
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 13, 2014 at 2:29 am Wellllll… I don’t see the harm in just one thinnnn mint. Just one more thinnnn mint!
On The Hope of Salvation for Those Outside the Visible Church
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 13, 2014 at 2:09 am A reader writes:
I recently read your article “Just Exactly Where is the Church?”. In it you mentioned that
“Rather, the Church teaches that because validly baptized non-Catholics...
Synod14: Full Text of Relatio Post Disceptationem
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 13, 2014 at 1:36 am Here below is the full text of the "Relatio post disceptationem" delivered in the synod hall this morning by the General Rapporteur, Cardinal Péter Erdő. ***
Introduction...
Synod interim report: the Church can renew commitment to family
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 13, 2014 at 1:18 am Vatican City, Oct 13, 2014 / 01:18 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The approach to irregular unions must start from positive aspects, and
stable couples should be accompanied in a...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/10/14
Catholic Herald - Oct 12, 2014 at 11:57 pm God’s goodness “knows no boundaries and does not discriminate against anyone“, Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text, full video).
The Pope celebrated a thanksgiving Mass...
A Novena to St. John Paul II for Brittany — Please Pray
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 12, 2014 at 11:01 pm We’re coming up on the very first feast day of St. John Paul II. In 2011, just ahead of his beatification, I had the opportunity to interview his biographer, George Weigel, who...
