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Why Did Vatican II Open on October 11?
New Liturgical Movement - Oct 11, 2017 at 3:00 pm In a motu proprio issued on the feast of the Purification in 1962, Pope St John XXIII established that the Second Vatican Council, which he had formally convoked on Christmas Day...
Recant! Responding to the Lutheran Heresy of Pope Francis
OnePeterFive - Oct 11, 2017 at 2:55 pm Editor’s note: The following comes from Paolo Pasqualucci, a retired professor of philosophy of the law at the University of Perugia, Italy.
It is impossible to forget the...
Do Pope Francis and Archbishop Paglia Believe Hell Does Not Exist?
OnePeterFive - Oct 11, 2017 at 2:46 pm Image: Coppo di Marcovaldo, The Hell (c. 1301)
In our 9 October report about recent comments made by papal confidant Fr. Antonio Spadaro as regards the moral law, we added a post-...
Planned Parenthood Reopens Missouri Abortion Clinic as Satanists Fight to Topple Pro-Life Laws
LifeNews.com - Oct 11, 2017 at 2:46 pm As the result of the Eighth Circuit’s reversal last week that halted enforcement of a Missouri licensing requirement that required abortionists to maintain hospital privileges...
Pope tops 40 million followers on Twitter, 5 million on Instagram
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 11, 2017 at 2:46 pm Pope Francis' @Pontifex Twitter accounts reached more than 40 million followers just a few months before the fifth anniversary of when Pope Benedict XVI launched the initiative...
Trump the Culture Warrior Engenders Loyalty
Saint Louis Catholic - Oct 11, 2017 at 2:27 pm The repeal of the HHS mandate, the national anthem protest circus, and Columbus Day-- these public fights waged by the president resonate to greater or lesser degrees, depending...
Court Will Not Enjoin Medical Marijuana Limits In Suit By Minister
The Religion Clause - Oct 11, 2017 at 2:25 pm In Harris v. City of Clearlake, (ND CA, Oct. 10, 2017), a California federal district court refused to issue a preliminary injunction to prevent the city of Clearlake, California...
Trump Admin Blocks Abortions for Undocumented Teen Girls, Helps Them Find Alternatives Instead
LifeNews.com - Oct 11, 2017 at 2:09 pm The ACLU is suing President Donald Trump’s administration for focusing on helping pregnant undocumented immigrants and refugees find life-affirming alternatives to abortion....
Amoris Laetitia is ‘ambiguous,’ ‘not a Thomistic document’: Filial Correction signatory
LifeSiteNews - Oct 11, 2017 at 2:03 pm Dominican Father Thomas Crean says 'there is no doubt that it constitutes a grave danger to Catholic faith and morals.'
Move over moms’ groups, here come daddy boot camps!
Aleteia - Oct 11, 2017 at 2:00 pm Two dads have started support groups for new fathers across the country to fill the void in resources for dads.Not long ago, it would have been unthinkable for a man to stay home...
Pope Francis: The dynamic word of God cannot be moth-balled
News.va - Oct 11, 2017 at 1:57 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday evening addressed participants attending a meeting celebrating the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Catechism of the...
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Alien Tort Statute Case
The Religion Clause - Oct 11, 2017 at 1:57 pm Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments (full transcript of arguments) in Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC. At issue in the case is whether corporations may ever be held liable...
"A Dynamic and Living Reality" – The Catechism at 25... The Council at 55
Whispers in the Loggia - Oct 11, 2017 at 1:50 pm In the world of the Roman Church, today's date has come to hold something of a mythic significance... yet all of it rooted in the modern age.Fifty-five years ago on this 11th of...
Pope Francis meets with young cricketers from Buenos Aires
News.va - Oct 11, 2017 at 1:49 pm (Vatican Radio) Cricket is not a sport normally associated with Argentina, but among the groups greeting Pope Francis at his general audience on Wednesday was a team of young...
Homily for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 15, 2017, Year A
Big C Catholics - Oct 11, 2017 at 1:35 pm Fr. René J. Butler, M.S.Provincial Superior, La Salette Missionaries of North AmericaHartford, Connecticut(Click here for today’s readings)When people become very old, others will...
Supreme Court Dismisses One Travel Ban Case As Moot
The Religion Clause - Oct 11, 2017 at 1:31 pm In an Order (full text) issued yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed as moot Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project, the challenge to President Trump's second...
Have You Heard?
CatholicMom.com - Oct 11, 2017 at 1:30 pm Have you heard the news? There is a strange phenomenon occurring in Iceland. Scientists, psychiatrists and behaviorists from all over the world are traveling to the country to...
Pope at audience calls for attitude of attentive waiting
News.va - Oct 11, 2017 at 1:29 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday continued his reflections on Christian hope, talking this week about the attitude of 'attentive waiting'. His words came during his...
Parent ordained in Rome
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 11, 2017 at 1:07 pm ALLOUEZ — During his time as a seminarian studying at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Greg Parent has enjoyed serving as a tour guide at St. Peter’s Basilica in...
Repeal of Clean Power Plan will hurt poor communities, Catholic leaders insist
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 11, 2017 at 1:04 pm Washington D.C., Oct 11, 2017 / 12:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After the Trump administration announced a repeal of emissions standards, Catholic leaders warned it could hurt poor...
