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Southern Baptist leader plans less stress on political involvement, social issues
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 22, 2013 at 10:17 am The new leader of the Southern Baptist Convention has indicated that he plans to take a less aggressive approach on social issues and political involvement.
Rev. Russell Moore...
Blessed John Paul II
Communio - Oct 22, 2013 at 10:17 am The liturgical memorial of Blessed John Paul II (1920-2005) is honored today. In history and in English, John Paul was known as Charles Joseph Wojtyła who was born on 18 May 1920...
Hungary, Holy See amend concordat
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 22, 2013 at 10:13 am The Holy See has signed a new agreement with the government of Hungary, modifying the concordat of 1997.
The new agreement covers issues including religious education in public...
Quebec Won’t Let Christian Doctors Testify Against Euthanasia Bill
LifeNews.com - Oct 22, 2013 at 10:05 am There are two primary areas of contention in the euthanasia debate. The first is whether to legalize medicalized killing.
The second question arises if the answer to the first is...
Will Heaven Be Uncomfortably Unfamiliar or Familiar and Wondrous?
CatholicMom.com - Oct 22, 2013 at 10:00 am Archbishop Fulton Sheen wrote a little booklet about getting to heaven. He said he didn’t think we’d fit in up there unless we have fully prepared ourselves here on earth. I don’t...
Hear Pope Francis Speaking English
Catholic Vote - Oct 22, 2013 at 9:59 am Via Rocco de Palma:
For all the waves the 266th Bishop of Rome has made across the Anglophone world these last seven months, perhaps the most remarkable thing is that all of it’s...
Help the Effort to Restore Catholic Identity at Georgetown University
Catholic Education Daily - Oct 22, 2013 at 9:53 am Show the Vatican that YOU support Blatty’s and his fellow alumni’s effort to restore Catholic identity at Georgetown by clicking the button included in the article.
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Vatican official reaffirms teaching on divorced and remarried Catholics
Catholic Herald - Oct 22, 2013 at 9:52 am Amid rising expectations that the Catholic Church might make it easier for divorced and remarried members to receive Communion, the Vatican’s highest doctrinal official reaffirmed...
The ‘Supreme Gift’ of Marriage
St. Louis Areopagus - Archdiocesan Blog - Oct 22, 2013 at 9:50 am Guest Post: By Deacon Jim Russell “Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the procreation and education of children. Children are really the supreme gift...
Archbishop Müller: Care of remarried divorcees must not be reduced to the question of receiving the Eucharist
News.va - Oct 22, 2013 at 9:45 am (Vatican Radio) The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller, has published an article in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore...
Pope: God meddles with our lives and heals our wounds
News.va - Oct 22, 2013 at 9:45 am (Vatican Radio) Contemplation, proximity and abundance are the three words upon which Pope Francis centered his homily on Tuesday at Mass at the Casa Santa Marta. Speaking to...
When was the last time you saw a funeral like this?
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 22, 2013 at 9:37 am I can’t remember attending a funeral with black vestments (although my parents might have taken me to one when I was very young.) Diane over at Te Deum laudamus has some striking...
Slate Touts Health Care Rationing in Canada, Obamacare Bringing it to U.S.
LifeNews.com - Oct 22, 2013 at 9:35 am The mainstream media often promotes death panel rationing–even as it denies the threat is real.
Slate has published a piece by a Canadian student studying law at Yale. He extols ...
[Translate to English:] Muller: “Matrimoni più invalidi oggi che in passato”
Vatican Insider - Oct 22, 2013 at 9:20 amEuropean Parliament Rejects Bill Declaring Abortion a Fundamental Human Right
LifeNews.com - Oct 22, 2013 at 9:17 am The European Parliament today rejected a report that recommended that EU nations declare abortion to be a human right and to make abortion available within all public health...
College Students Mock Bristol Palin’s Abstinence Message to Promote Sex on Campus
LifeNews.com - Oct 22, 2013 at 8:46 am Fliers scattered around the University of Pennsylvania campus read that Bristol Palin was going to be this year’s fall speaker. Penn’s Special Events and Planning Committee had...
My New Dream Job!
Brandon Vogt - Oct 22, 2013 at 8:43 am Standing with three of my heroes, two of whom will now double as bosses. From left-to-right: Fr. Steve Grunow, Ven. Fulton Sheen (behind in frame), and Fr. Robert Barron.
For...
Hundreds gather for Race of Faith in St Peter’s Square
Catholic Herald - Oct 22, 2013 at 8:35 am Seminarians, Vatican guards, Olympic champions, people with disabilities and children took part in a morning Race of Faith to highlight how the Church can help foster a world of...
The many Nazareths of Pope John Paul: “Greatness begins in unexpected places”
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 22, 2013 at 8:27 am Two years ago, for the first feast day of Blessed John Paul, my parish held a special Mass to mark the occasion. This is the homily I preached that day. Happy Feast of Blessed...
“I find your lack of faith … invalidating.”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 22, 2013 at 8:25 am All around Rome there is buzz that soon we may be seeing something from the Holy See about the issue of Communion for divorced/remarried couples. Of course there would be, right...
