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Five Things To Remember On Oct. 8
USCCB Media Blog - Oct 8, 2014 at 3:06 pm 1. Remember: keep up with the latest Synod reports from Catholic News Service.
2. The Pope remembered his first Communion 70 years ago today.
3. Bishop Martin Holley celebrated...
Mother Who Tried to Kill Her Autistic Teen Daughter Sentenced to 10-22 Years in Prison
LifeNews.com - Oct 8, 2014 at 3:02 pm A mom who was upset that she couldn’t “fix” her teenage daughter who has autism and attempted to kill her has been sentenced to 10-22 years in prison.
Kelli Rai Stapleton, 46,...
Rabbi comes out! WaPo is first with the non-news!
GetReligion - Oct 8, 2014 at 3:00 pm
How newsy is something if everyone knows about it and agrees with it?
That's the unasked, unanswered question in a breaking story in the Washington Post, in which a leading D.C.-...
ASK FATHER: How to record SSPX sacraments in regular sacramental registers?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 8, 2014 at 2:58 pm From a priest…
QUAERITUR:
We have a woman who was baptized in an SSPX Parish [not a parish... just some sort of chapel]. She attends Mass there. She recognizes that the SSPX lacks...
Bishop foresees bankruptcy for Winona diocese after abuse claims
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 8, 2014 at 2:57 pm Bishop John Quinn of Winona, Minnesota has warned Vatican officials that the diocese will probably be forced into bankruptcy because of sex-abuse suits.
In a March 25 letter,...
Large turnout for Marian Eucharistic Conference
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 8, 2014 at 2:28 pm GREEN BAY — More than 1,000 faithful attended the 2014 Marian Eucharistic Conference, Oct. 3-4, at the KI Convention Center. The conference, hosted by Bishop David Ricken,...
The Couple Headed to the Abortion Clinic But Turned Around When They Saw Their Signs
LifeNews.com - Oct 8, 2014 at 2:19 pm Right before the start of the campaign, we reported on a 40 Days for Life effort that has helped delay the opening of a new abortion business in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
There is...
Free Prayer Book Unites Us with Those in Need Around the World
CatholicMom.com - Oct 8, 2014 at 2:00 pm
I’ll admit it: some days, I become truly and abundantly discouraged when I tune in to world news.
There seems to be so much pain, war, poverty and suffering. Some days the needs...
Priest kidnapped in Syria had asked Islamic court for protection
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 8, 2014 at 1:59 pm The Franciscan priest who was kidnapped in Syria on Sunday night had recently appealed to an Islamic court for protection against Islamic militants, the Fides news service ...
Medical Journal Pushes Killing Patients for Their Organs
LifeNews.com - Oct 8, 2014 at 1:55 pm To donate vital organs, a donor must be dead. Tough this is known as the “dead donor rule,” I have been warning that utilitarian bioethicists and transplant medical professionals...
Pope Francis will not change on indissolubility of marriage, says Archbishop Gänswein
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 8, 2014 at 1:51 pm Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the prefect of the pontifical household, has told an Italian magazine the Pope Francis has no intention of changing Church teaching regarding the...
Good question: When you change language, do you change belief?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 8, 2014 at 1:46 pm The short answer is “yes”.
We know that when you change liturgical texts, you change the belief of the people. It takes a while, but it happens. You know the adage “lex orandi...
29-Year-Old Woman With Brain Cancer Plans to Kill Herself November 1st
LifeNews.com - Oct 8, 2014 at 12:49 pm Oregon is one of five states, along with New Mexico, Montana, Washington , and Vermont, that allow “Death with Dignity” for terminally ill patients. Oregon’s Death with Dignity...
South African Cardinal: If Communion for divorced & remarried, what do we tell polygamists?Strong words for those seeking divorce: carry your Cross!
Rorate Coeli - Oct 8, 2014 at 12:33 pm From our friends at Catholic News Service comes a short interview today with Wilfried Cardinal Napier. The good cardinal rightly asks the question: if Kasper et al are successful...
Book Review: Seven Saints for Seven Virtues
CatholicMom.com - Oct 8, 2014 at 12:30 pm
Seven Saints for Seven Virtues
by Jean Heimann
Cincinnati: Servant Books, 2014
In our modern world, it can be extremely challenging to live a virtuous life. “The concept of...
Vatican’s abuse panel plans to include more experts, another survivor
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 8, 2014 at 12:29 pm A papal commission on child protection will be expanding its nine-member panel to include more experts and another survivor of clerical abuse.
Sister Miriam Teresa is on path to become New Jersey’s first saint
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 8, 2014 at 12:24 pm Although Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich was personally unassuming, the spiritual impact she had on other Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth was so unmistakable that they began...
White Mass for medical professionals
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Oct 8, 2014 at 12:17 pm Archbishop Robert J. Carlson will celebrate the annual White Mass on Sunday, October 12, 2014, at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis (Lindell Boulevard and Newstead...
Six U.S. prelates named as delegates, alternates to October synod
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 8, 2014 at 12:14 pm Six U.S. bishops have been named as delegates or alternates to the October world Synod of Bishops that focuses on the Bible.
My Body My Rights: Amnesty International’s Latest Push for Abortion
LifeNews.com - Oct 8, 2014 at 12:06 pm My Body My Rights is Amnesty International’s global campaign to promote abortion rights.
Couched in verbiage that appeals to pro-choice people the so-called Human Rights except if...
