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A realistic and optimistic document will guide the discussion of the Synod on the Family (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 26, 2014 at 7:58 am He is also aware that the Catholic proposal is seen as more of a "moral imposition” than a passionate project. To view the video click here.
Here It Comes
Saint Louis Catholic - Jun 26, 2014 at 7:47 am Rorate Caeli posted that the Instrumentum Laboris for the Synod on the Family is now available at the Vatican website. When reading it, and contemplating just what this will...
Vatican publishes working document for bishops' synod in October
OSV Daily Take - Jun 26, 2014 at 7:45 am Catholic moral teaching on the family the focus of document, meeting
Vatican publishes working document for October bishops' synod
OSV Daily Take - Jun 26, 2014 at 7:45 am Catholic moral teaching on the family the focus of document, meeting
Meriam Ibrahim Reportedly Freed Again After Re-Arrest on “Forgery” Charges
LifeNews.com - Jun 26, 2014 at 7:41 am The back and forth in the plight of Meriam Ibrahim and her children has received international attention as she was released from prison, arrested attempting to leave Sudan on...
Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization
Communio - Jun 26, 2014 at 7:37 am In advance of the October 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops on Marriage and family, the “instrumentum laboris,” —the working document of 75 pages— offers a broad picture of the...
Vatican issues working document for Synod of Bishops on the family
Catholic Culture - World News - Jun 26, 2014 at 7:34 am The Synod of Bishops has released the instrumentum laboris, or working document, for its upcoming 3rd Extraordinary General Assembly, which will take place from October 5 to 19....
7th Circuit: Church Lacks Standing To Appeal Injunction Against City On Cross Display
The Religion Clause - Jun 26, 2014 at 7:29 am In Cabral v. City of Evansville, Indiana, (7th Cir., June 25, 2014), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed for lack of standing an appeal of an Indiana federal district...
Editor's Notebook — Synod document released; border bottleneck; no "good mornings" during Mass; Common Core kerfuffle.
OSV Daily Take - Jun 26, 2014 at 7:24 amSmall Success Thursday: Crossing Things Off My List
CatholicMom.com - Jun 26, 2014 at 7:00 am
This week, the small successes include dealing with some of those round-to-it-items-on-the-man-I-wish-this-weren’t-on-my -list list.
We got the car fixed. I hate taking the car...
How NOT to cover the ruling in the Hobby Lobby case
GetReligion - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:59 am Hey @GetReligion, read the fear-filled, one-sided piece in @Forbes re: what will happen if @HobbyLobbyStore prevails: http://t.co/O47OaXrg6m — Matt Branaugh (@MattBranaugh) June...
Pope Francis: Who do I like to follow?
News.va - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:55 am (Vatican Radio) People follow Jesus because they recognize that He is the Good Shepherd. That was Pope Francis’ message at Mass on Thursday morning at the Casa Santa Marta. He...
The Theology of the Offertory - Part 6: Prolepsis in the Offertory
New Liturgical Movement - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:52 am This is the sixth article in an ongoing series. The previous parts can be read here: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5. In rhetoric, the term “prolepsis” refers to giving...
She Was Headed Into the Abortion Clinic to Kill Her Son, Until This Happened
LifeNews.com - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:52 am Heather was headed into the abortion clinic to kill her unborn baby boy, but then she ran into caring and compassionate sidewalk counselors. These pro-life people gave her...
For the record: Portions of the Instrumentum Laboris of the October Synod on "remarried" divorced and communion
Rorate Coeli - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:37 am The Holy See made available today the guidemap (called "Instrumentum Laboris") of the October Extraordinary Synod on the Family; these are the main paragraphs on the matter of "...
Preparing for the Synod, Part 1: Concerning Unions of Persons of the Same Sex
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:31 am The pastoral care of men and women in same-sex partnerships will be among the more complex topics studied during the forthcoming Extraordinary Synod on the Family: The Pastoral...
Mom Who Risked Her Life to Carry Triplets to Term Dies From Cystic Fibrosis
LifeNews.com - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:30 am Washington, DC (LiveActionNews) — Kandace Bowers, the mother with cystic fibrosis, who risked her life and defied doctors by refusing to terminate her triplets, has died....
With Great Power…
Dominicana - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:30 am It’s summer, which means that the superhero genre gets to enjoy a little more than its typical share of box-office revenue and media buzz. The appeal of the superhero is a rather...
Pope to ROACO: continue work, pray for families
News.va - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:20 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches – ROACO – on Thursday. In remarks prepared...
Franciscans of the Immaculate to receive house in Rome
EWTN - Vatican News - Jun 26, 2014 at 6:18 am Vatican City, Jun 26, 2014 / 06:18 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The Vatican has revealed that a house is being sought for members of
the Friars of the Immaculate who study in Rome, and...
