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Campuses Need to Resolve Sexual Assault and Casual Sex Problem, Say Catholic College Leaders
Catholic Education Daily - Oct 8, 2014 at 6:23 am Programs set up to prevent sexual assault on campus are important, but universities should also be addressing the wider problem of students feeling pressured to engage in heavy...
The U.S. Is Over, Get Used To It
Creative Minority Report - Oct 8, 2014 at 6:12 am Many people are understandably dismayed by the the Supreme Court's refusal to hear several gay marriage cases effectively codifying gay marriage in several states.While it is...
9th Circuit: Same-Sex Marriage Bans In Idaho and Nevada Are Unconstitutional
The Religion Clause - Oct 8, 2014 at 6:10 am In Latta v. Otter, (9th Cir., Oct. 7, 2014), a 3-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held unanimously that laws in Idaho and Nevada that prohibit same-sex...
Bangladeshi Cabinet Minister Fired Over Anti-Hajj Remarks
The Religion Clause - Oct 8, 2014 at 6:05 am In Bangladesh last week, the ruling Awami League party dismissed Post and Telecommunication Minister Abdul Latif Siddique from the cabinet after he made unusually critical remarks...
Byz-y Mama: You Are Not Enough. For Real.
CatholicMom.com - Oct 8, 2014 at 6:00 am Dear Mothers,
I want to tell you something: you are not enough.
“I bake bread for you, I wash your clothes, I string garlic, and I even manage to look this good. What more could...
District Court Carries Out Supreme Court's Contraceptive Coverage Decision In Conestoga
The Religion Clause - Oct 8, 2014 at 6:00 am The U.S. Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby opinion handed down last June also applied to the companion case of Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell. Since the 3rd Circuit in...
Who Wrote the Book on Love?
Snoring Scholar - Oct 8, 2014 at 6:00 am
Today, it’s my honor to host Britt Leigh as she stops by as part of the Back-to-School Blog Tour celebrating her new book, The Ten Commandments of Kissing Gloria Jean.
Who Wrote...
U.S. couple at synod calls for 'robust, creative' family programs
Franciscan Media - Oct 8, 2014 at 6:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Existing
diocesan programs and Catholic organizations aimed at helping Catholic
families fulfill their vocation clearly are not strong enough to meet
modern...
Iraq has done 'absolutely nothing' for displaced Christians
EWTN - World Catholic News - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:47 am Erbil, Iraq, Oct 8, 2014 / 05:47 am (EWTN News/CNA).- An Iraqi bishop whose community is hosting more than 70,000 Christians who fled violence in Mosul and its surroundings has...
Iraq has done 'absolutely nothing' for displaced Christians
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:47 am Erbil, Iraq, Oct 8, 2014 / 04:47 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An Iraqi bishop whose community is hosting more than 70,000 Christians who fled violence in Mosul and its surroundings has...
As violence ravages homeland, Nigerian bishop finds hope in synod
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:46 am Vatican City, Oct 8, 2014 / 05:46 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, Nigeria, has high hopes for the outcome of the current bishops' synod, noting the...
Scottish prelate: Church should work to reconcile separated, divorced spouses
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:42 am Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow praised the joys of a loving family and lamented the pain caused by divorce.
In the Church's ministry to those wounded by separation and...
Pope laments divisions among Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:27 am Divisions among Christians are contrary to the will of the Lord, Pope Francis said in his October 8 general audience.
"Are we resigned or even indifferent to this division?" he...
World Meeting of Families Catechesis a ‘Wealth of Knowledge’ for Catholic Education
Catholic Education Daily - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:26 am The Catechesis “is a wealth of knowledge that can be used in Catholic education in many ways—but even more foundationally, it touches on the joy of Catholic education,” an...
Curial official transferred to Spanish archdiocese
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:20 am The Holy See Press Office has announced that Pope Francis has transferred the secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy to a Spanish archdiocese.
Archbishop Celso Morga...
A Tale of Two Catholic Universities
Creative Minority Report - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:15 am The Catholic University of America recently cancelled an on-campus movie that was to show "Milk" the one about the gay politician Harvey Milk which was one of those "important"...
Catholic University Cancels Student Event Due to Concerns over Advocacy
Catholic Education Daily - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:07 am The Catholic University of America recently canceled a student group’s viewing of the movie “Milk” after the administration learned that the event was intended to kickoff “LGBT...
Pope: divisions between Christians are wounds in the Church
News.va - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:01 am Pope Francis appealed for Christian unity on Wednesday pointing out that divisions between Christians of different denominations are hurtful for the Church and for Christ....
Daily Gospel Reflection for October 8, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Oct 8, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 11:1-4
Many times when I sit down to pray, I wonder if I’m doing it correctly. Am I asking for too much? Am I focusing too much on my worries and concerns...
The Problems with the Muzzled and Manipulated Synod (and they have deep theological consequences as well)
Rorate Coeli - Oct 8, 2014 at 4:46 am "How to make a temporary muzzle"
We first mentioned here the intention of the Cardinal called "The Pianist" to manipulate the 2014-2014 Synod. This is in full implementation at...
