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'Where's the beef!?' in TV station's report on Oklahoma petition asking Muslims to 'go home'
GetReligion - Oct 17, 2014 at 9:19 am "It certainly is a big bun."
"It's a very big bun."
"A big, fluffy bun."
"It's a very big, fluffy bun."
Readers of a certain age will remember the old Wendy's commercial in which...
The British Government Has Essentially Legalized Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com - Oct 17, 2014 at 9:11 am In an astounding about face for the Crown Prosecution Service, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders (pictured), has today rewritten her prosecution policy so that...
Hello, Lawn Guyland!
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 17, 2014 at 9:10 am If anyone is interested, I’ll be visiting St. James Catholic Church in Setauket this Sunday on behalf of CNEWA. I’ll be preaching at the 11:30 am Mass about the work we’re...
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:50 am NEW YORK — Top prize for the most descriptive (and longest) film title of the year goes to “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” (Disney).
This manic...
104 Abortion Clinic Workers Have Quit Since the First 40 Days for Life Campaign
LifeNews.com - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:42 am As we get into the second half of the campaign, two groups of people are being challenged — those who have thought about praying at a vigil but haven’t done so yet … and abortion...
Pope's message to the Italian Catholic University Federation
News.va - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:34 am Vatican City, 17 October 2014 (VIS) – Pope Francis has sent a message to the Italian Catholic University Federation (FUCI), which is preparing to hold an extraordinary national...
Can the Marriage Nullity Process be “Streamlined”?
CatholicMom.com - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:30 am Today we welcome Paul Matenaer, who was on the Drew Mariani show on Wednesday this week discussing the proposals for streamlining the marriage nullity process. You can listen to...
Sunday Homily: Give to Caesar What Belongs to Caesar
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:25 am --
Isaiah 45:1,4-6 Psalm 96:1,3,4-5,7-8,9-10 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b Matthew 22:15-21
In the Gospel, Jesus has already made his royal entry into Jerusalem, asserted his authority...
Card Sarah of Africa on Synod
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:20 am Even as it had been decided that the Synod will end today, CNS has a piece about the view of His Eminence Card. Sarah. HERE
African cardinal: Pressure groups behind push to...
Prayer Request
Saint Louis Catholic - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:14 am Please, of your charity, could you say a prayer for a special intention of mine, that it be granted if it is God's will? Thank you.Psalm 67 Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle...
If Francis doesn’t soon make it clear that the synod can’t abandon Catholic teaching, his pontificate could spin out of control
Catholic Herald - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:10 am The presentation earlier this week of the so-called “mid-term report” of the extraordinary synod of bishops on the family (the Latin headline of which, relatio post disceptationem...
Cardinal Pell: Relatio was “skewed…it didn’t represent accurately the feelings of the synod fathers”
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:10 am From CNS: Cardinal George Pell said working-group reports from the Synod of Bishops on the family finally give a true picture of the assembly’s views, counteracting what he...
Lord, Have Mercy
Catholic Vote - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:07 am In the Synod on the Family, there is a lot of discussion about mercy. As Pope Francis said a year ago, the Catholic Church is a “field hospital” for sinners. He also said, “In...
Francis on World Food Day: to defeat hunger, it is necessary to change the aid and development policies
News.va - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:03 am Vatican City, 17 October 2014 (VIS) – World Food Day, held on 16 October, was instituted in 1979 by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in order to raise...
Benedict XVI to attend the beatification of Paul VI
News.va - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:02 am Vatican City, 17 October 2014 (VIS) – Benedict XVI will attend the beatification of Paul VI in St. Peter's Square this Sunday, according to the director of the Holy See Press...
Who is Trying to Rig Synod14?
Catholic Vote - Oct 17, 2014 at 8:00 am I ask the question in my headline because of reports like this from Edward Pentin in the National Catholic Register:
“More and more there is talk in Rome that this synod is...
Synod day 13 presser: almost there.
Commonweal - Oct 17, 2014 at 7:43 am At this morning's Vatican press conference, not much news. Notable comments came from Cardinal Reinhard Marx, president of the German bishops conference--and one of the nine...
Paul VI: Opening the Church to the world, one trip at a time (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 17, 2014 at 7:38 am To view the video click here.
“The American Catholic Almanac” Giveaway!
Brandon Vogt - Oct 17, 2014 at 7:35 am
“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.” – St. Augustine
Since I’ve built up a large collection of extra books...
