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'Christ and Cascadia' conference to come to Seattle
The Busy Catholic - Sep 16, 2014 at 11:24 am Academics to talk about faith and culture
Patricia O'Connell Killen.
A group of pastors and academics will convene in Seattle to discuss the unique challenges facing Christians in...
Crux – Fr. Z’s initial observations
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Sep 16, 2014 at 11:21 am I have been watching the new initiative from the Boston Globe, with the involvement of former Fishwrap writer John Allen: Crux.
I have some initial observations.
Happily, it seems...
Woman With Stage Four Cancer Could Have Had an Abortion, But This Happened
LifeNews.com - Sep 16, 2014 at 11:17 am In 2013, Irish parliamentarians passed a law that allowed abortion in cases where a woman’s life is threatened or if she is suicidal. However, many women with “unsafe” pregnancies...
'Anything that divides must be cut away': the TLM ends in Blackfen - I come here to bury the Mass, not to praise it -
Rorate Coeli - Sep 16, 2014 at 11:15 am From an English correspondent.
A broken Rosary...
Rorate readers will by now know the sad fate of the parish of Our Lady of the Rosary in Blackfen, in the south east of Greater...
Weekly Book Talk with Apple on Top
CatholicMom.com - Sep 16, 2014 at 11:00 am
I’ve been working my way through variations of coffee flavored ice cream over the last few weeks, but I’ve lost all interest in that.
And how could I not, with the wonder of...
Announcing a Catholic Arts Conference for Fall 2016 in Omaha, Nebraska - Can Such an Event Be a Success?
New Liturgical Movement - Sep 16, 2014 at 11:00 am There will be a conference for Catholic artists and patrons, covering painting, sculpture, architecture, music and film will take place in Omaha, Nebraska from October 27-29, 2016...
Tales from the crypt: NYTimes reports on Sheen body battle
GetReligion - Sep 16, 2014 at 11:00 am
The New York Times took its time getting around to the news that broke Sept. 3 concerning the dispute over the remains of saint-in-the-making Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen...
They’re divorced, remarried, barred from communion—and they’re fine with that
The Deacon's Bench - Sep 16, 2014 at 10:57 am The good people at Crux have a look at a movement in Argentina that has garnered support from it’s most famous priest—the Pope: Marcos Fernández of Colombia … represents the kind...
Philadelphia meeting, synods will be part of global debate on families
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Sep 16, 2014 at 10:56 am VATICAN CITY — The World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September 2015 will serve as a forum for debating issues on the agenda for the world Synod of Bishops at the...
First parish dedicated to John Paul II in Chinese-speaking world
Catholic News Agency - General - Sep 16, 2014 at 10:49 am Kaohsiung. Taiwan, Sep 16, 2014 / 09:49 am (CNA).- The Diocese of Kaohsiung in Taiwan has become the first in the Chinese-speaking world to have a parish dedicated to St. John...
Patient in “Vegetative State” for 16 Years May Have Been Aware The Whole Time
LifeNews.com - Sep 16, 2014 at 10:41 am As regular readers of this blog know, I loathe the V-word used for human beings instead of peas.
So, why did I deploy it in my headline? Because another case of a supposedly...
Pittsburgh reminds Catholics: it’s a big Church
The Deacon's Bench - Sep 16, 2014 at 10:37 am CNS photo/Chuck Austin, Pittsburgh Catholic From CNS: An all-night vigil Sept. 13-14 at a Byzantine Catholic church in Pittsburgh provided an opportunity for people of faith to...
Another Thought
Creative Minority Report - Sep 16, 2014 at 10:30 am You know how the more you say a word the less it seems like a real word?That's kinda what saying "these gruesome murders are not representative of Islam" is like. The more you...
U.S. physician-deacon now in Liberia felt called to help Ebola patients
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Sep 16, 2014 at 10:25 am According to the World Health Organization, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has infected at least 4,784 people, and claimed the lives of more than 2,400 as of Sept. 15. It is...
Thirty Years after Cuomo’s Controversial Speech at Notre Dame
Catholic Education Daily - Sep 16, 2014 at 10:20 am Thirty years have passed since Mario Cuomo, the governor of New York from 1983 to 1994, gave a talk to students at the University of Notre Dame on September 13, 1984, entitled “...
Francis to meet a group of grandparents, including two Kurdish refugees
Vatican Insider - Sep 16, 2014 at 10:14 amAbortion Activists Vandalize and Ransack Pro-Life Group’s Office
LifeNews.com - Sep 16, 2014 at 10:08 am A picture posted by Anna Myers of Kansans for Life shows that their pro-life offices were vandalized this weekend.
Myers wrote this on social media, “What a horrible sight this...
Hard to Figure the Reasons?
CatholicMom.com - Sep 16, 2014 at 10:00 am When raising your children, have you ever practiced what is called Tough Love?
This might come about if they want something badly, but you know it isn’t good for them and so...
Students Promote ‘Love and Fidelity’ on Catholic Campuses
Catholic Education Daily - Sep 16, 2014 at 9:55 am Students affiliated with the Love and Fidelity Network are advancing the group’s mission on several Catholic university campuses across the country to promote the institution of...
Working for an economy that values dignity
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By Bethany J. Welch
The sun rises in South Philadelphia with vans and...
