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How can I pray when I can’t even think straight?
Integrated Catholic Life - Nov 6, 2014 at 11:02 pm Dear Dan, How do I pray when I am sick and can’t think? I feel as though my words are just going out into thin air and no one in heaven hears me. What words do I use and Who will...
Anti-Catholic Protesters Storm Churches in DC Area
Creative Minority Report - Nov 6, 2014 at 10:58 pm An anti-Catholic group have been gathering at several parishes yelling anti-Catholic slogans recently, according to the Washington Post, at Catholics entering and exiting Mass as...
Economy secretariat advances financial transparency at the Vatican
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 6, 2014 at 10:51 pm Vatican City, Nov 6, 2014 / 09:51 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican's new financial management policies focused on accountability are described in a handbook delivered by the...
Don't claim Pope Francis for your own agenda, Kasper says amid controversy
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 6, 2014 at 9:41 pm Washington D.C., Nov 6, 2014 / 08:41 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In the wake of an intense Synod on the Family, a leading voice supporting admission to Communion for divorced and...
Pray – with your iPhone? How one mobile app unites users in prayer
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 6, 2014 at 9:40 pm Madrid, Spain, Nov 6, 2014 / 08:40 pm (CNA).- A social network focused on connecting the world in prayer has launched a mobile application enabling people from across the globe to...
6th Circuit Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Bans
The Religion Clause - Nov 6, 2014 at 8:14 pm In DeBoer v. Snyder, (6th Circuit, Nov. 6, 2014), in a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals today became the first federal circuit court to uphold state bans on...
Minnesota priest defies archbishop, hosts dissident
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 6, 2014 at 8:03 pm A Minnesota priest has announced that he hosted a talk by a dissident Irish priest in defiance of a directive from his archbishop.
Father Mike Tegeder encouraged parishioners at...
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The Cana Rosary: A Couple’s Prayer
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Vatican consultant 'absolutely' favors women's ordination
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 6, 2014 at 7:50 pm A Spanish priest who is a consultant to a pontifical council has said that he is "absolutely" in favor of the ordination of women to the priesthood.
Father Pablo d'Ors, a...
Chicago archdiocese releases files on priests accused of abuse
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 6, 2014 at 7:46 pm The Archdiocese of Chicago has released internal files on 36 priests who were accused of sexual abuse.
The newly released documents, comprising about 15,000 pages, involve the...
Pakistan: 44 arrests in mob killing of Christian couple
Catholic Culture - World News - Nov 6, 2014 at 7:42 pm Police in Pakistan have arrested 44 people in connection with the horrific murder of a Christian couple.
Shahzad and Shama Bibi were thrown alive into a furnace-- reportedly after...
Archbishop decries Jerusalem car attacks: 'We are acting like savages'
Catholic News Agency - General - Nov 6, 2014 at 6:29 pm Jerusalem, Israel, Nov 6, 2014 / 05:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A Melkite-Greek Catholic archbishop has lamented recent car attacks in Jerusalem, saying that such actions are inhuman...
Pope Meets with Ecumenical Meeting of Bishops, Friends of the Focolare Movement
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 6, 2014 at 6:00 pm The 33rd Ecumenical Meeting of Bishops, Friends of the Focolare Movement concluded with an audience with Pope Francis this morning at the Vatican today. The theme of the meeting...
Pope: Church Grows Through 'Attraction', Not Proselytism
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 6, 2014 at 6:00 pm In an audience with the National Assembly of Religious Superiors today, Pope Francis stressed the importance of calling people to the faith not by proselytism but by attraction...
Pope Francis explains how to discover if one is a 'pagan Christian' (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 6, 2014 at 6:00 pm To view the video click here.
2 Auxiliaries Assigned to Melbourne Archdiocese
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 6, 2014 at 6:00 pm Pope Francis has appointed two auxiliaries for the Archdiocese of Melbourne, who will join two other auxiliaries in assisting 73-year-old Archbishop Denis Hart. Msgr. Terence...
Holy See at the UN: Eradication of Hunger Is a Moral Imperative
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 6, 2014 at 6:00 pm The Holy See's Permanent Observer at the United Nations has said that eliminating hunger is more than a high priority, but is rather a moral imperative. Archbishop Bernardito...
My Mom Has the Same Brain Cancer Diagnosis as Brittany Maynard, She’s Fighting to Live
LifeNews.com - Nov 6, 2014 at 5:43 pm If my mom had made the same decision that Brittany Maynard did to end her life earlier, we would have missed out on so much.
My mother was diagnosed last year with a grade 4...
GUEST POST: “The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass” became the “liturgy” – POLL
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Nov 6, 2014 at 5:36 pm I was sent some text from “From the Pastor’s Desk” column of the 9 November Bulletin of Our Lady of Grace Church. I share it here below with my emphases and comments:
The Pastor’s...
Louisiana Can Vote for Pro-Life Bill Cassidy or Mary Landrieu for More Abortions
LifeNews.com - Nov 6, 2014 at 5:12 pm On November 4th, pro-life candidates took over the U.S. Senate by securing at least seven seats in the upper chamber including: Colorado, Montana, Arkansas, West Virginia, South...
