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Religious Freedom in Belarus

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 11, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Current events in the Middle East have drawn attention to the plight of Christians and other groups but there are many other countries in the world where religious freedom is...

Franciscan Glasnost Only Goes so Far

Saint Louis Catholic - Oct 11, 2014 at 6:18 pm
It appears that the Synod fathers don't favor the Kasper destruction; among others, they elected (in a secret ballot) Cardinals Burke, Robles Ortega, Leonard, Sarah and Bagnasco...

Dine Without Whine: Oregano Chicken and Alfredo Potatoes

CatholicMom.com - Oct 11, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Find more great family recipes and meal planning assistance at Dine Without Whine. Oregano Chicken Makes 6 servings Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted 1 envelope...

Cardinal Burke a pariah? Not for the Synod Fathers! - Pope unexpectedly names 6 liberals, including Wuerl, to draft report

Rorate Coeli - Oct 11, 2014 at 5:55 pm
Cardinal Burke was among those elected by his fellow bishops of one of the three English-speaking circles (the Anglicus A) as moderatore (chairman) of the group to help in the...

Americans help moderate synod discussions

Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 11, 2014 at 4:43 pm
Vatican City, Oct 11, 2014 / 03:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Synod of Bishops has begun breaking into small discussion groups, with Americans Cardinal Raymond Burke and Archbishop...

Sheer 'barbarism' against Middle East families must end

Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 11, 2014 at 4:35 pm
Vatican City, Oct 11, 2014 / 03:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Synod of Bishops on Friday denounced “barbaric” violence in the Middle East, saying the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt...

Barbie-as-Virgin-Mary art exhibit cancelled

The Deacon's Bench - Oct 11, 2014 at 4:04 pm
You may remember this item from a couple weeks back. Now, the exhibit has been nixed. From the AP:  A provocative art exhibit featuring Barbie fashion dolls as religious figures...

[Practical Gardening] Bulbs Part 1: Storing Tender Bulbs

CatholicMom.com - Oct 11, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Editor’s note: Our columnist and Advanced Master Gardener Margaret Rose Realy, will be hosting a new column offering gardening advice on the first and third Saturdays of the month...

Liturgical Notes on the Maternity of the Virgin Mary

New Liturgical Movement - Oct 11, 2014 at 3:30 pm
The traditional observance of October as the month of the Holy Rosary begins, of course, with the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, and the institution of the feast of the Holy Rosary,...

Pope to celebrate Mass of Thanksgiving for Canadian Saints

News.va - Oct 11, 2014 at 2:22 pm
(Vatican Radio) At a press conference today at the Vatican, Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, said two new Canadian saints “were centred on what...

Benson at 100: Paganism and Puritanism, Enemies of the Church's Immutable Standards of Moral Perfection

Rorate Coeli - Oct 11, 2014 at 2:02 pm
"The Church alone has the secret of the sinner's cure." There are two components in the Northern European demand for explicit changes to the 2,000-year-old discipline of the...

This Week at the Register: Baptizing Aliens, Synod Stuff, and Cool Tech

Snoring Scholar - Oct 11, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Am I abusing you by sending you over to my Register blog? Well. Maybe so. I’m there on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. This week: Br. Guy and Fr. Paul An Interview with the...

The Sneakiest of the Seven Deadly Sins: Reflection for the 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time

CatholicMom.com - Oct 11, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Readings for October 12, 2014: 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time At age 16, life was about rock ‘n roll.  If my own band was not performing on Saturday night, I was out in the...

Brittany Maynard, Starlings & the Body of Christ

Catholic Hot Dish - Oct 11, 2014 at 1:36 pm
Brittany Maynard’s story was covered in media all over the country.  If you haven’t heard, it is the story of a 29 year old woman diagnosed with brain cancer who has decided to...

Who leads the fight against gay discrimination in Nigeria? The Catholic Church.

Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 11, 2014 at 1:20 pm
Vatican City, Oct 11, 2014 / 12:20 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Catholic Church in Nigeria has been at the forefront in fighting discrimination towards persons with same-sex...

From the synod: “The synod…has to show that there can be development of doctrine”

The Deacon's Bench - Oct 11, 2014 at 1:09 pm
From NCR:  The global meeting of bishops on the family must show that Catholic teaching can develop to address contemporary concerns of family life, an Irish archbishop...

Beyond Words with Mark Hart for October 12, 2014

CatholicMom.com - Oct 11, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Mark Hart discusses the scriptures for Sunday’s Mass and helps us to celebrate the Liturgy of the Word. Watch this video on YouTube. Video Link
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