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From the synod: African cardinal says pressure groups are trying to change Church teaching
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 17, 2014 at 12:23 pm From CNA: Inaccurate media reports about Church teaching on homosexuality published after the Extraordinary Synod on the Family’s midterm relatio was released are an attempt to...
Amid criticism, Cardinal Marx supports synod's midterm report
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 17, 2014 at 12:22 pm Vatican City, Oct 17, 2014 / 12:22 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Even though the Synod on the Family's midterm relatio was widely
criticized by the bishops' small groups, Cardinal Reinhard...
Amid criticism, Cardinal Marx supports synod's midterm report
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 17, 2014 at 12:22 pm Vatican City, Oct 17, 2014 / 11:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Even though the Synod on the Family's midterm relatio was widely criticized by the bishops' small groups, Cardinal Reinhard...
African cardinal sees effort to manipulate Synod
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 17, 2014 at 12:18 pm Cardinal Robert Sarah, the president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, has complained that some influential forces have sought to manipulate the Synod of Bishops.
Speaking to...
Colombian cardinal hopeful on latest peace talks with FARC rebels
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 17, 2014 at 12:17 pm "We hope peace is near," Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez of Bogota told the Fides news service, commenting on prospects for a peace agreement between the government of Colombia and...
Ukrainian primate sees 'humanitarian tragedy' in children growing up without parents
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 17, 2014 at 12:16 pm The leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church has said that the growing number of children worldwide who grow up without their parents is becoming a "new humanitarian tragedy."...
English archbishop orders investigation of bishop's relationship with married woman
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 17, 2014 at 12:16 pm Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark, England, has commission an investigation into the case of Bishop Kieran Conry, who resigned his post as head of the Arundel and Brighton...
Climate change is a moral imperative, says Vatican representative at UN
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 17, 2014 at 12:14 pm Climate change "is not only an environmental question; it is also a question of justice and a moral imperative."
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican's representative at UN ...
My Friend Killed Herself in an Assisted Suicide, I Hope Brittany Maynard Will Reconsider
LifeNews.com - Oct 17, 2014 at 12:03 pm I wrote my first anti-euthanasia article for Newsweek. Here is a small piece of, “The Whispers of Strangers,” which lamanted my friend Frances’ suicide under the influence of...
Secrets of Once Upon A Time: What Is The Snow Queen’s Plan?
SQPN - Podcast Network - Oct 17, 2014 at 12:03 pm In this episode we analyze episode 3 of season 4, entitled ‘Rocky Road’. How exactly are Elsa and the Snow Queen related? And how does she know Emma?
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App brings God into digital environment, creates ‘space’ for meditation
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 17, 2014 at 12:00 pm Amid the imposed and often fast-paced routine of everyday life, an app is giving people a reason to quiet their minds through light meditation and prayer.
Secrets of Star Wars: Who is the Main Antagonist of Star Wars VII?
SQPN - Podcast Network - Oct 17, 2014 at 11:58 am Dom and Fr. Roderick discuss new theories about the plot of episode VII based on the recent concept art leaks.
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WPost nails the crucial details in icky Orthodox mikvah cam scandal
GetReligion - Oct 17, 2014 at 11:54 am
When you hear or read the words "Orthodox rabbi," what is the image that immediately pops into your mind's eye?
Right. That would be this one (mandatory click).
The problem is...
Hunger in a world of wasted food is a tragic paradox, pope says
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 17, 2014 at 11:41 am VATICAN CITY — Providing food aid to people in need is not enough to eradicate world hunger, Pope Francis said. An overhaul of the entire framework of aid policies and food...
Archbishop Kondrusiewicz of Belarus sees flaws in Synod's interim report
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 17, 2014 at 11:29 am "The modern world is playing its music but we can't dance to it," Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk, Belarus, told Catholic World Report.
Interviewed about the work of...
Chapels on campus seen from religious, architectural perspectives
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 17, 2014 at 11:29 am During the mid-1990s, while my oldest son was shopping for a college, we toured Washington University in St. Louis. There, in the heart of the campus, was Graham Chapel — a...
Cosmo Celebrates Woman Who Told Her Unborn Baby “I’m Aborting You” Today
LifeNews.com - Oct 17, 2014 at 11:25 am It’s one of the most heartbreaking things I’ve ever read.
A woman about to abort her unborn child wrote a sadly naive letter to her child, which she refers to as her “Little Thing...
Where the South Dakota Senate candidates stand on the issues
Catholic Vote - Oct 17, 2014 at 11:24 am Midterm elections can seem like inside baseball – fascinating for politicos, crucial for politicians, but just not as interesting as a presidential race to average voters.
But not...
Geek Week: Space Captain Harlock, Warhammer and Android Experiments
SQPN - Podcast Network - Oct 17, 2014 at 11:13 am In this episode, we talk about Space Pirate Captain Harlock and Warhammer. Plus, what happens after switching to Android only on the Nexus 7 after giving away the iPad?
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Something Nice for Paul VI
USCCB Media Blog - Oct 17, 2014 at 11:13 am On October 19, at the close of the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family in Rome, Pope Francis will beatify Pope Paul VI (1963-78), who oversaw most of the Second Vatican...
