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Cardinal Mueller Stresses Need to Correct Misunderstanding of Church's Teachings on Marriage, Family

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 6, 2014 at 7:00 pm
The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is reminding the faithful that the indissolubility of marriage is a dogma of the Church. Cardinal Gerhard Mueller,...

Official Web Site Launched for Pope's Visit to Philippines

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 6, 2014 at 7:00 pm
The official Web site is up for Pope Francis' visit to the Philippines next January. The site for the Jan. 15-19 trip is in English, and contains both news and documents related...

Daily Homily: It Is I Who Deal Death and Give Life

Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Aug 6, 2014 at 7:00 pm
-- Nahum 2:1,3; 3:1-3, 6-7 Deuteronomy 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41 Matthew 16:24-28 The prophet Nahum had a vision of the fall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, an event that...

Of Black Masses, novenas and one-way unity

Rorate Coeli - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:51 pm
Too much of 2014 has been talk of very public Black Masses: first, a failed attempt at Harvard, now one scheduled for a sports arena in Oklahoma. We received today a note...

Transfiguration of the Lord: Blessing of the Grapes

New Liturgical Movement - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:49 pm
Four years ago, there was a post on NLM about the Byzantine tradition of blessing grapes on the feast of the Transfiguration, and it included the text for the blessing. Yesterday...

Letters to the editor

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:24 pm
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Coming to St. Louis

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:16 pm
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 You've heard there's a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of St. Louis. You've seen the...

FAITHFUL FAN | Man of faith Kissel praised at Baseball Hall of Fame

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:16 pm
Joseph Kenny At the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., July 27, the speeches of two of the inductees paid homage to a...

TWENTY SOMETHING | Looking back on 'mystery priest' at car crash

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:16 pm
Christina Capecchi Katie Lentz had plucked the perfect dress for her Sunday surprise, and the yellow J. Crew frock was dangling in the back of...

Father Urey Mark: Ebola is 'a very difficult thing for our people'

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:16 pm
Mia Pohlman | miapohlman@archstl.org Father Urey Patrick Mark, SVD, pastor of St. Nicholas parish in St. Louis, stood outside St. Barnabas...

Real-life 'angel' brings spirit of charity to agency's efforts

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:16 pm
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Archdiocesan briefs

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:16 pm
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Editorial | Let's make the king proud

Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:16 pm
This year's celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of our city is a fitting time to commit ourselves to the Christian values and dedication to the poor of the man...

Archdiocese: Sex abuse report on deceased priest deemed credible

Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:16 pm
The Archdiocese of St. Louis has deemed credible a report alleging sexual abuse of a minor by the late Father Alexander Lippert in the early 1970s. The Archdiocesan Review Board...

Social networking prayer site holds contest to share faith

Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:13 pm
Madrid, Spain, Aug 6, 2014 / 05:13 pm (CNA).- The social networking site May Feelings, dedicated to sharing prayers and messages, has announced a new contest to reward the “most...

Fundamental Option Theory: The default theology

The Curt Jester - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:12 pm
In the theological turmoil that followed the Second Vatican Council, the theory of the “fundamental option” is among the most pernicious developments. Fundamental option separates...

'American dream' ends in deportation for Honduran moms

Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 6, 2014 at 6:08 pm
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Aug 6, 2014 / 05:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Angelica Galvez set off this summer on a grueling, one-month journey to the U.S. – fleeing economic hardship in...

A life that demands struggle

Commonweal - Aug 6, 2014 at 5:44 pm
Giovanni Battista Montini—from 1963 to 1978 Pope Paul VI—died 36 years ago today. As a young person with no historical experience of his papacy, nor any particular interest in the...

They Thought She Would Die After She Gave Birth to Her 5th Child, Then This Happened

LifeNews.com - Aug 6, 2014 at 5:40 pm
The August 5th airing of the Focus on the Family Daily Broadcast featured author and speaker Lindsey O’Connor, who survived severe complications after the birth of her fifth child...

The Pilgrim Crush in Spain

Commonweal - Aug 6, 2014 at 5:04 pm
Perhaps it is a sign of the times that the main route of the Camino de Santiago, the network of pilgrimage paths across Spain, has become so crowded in the summer that peregrinos...
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