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Pope will deliver year-long teaching series on restoring faith
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 17, 2012 at 2:33 pm Vatican City, Oct 17, 2012 / 01:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At his first general audience during the Year of Faith, Pope Benedict XVI initiated a new, year-long cycle of teachings...
Faith and Culture | Admiring athletes, saints, others with purpose, balance, grace
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Oct 17, 2012 at 2:28 pm Javier Orozco
During the Summer Olympics, like many of you, I was glued to my TV trying to catch up on the latest medal counts. While it is true that the episodes being...
Moments of Grace | Trinity Catholic High School: a place of great kindness, grace
Saint Louis Review - Viewpoints - Oct 17, 2012 at 2:27 pm Lou Jobst
As a co-presenter for some days of recollection for faculty at Bishop DuBourg, Duchesne and Trinity high schools, I've experienced many moments of grace,...
Planned Parenthood to Close Abortion Clinic in Abilene, Texas
LifeNews.com - Oct 17, 2012 at 2:20 pm Thanks to a cut in taxpayer funding, the Planned Parenthood abortion business has announced it will close one of its abortion clinics, that operates in Abilene, Texas.
Planned...
Who is called to adoption?
LifeSiteNews - Oct 17, 2012 at 2:09 pm by Susan VanSyckle October 17, 2012 (Bound4Life.com) - Here’s my short answer: EVERYONE. But not how you might think. James 1:27 is pretty clear: Religion that God our Father...
Spaniard receives four years for crash that killed leading Cuban dissident
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:59 pm Havana, Cuba, Oct 17, 2012 / 12:59 pm (CNA).- Officials in Cuba announced on Monday that a court has sentenced a Spanish man to four years in prison for his role in a car crash...
Company Set to Launch Celebrity Sperm Donor Program
LifeNews.com - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:57 pm The Church warned us if we separated procreation from the physical act of love between a husband and wife, children would become commodities, man-made objects to be ordered from a...
Trending on Commonweal
Commonweal - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:43 pm Over at the website, three new posts tied to the news.
The day after the second presidential debate, E.J. Dionne tallies Romney’s sketchiness:
Under pressure this time, the former...
U.S.: The laity make their voice heard on bishop’s nomination
Vatican Insider - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:41 pmOops! Obama Accuses Planned Parenthood of Breaking the Law
LifeNews.com - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:29 pm In Tuesday’s presidential debate and the latest issue of Glamour magazine, President Obama stumbled into accusing one of his campaign’s largest benefactors—Planned Parenthood—of...
Maintaining integrity during the election
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:13 pm Party spirit can be a good and powerful thing, but it can be dangerous if it distracts us from seeking the common good
Ignorance of faith risks creating cafeteria Catholics, pope says
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:13 pm Ignorance of the faith puts Christians at risk of following a “do-it-yourself” religion, Pope Benedict XVI said.
People need to become more familiar with the creed because it is...
Nobel Prize for stem cell technology
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:12 pm Did you read about the Nobel Prizes?
These days the Nobel Prizes are a joke and/or not even veil liberal social declarations.
I saw this on American Catholic.
Why are Catholics...
Pope sending bishops to Syria on peace mission
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:11 pm From Catholic News Service: A papal delegation of bishops, including Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, will travel to the capital of war-torn Syria in late October to show...
Synod: Pope calls Nuncios to Rome
News.va - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:10 pm (Vatican Radio) – In his intervention to the Synod of Bishops Wednesday morning Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone announced that Pope Benedict XVI will be...
Suffering and Leadership: The 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Sacred Page - Oct 17, 2012 at 1:00 pm The Readings for this upcoming Lord's Day focus on the themes of suffering and leadership: in particular, how Christ, our definitive leader, embraced suffering on our behalf, and...
New spiritual group arrives in the Lower Mainland
The Busy Catholic - Oct 17, 2012 at 12:46 pm Society based on Ignatian spirituality meets monthly at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Coquitlam
Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, poses for a photo with Georges Gracieuse (left)...
Youth urged to live faith dangerously
The Busy Catholic - Oct 17, 2012 at 12:38 pm Students gather for Archdiocese of Edmonton's annual youth rally
Participants in Edmonton's archdiocesan annual youth rally took part in a number of games as well as faith-based...
Cert. Filed In Challenge To Ban On Carrying Firearms In Church
The Religion Clause - Oct 17, 2012 at 12:36 pm A petition for certiorari (full text) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in GeorgiaCarry.org, Inc. v. State of Georgia. In the case, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of...
Inside the Synod: Evangelisation and ecumenism
News.va - Oct 17, 2012 at 12:35 pm (Vatican Radio) The 15 th General Congregation of the Synod of Bishops took place in the Vatican on Wednesday morning, marking the last session of speeches before the bishops...