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Catholic Bishops of England and Wales Support Organ Donation Campaign
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm Here below is a statement form the bishops of England and Wales in support of a campaign to encourage organ donation: ***
Archbishop Peter Smith, speaking as chair of the...
Head of US Bishops Hopes Synod Will Help Restore Confidence in Marriage
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has reminded people that they shouldn’t be discouraged by statistics, as persons are more than numbers and...
Cardinal Pell: 'We Can't Do Doctrinal Backflips'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm Pope Francis is urging the faithful to evangelize by leading with a person, rather than push moral rules and doctrine on others, two cardinals have said. "Francis introduces...
Synod14: Brazilian Spouses Call on Pope To Clarify Contraception Confusion
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm A married couple from Brazil have stressed to Pope Francis and delegates of the Synod of Bishops on the family gathered at the Vatican, Oct. 5-19, that the Church should stop...
Synod14: Press Briefing Oct. 10
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm At the briefing at the Holy See Press Office this afternoon, Father Federico Lombardi and Father Thomas Rosica gave the following briefing on the latest synod discussions: ...
Synod14: Full Text of Ninth General Congregation Homily by Bishop Arnold of Wabag, PNG
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm This morning at 9 o'clock, the Ninth General Congregation of the Extraordinary Synod on the family was opened. Below is the homily that His Excellency Msgr Orowae Arnold, Bishop...
Synod14: Summary of 9th General Congregation
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm During the ninth general Congregation, 15 interventions were heard (6 from couples and 9 from single Auditors), almost all laypersons engaged in the field of family pastoral care...
Synod14: Summary of 8th General Congregation
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm During the eighth general Congregation, following the agenda of the Instrumentum Laboris, the general debate focused on the theme "The Church and the Family in the Challenge of...
The Touching Moment When Baby Sees Daddy Without a Beard For the First Time
LifeNews.com - Oct 9, 2014 at 6:24 pm One-year old Lindsey wasn’t sure who was holding her after her dad shaved for the first time since her birth. A YouTube video, which has garnered over 200,000 views, showed...
'Justice and mercy cannot be separated'
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 9, 2014 at 6:09 pm Vatican City, Oct 9, 2014 / 05:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As three proposals emerged from the synod of bishops to reform the process of marriage annulment, a participant in the synod...
China’s One-Child, Forced Abortion Brutality Has Resulted in No Single Moms, No Siblings
LifeNews.com - Oct 9, 2014 at 6:02 pm U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), co-chairman of the U.S. Commission on China, (CECC) and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs global human rights subcommittee, called China’s one...
The Judge
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 9, 2014 at 5:48 pm NEW YORK — Considered in strictly cinematic terms, “The Judge” (Warner Bros.) constitutes an adequate but overextended drama that would have benefited from further editing....
Matrimony From The Ruins | A Lament For Pastoral Change We Can Believe In
Incarnation and Modernity - Oct 9, 2014 at 5:27 pm ___________ The world may well be anticipating surprises from the Synod on the Family, and its focus on current pastoral challenges. Rome may be burning with synodal soundbites....
Premiere! Thomas More Society is proud to present the pre-screening of “Sing a Little Louder”
Thomas More Society - Oct 9, 2014 at 5:26 pm A short film with a powerful Christian and pro-life message WHEN: Friday, October 17, 12:00pm to 1:00pm WHERE: The Screen at the Wit Hotel, 201 N. State Street, Chicago, IL 60601...
"Let us compromise on everything."-- The Synod at Its Core
Saint Louis Catholic - Oct 9, 2014 at 5:15 pm Let us call this Synod what it is: a secretive, manipulated, progressive-dominated cabal, led by septuagenarian and octogenarian diehards of the conciliar “renewal,” who are...
God Gave Us Angels: A Review
CatholicMom.com - Oct 9, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Last week, we celebrated two wonderful feast days in our Catholic tradition that honor the gift of angels in our midst—the Feast of the Archangels (Sept. 29) and the Feast of the...
The Present State of Medical Ethics is a Sorry Mess
Quartermaster of the Barque - Oct 9, 2014 at 4:44 pm
From the “Science of Eugenics” published 100 years ago. It seems SOOOOO much more scienc-y today, doesn’t it?
Utilitarianism continues to mushroom. Respect for the dignity of the...
'Our Church is in danger' – Catholics in Aleppo, Homs
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 9, 2014 at 4:26 pm Aleppo, Syria, Oct 9, 2014 / 03:26 pm (Aid to the Church in Need).- Sister Maria of Nazareth has committed herself to an extraordinary mission. The Argentine nun from the...
This 29-Year-Old Woman Has Chosen to Die. Why That’s a Loss for All of Us.
LifeNews.com - Oct 9, 2014 at 4:15 pm Brittany Maynard’s story is heartbreaking.
The 29-year-old has terminal brain cancer. She was diagnosed on New Year’s Day this year, just a little over a year after her wedding....
October 7: 2 Days Late, or 363 Days Early
Quartermaster of the Barque - Oct 9, 2014 at 4:10 pm
Iron shield presented to Don John of Austria by Pius V., in recognition of his services to Christendom by the victory at Lepanto (1571), with an inscription signifying, Christ...
