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Lost in translation: Mainstream media ignores significant error in English version of Vatican synod's final report
GetReligion - Nov 4, 2014 at 8:00 am
Three days after the Vatican belatedly released the English-language version of the final report of the Extraordinary Synod on the Family, Commonweal blogger Robert P. Imbelli...
Event: Wear the Veil Day December 8
Rorate Coeli - Nov 4, 2014 at 7:43 am
The Latin Mass Society of St. Anne Church in San Diego (FSSP) sent us this short video reminding us that December 8 is Wear the Veil Day. Watch the video, send it to friends...
UK Parliament Votes Against Sex-Selective Abortion
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 4, 2014 at 7:30 am The House of Commons today voted 181-1 in favor of preventing the sex of a baby to be cause for abortion. The Abortion (Sex-Selection) Bill was introduced by Fiona Bruce and it...
The Holy See at the United Nations: solidarity to eradicate poverty
News.va - Nov 4, 2014 at 7:22 am Vatican City, 4 November 2014 (VIS) – Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Holy See Permanent Observer at the United Nations in New York, spoke at the 69th Session of the General Assembly...
Church in Burkina Faso calls for calm after ousting of president
Catholic Herald - Nov 4, 2014 at 7:07 am The Catholic Church in Burkina Faso urged calm following the ousting of President Blaise Compaore and called on the country’s new military rulers to honour pledges of democracy.
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Iraqi Christian Refugees in Kurdish Iraq: 'Their Tears Have Run Dry'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 4, 2014 at 7:06 am Father Andrzej Halemba heads the Middle East Section of international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. In October, he visited the displaced Christians of Iraq: "It is...
Why All Women Need The Mother of Jesus
CatholicMom.com - Nov 4, 2014 at 7:00 am Author’s note: I have quoted and paraphrased liberally from Ann Voskamp’s blog at http://www.aholyexperience.com/2014/10/dear-daughters-why-women-dont-need-to-freeze-their-faces-...
Historic: First Pontifical High Mass at the Throne in England since the advent of the new rite
Rorate Coeli - Nov 4, 2014 at 6:45 am We receive the following news from our reader S.P.:
Bishop Alan Hopes of the Diocese of East Anglia became the first bishop in England to celebrate a Pontifical High Mass at the...
Iraqi Prime Minister Tells Patriarch He'll Do More for Christians
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 4, 2014 at 6:37 am The prime minister of Iraq says he is going to take charge of the defense of Christians in his country, according to Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako, archbishop of Baghdad...
Learn to Read the Bible in Five Easy YouTube Videos
Dominicana - Nov 4, 2014 at 6:30 am YouTube has taught me a lot of things, most of which I probably should have asked a human being about: how to smoke a pipe, how to use a bucket of water to flush a toilet, how to...
A quiet threat: Religious freedom dwindling in Europe, US
EWTN - Vatican News - Nov 4, 2014 at 6:24 am Vatican City, Nov 4, 2014 / 06:24 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Religious freedom is at risk in Europe and has been increasingly suppressed in the United States over the course of the past...
Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Bishop: People continue to die daily in Ukraine (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 4, 2014 at 6:14 am To view the video click here.
Holy See Statement to UN on Peaceful Use of Outer Space
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 4, 2014 at 6:14 am Here is the Oct. 17 statement of Archbishop Bernardito Auzu, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, at the United Nations Special Political and Decolonization...
Peace in Colombia: "If we do not reconcile, we are building upon sand" (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Nov 4, 2014 at 6:12 am To view the video click here.
It’s time to pray for souls in purgatory
Catholic Herald - Nov 4, 2014 at 6:09 am It’s worrying when people have all the answers, and are so smug that they are no longer open to being surprised by anything in this life – or the next. I don’t know how many times...
Home Province British Columbia Reverses Approval of Christian Law School
The Religion Clause - Nov 4, 2014 at 6:05 am In Canada, the controversial Trinity Western University has been dealt a severe setback in its efforts to create a law school based on Christian teachings. As reported yesterday...
Senator Mary Landrieu's Desperate Attempt To Sound Pro-Life Fools No One
Creative Minority Report - Nov 4, 2014 at 6:05 am A message published in a Louisiana newspaper from Senator Mary Landrieu reeks of desperation. This senator who has voted 100 percent in line with Big Abortion for years is now...
Animals of the Nativity Lead Us Towards Christmas
CatholicMom.com - Nov 4, 2014 at 6:00 am
I know it feels early, but Advent really is just around the corner. As the rest of the world crashes through Halloween and barely acknowledges Thanksgiving on their way to...
Suit Challenges Rules For Preaching On Boardwalk
The Religion Clause - Nov 4, 2014 at 6:00 am A lawsuit was filed in New Jersey federal district court last week challenging the regulations governing preaching and distributing religious material on the Boardwalk at Point...
Pope at Santa Marta : Fear of God’s gratuity
News.va - Nov 4, 2014 at 5:45 am (Vatican Radio) At Mass in Casa Santa Marta on Tuesday morning Pope Francis noted that deep down people are afraid of God’s gratuity, we find excuses not to go to Him and end up...