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The Politicization of Ebola
Creative Minority Report - Oct 12, 2014 at 10:35 pm An MSNBC host has politicized the spread of Ebola in the U.S. My goodness folks. Can't we all even agree that disease=bad. Fatal diseases=very bad.
To the anti-government wingers...
Judge in Alaska Overturns Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Creative Minority Report - Oct 12, 2014 at 7:58 pm Our black-robed overlords know best. They don't need people's opinions or their representatives or that stinky old yellow paper called the Constitution which has that whole...
Synod14: Pro-Life Coalition Condemns Synod Mid-Way Report
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 12, 2014 at 7:00 pm An international coalition of pro-life and pro-family organizations has strongly criticized the mid-way report on the Synod on the Family, calling it a “betrayal” of Catholic...
Synod14: 'The Drama Continues', Says Cardinal Tagle
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 12, 2014 at 7:00 pm As the second week of the synod starts today, the Archbishop of Manila has underscored that although Relatio Post Disceptionem - the synod's mid-way report - is not a final synod...
Synod14: Theme for Synod15 Announced
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 12, 2014 at 7:00 pm The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis has chosen the theme for next year's ordinary Synod on the Family to be: “The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in...
US Couple at Synod: The Pope Is With Us, and By Extension With the Families in His Care
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 12, 2014 at 7:00 pm American spouses Alice and Jeff Heinzen from the Diocese of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, say they are “definitely being heard” at this Synod of Bishops. The couple, who work in marriage...
Statement of the Holy See to the U.N. in Geneva on Migration and Families
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 12, 2014 at 7:00 pm Here below is the statement of Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, permanent representative of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva at the...
Gradualness: A Solution for the Synod?
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 12, 2014 at 7:00 pm According to an official Vatican press briefing on Tuesday, Oct. 7, the discussion at the Synod over proposals for communion for divorced and remarried persons has shifted to “...
Synod14: Full Text of 11th General Congregation, Homily of Archbishop Salvador Pineiro Garcia-Calderon of Ayacucho, Peru
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 12, 2014 at 7:00 pm SYNOD 14 – 11TH GENERAL CONGREGATION: HOMILY OF H.E. MONSIGNOR SALVADOR PINEIRO GARCIA-CALDERON, ARCHBISHOP OF
AYACUCHO, PERU, DURING THE PRAYER OF TIERCE
13.10.2014
The 11th...
Hello, Louis Maxwell!
Homeschool Goodies - Oct 12, 2014 at 5:37 pm Louis Maxwell, our first grandchild, was born October 2. Yesterday he received the gift of Baptism. Welcome to our world Louie!
To Archbishop Kurtz, synod a confidence boost for married couples
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 12, 2014 at 5:02 pm Rome, Italy, Oct 12, 2014 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Synod on the Family is an opportunity to assure married couples they can succeed at marriage despite the many challenges...
Play by Play: Card. Burke’s video interview recap!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 12, 2014 at 4:47 pm Ed Peters, canonist extraordinaire, has a useful recap of Card. Burke’s video interview with Raymond Arroyo of EWTN. Peters points to the minute and second mark of certain of...
7 Things You Need to Know about Gumbo on National Gumbo Day
The Catholic Foodie - Oct 12, 2014 at 4:09 pm
Chef Leah Chase says that all the world’s problems can be solved over a bowl of gumbo and some fried chicken. You just need to get people around the table to deal with whichever ...
The synod at half-time: “The climate of freedom…is producing positive results”
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 12, 2014 at 3:23 pm A little analysis in the pages of America, from Gerard O’Connell: Participants who have attended previous synods confirm that the climate of freedom and the method that is...
Dr. Tim Gray on Tough Questions About Persecuted Middle East Christians
Catholic Vote - Oct 12, 2014 at 2:24 pm Recently, I attended the Orange County Catholic Prayer Breakfast and had the pleasure of listening to a talk by scripture scholar and Catholic speaker Dr. Tim Gray, president of...
Report and Events of the Fraternity of St. Joseph the Guardian: - the New World evangelizing the Old
Rorate Coeli - Oct 12, 2014 at 1:54 pm The Fraternity of Saint Joseph the Guardian (Fraternidad de San José Custodio - FSJC) was first mentioned by us some time ago. Its goal is remarkable: to bring workers from the...
Pope: God invites everyone to universal banquet
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 12, 2014 at 1:43 pm Vatican City, Oct 12, 2014 / 12:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis said that God does not discriminate about who is invited to his banquet, and...
Think Advent, early: Divine Mrs. MZ goes gently postal in rant about the War On Christmas
GetReligion - Oct 12, 2014 at 12:01 pm
Can you hear the clock ticking as our culture veers toward open warfare?
Can you hear the shopping malls preparing their displays, the lawyers preparing for combat, the atheists...
Synod’s “Relatio” drafting committee. Notice anything odd?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 12, 2014 at 11:41 am Pope Francis made an interesting move. He added a few prelates to the group assigned to write the final Relatio (summary and suggestions to be submitted to the Pope).
At this...
Homily of Red Mass Attended by Supreme Court Justices
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 12, 2014 at 11:33 am Here is the text of the homily read at the 2014 Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., attended by justices of the US Supreme Court. The Mass...
