Latest News
Pope's post-Synod document emphasizes flexibility
Catholic Culture - World News - Apr 8, 2016 at 9:12 am Pope Francis upholds the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church, but calls for great flexibility in applying those teachings, in Amoris Laetitia, his apostolic exhortation...
A little bit country: Pope looks at the nitty-gritty of family life
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 8, 2016 at 9:06 am VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ hymn to love and family life is more like a country song than a Disney tune.
A newly married couple hold rosaries in their hands as they leave Pope...
The Pope’s New Document on Marriage: 12 Things to Know and Share
Jimmy Akin.org - Apr 8, 2016 at 9:00 am Pope Francis’s much anticipated document on the family has now been released.
Here are 12 things to know and share . . .
1) What are the basic facts about the document?
It is...
Share truth of family with mercy, help those struggling, pope says
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Apr 8, 2016 at 8:48 am VATICAN CITY — The same mercy and patience that are essential for building a strong family must be shown to those whose families are in trouble or have broken up, Pope Francis...
David Daleiden: Kamala Harris Stole Unreleased Video Footage Exposing Planned Parenthood
LifeNews.com - Apr 8, 2016 at 8:47 am In a new interview with Fox News, the director of the Center for Medical Progress said officials working for pro-abortion California Attorney General Kamala Harris stole...
Pope's document opens door to pastoral flexibility on family issues
Vatican Insider - Apr 8, 2016 at 8:43 am Pope Francis’ document on the family avoids issuing directives or a “final word” on debatable questions. Instead, it argues for pastoral flexibility and recognition of the complex...
Baby Born Missing Parts of Her Brain Almost Died, Then a Miracle Happened
LifeNews.com - Apr 8, 2016 at 8:32 am Babies with the brain disorder hydranencephaly often die before their first birthday, but 2-year-old Nika is defying the odds.
Hydranencephaly wasn’t the only thing that almost...
Schönborn: Francis goes beyond the artificial division between “regular” and “irregular”
Vatican Insider - Apr 8, 2016 at 8:32 am Francis’ “Amoris Laetitia” goes beyond the “artificial, superficial, clear division between ‘regular’ and ‘irregular’” placing everyone under the common lens of the Gospel. This...
Cardinal Schönborn: Pope Francis follows John Paul II’s teaching on communion
Catholic Herald - Apr 8, 2016 at 8:32 am Pope Francis in in line with John Paul II’s teaching on communion, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has said.
At the press conference to mark the publication of Amoris Laetitia,...
Share truth of family with mercy, help those struggling, pope says
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Apr 8, 2016 at 8:30 am The same mercy and patience that are essential for building a strong family must be shown to those whose families are in trouble or have broken up, Pope Francis said in his highly...
Living the Faith
CatholicMom.com - Apr 8, 2016 at 8:30 am Copyright 2016 Lori Hadorn-Disselkamp
I read an article yesterday by a priest pertaining to the catechization of incoming Catholics prior to the 1970s. He said there were so many...
Pope Francis' Post-Synod Apostolic Exhortation on the Family, Amoris Laetitia, "The Joy of Love" [in PDF]. Media Spin & the Truth
Big C Catholics - Apr 8, 2016 at 8:29 am Pope Francis' long awaited post-synod apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris Laetitia, "The Joy of Love", was released this morning. It is available on the Vatican's website...
Episcopal leader cleans house, while reporters ignore that whole 'bugging' thing
GetReligion - Apr 8, 2016 at 8:22 am It's time for an update on a "mirror image" post that I wrote a few months ago during the media dead zone that is the days just before Christmas.
That was, when you may recall,...
Presenting the Apostolic Exhortation harvesting the fruits of the two synods on the family in 2014 and 2015 - The Joy of Love
News.va - Apr 8, 2016 at 8:21 am
To clearly reaffirm not “the ideal” of the
family, but its rich and complex reality, in order to reflect on love in the
family together with the women and men of our time. With...
Ambrosian Music for Eastertide
New Liturgical Movement - Apr 8, 2016 at 8:00 am Here are three very nice pieces of Ambrosian chant for the Paschal season, sung by the Gruppo di Canto Ambrosiano (Ambrosian chant group) conducted by maestro Luigi Benedetti;...
Francis denounces human trafficking - A crime against humanity
News.va - Apr 8, 2016 at 7:35 am “The grave issue of
modern slavery and human trafficking”, which “continues to be a scourge
throughout the world today”, is a true “crime against humanity”. Pope Francis
wrote...
The Cardinal Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops on the Apostolic Exhortation - The Good News for families
News.va - Apr 8, 2016 at 7:26 am
For Amoris Laetitia to be released in the very midst of the
Jubilee of Mercy is significant, and to this the text refers three times,
directly citing the Bull of Indiction...
The Shameful Document
Creative Minority Report - Apr 8, 2016 at 7:17 am Well, it is here. The post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation is here.I spent hours going through it, but even that was not enough to read the entire thing as it comes in at almost 60,...
Presented by the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna- Simple like a 'Good Evening'
News.va - Apr 8, 2016 at 7:08 am The evening of 13 March 2013, the first words of the newly-elected
Pope Francis to the people gathered in St Peter’s Square and throughout the
world were: “Buona sera” — “Good...
Meatless Friday: Snackin' Good Smoked Salmon
CatholicMom.com - Apr 8, 2016 at 7:00 am
The weekend before our wedding, mumblemumble years ago, my then-fiance and I had a Saturday night date to put together the wedding favors. Since we didn’t expect to have time to...
