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Synod 14: Testimony of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Conway

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 8, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Here below is the testimony of Stephen and Sandra Conway, Regional Directors for Africa of the Reunions Movement (South Africa), with an introduction from the President Delegate,...

Synod14: Full Text of Seventh General Congregation: Cardinal Vingt-Trois and Testimony of Brazilian Spouses

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 8, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Below is a translation of the 7th General Congregation of the Synod of Bishops which took place at the Vatican this morning: *** SYNOD 14 – 7TH GENERAL CONGREGATION: PASTORAL...

Synod14: Full Text of Seventh General Congregation, Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique, Msgr. Lucio Andrice Muandula

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 8, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Below is a translation of the Seventh General Congregation of the Synod of Bishops on the Family which took place this morning at the Vatican: *** SYNOD 14 – 7TH GENERAL...

Synod14: Jesus Didn't Meet General Cases, He Met Individuals, Says Canadian Prelate

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 8, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Archbishop Paul Durocher of Gatineau, leader of Canada's bishops, is reminding people that Jesus worked directly with individuals, not generalities. He says the synod participants...

Meet Sister Miriam James Heidland

The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 8, 2014 at 6:56 pm
Former volleyball coach and radio host is keynote speaker at third annual Archdiocesan Youth Day

From the synod: the witness of a Catholic woman married to a Muslim

The Deacon's Bench - Oct 8, 2014 at 6:34 pm
She’s Mrs. Jeanette Toure, from the Ivory Coast. An excerpt from her remarks:  How can a man, a Muslim, and a woman, a Catholic Christian, who for more than 52 years have loved...

Mary, Queen of the Dance

CatholicMom.com - Oct 8, 2014 at 6:30 pm
One of my favorite songs in church as a little girl was “Sing of Mary”. Sing of Mary, pure and lowly, Virgin mother undefiled, Sing of God’s own Son most holy, Who became her...

Catholic health sharing touted as evangelizing alternative to insurance

Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 8, 2014 at 6:24 pm
Washington D.C., Oct 8, 2014 / 05:24 pm (CNA).- The first Catholic health care sharing ministry in the U.S. will promote the “Gospel of Life” in health care, leaders announced at...

As violence ravages homeland, Nigerian bishop hopes in synod

Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:46 pm
Vatican City, Oct 8, 2014 / 04:46 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, Nigeria, has high hopes for the outcome of the current bishops’ synod, noting the...

Utah Jazz Sign One-Day Contract With 5-Year-Old Battling Leukemia

LifeNews.com - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:44 pm
Five-year-old J.P. Gibson has been battling cancer longer than he has been alive. In 2012, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, which is a type of cancer of the...

Leaders look to solve achievement gap, advocate for school choice

The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:38 pm
A variety of community leaders in the Twin Cities gathered for one of what they say will be many meetings to address the achievement gap for Latino students in Minnesota, which...

Bookies favor pope to win Nobel Peace Prize

The Deacon's Bench - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:27 pm
Check this out:  Pope Francis is tipped to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, according to some of the world’s leading bookmakers. The Argentine pope is currently the 5-2 favorite...

COMBATING MORAL RELATIVISM

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:22 pm
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @JenniferBrinker Read stories from the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family, held Oct. 5-18 at the Vatican,...

Editorial | Overcoming moral obesity

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:21 pm
Here is a sample of what the Vatican is up against as the Synod of Bishops on the family meets in Rome this month. Consider these statistics in the United States regarding...

Catholicism in Mongolia being built from scratch

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:20 pm
Joseph Kenny | In 1992, Father Wenceslao (Wens) Padilla and two other missionary priests from the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary...

'Ambassadors for Christ': Children celebrate missionary work

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:20 pm
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Schoolchildren who filled St. Joseph Church at a morning Mass on Oct. 7 took...

FAITHFUL FAN | Grawer typifies humble Missouri Hall of Fame selections

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:20 pm
Joseph Kenny The coach whose basketball teams set records at De Smet Jesuit High School and St. Louis University is in awe of those who have...

TWENTY SOMETHING | Self-reflection in the age of selfies

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:20 pm
Christina Capecchi Lena Dunham isn't done confessing. That's the headline of the New York Times Magazine profile just published about the...

RECLAIMING THE GRIEF

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:20 pm
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @JenniferBrinker The tiny brass plaque displaying Ryan Joseph Olsen's name has fingerprints...
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