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Kasper, the friendly religion ghost? 'Progressive' cardinal's dismissive comments on Africans go unreported
GetReligion - Oct 16, 2014 at 8:00 am
When German Cardinal Walter Kasper speaks in favor of communion for the divorced and remarried, the Associated Press calls him "a pre-eminent theologian." But when he speaks...
Synod day 12 presser: vive la différence.
Commonweal - Oct 16, 2014 at 7:50 am What's news out of today's Vatican press conference? Plenty. First, it was announced that summaries of bishops' amendments to the synod's midterm report have been made public. (...
Family synod: Cardinal Napier added to drafting committee
Catholic Herald - Oct 16, 2014 at 7:48 am Pope Francis has added Cardinal Wilfrid Napier to the drafting committee which will produce the final report on the Extraordinary Synod on Pastoral Challenges to the Family.
The...
Let us seek to acknowledge the presence of God in the stranger
Catholic Herald - Oct 16, 2014 at 7:36 am “Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whom he has taken by his right hand to subdue the nations before him and strip the loins of kings” Is 45:1
Such unrestrained praise...
"Synod Fathers under intense pressure from the Kasper Front to modify their views - or else"
Rorate Coeli - Oct 16, 2014 at 7:11 am It seems Walter Kasper's racist remarks on Africa and Africans have caused an understandable shock wave throughout the assembly. They reflect a racist, xenophobic, and anti-...
De-Baptism? Really?
Dominicana - Oct 16, 2014 at 6:30 am When I arrived at the Dominican novitiate, one of the older priests in the community preached a challenging homily: despite our large class of 21 young men aiming to join the...
Asia Bibi's death sentence sparks outrage from Pakistan's Christians
EWTN - World Catholic News - Oct 16, 2014 at 6:29 am Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Oct 16, 2014 / 06:29 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Lahore High Court's rejection on Thursday of Asia Bibi's appeal
against her death sentence, passed by a lower...
Full text: Updated mid-term report on family synod
Catholic Herald - Oct 16, 2014 at 6:26 am Introduction
Part I
Listening: the context and challenges to the family
The socio-cultural context
The relevance of emotional life
Pastoral challenges
Part IIThe gaze on Christ:...
The Order for a Synod, from the 1595 Pontifical of Clement VIII (Second Day)
New Liturgical Movement - Oct 16, 2014 at 6:22 am The second day of the synod begins with the same ceremony as the first, although it is not specifically stated in the rubrics that the Mass of the day is to be the Mass of the...
Houston subpoenas pastors, demands sermons on homosexuality, gender identity
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 16, 2014 at 6:03 am City officials in Houston have issued subpoenas demanding that five pastors turn over "all speeches, presentations, or sermons related to ... homosexuality or gender identity...
Apps for Catholic Kids – All Saints Day Edition
CatholicMom.com - Oct 16, 2014 at 6:00 am
So this month I was scavenging for ideas for my column. Had. No. Clue. Then I realized that this month is Halloween, which means All Saints Day is right behind it! What better...
Family synod midterm report stirs controversy among bishops
Franciscan Media - Oct 16, 2014 at 6:00 am The official midterm report from the Synod of Bishops, which uses strikingly conciliatory language toward divorced and remarried Catholics, cohabitating couples and same-sex...
Priest returning to Iraq: ISIS threatens the whole world
EWTN - World Catholic News - Oct 16, 2014 at 5:59 am Rome, Italy, Oct 16, 2014 / 05:59 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- An Iraqi priest who has chosen to return to his city, which lies just six miles from ISIS-controlled territory, said that in...
Cardinal Dolan: “The bishops of Africa are prophetic”
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 16, 2014 at 5:56 am For those who missed it…New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan spoke with CNS about the church in Africa this week. Whether intended this way or not, it makes for an interesting...
Synod14: Summary of 12th General Congregation
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 16, 2014 at 5:54 am The twelfth General Congregation included the presentation, in the Assembly, of the Reports of the ten Small Groups, divided according to language: two in French, three in English...
DePaul Creates Mentorship Program Called "Queer Peers"
Creative Minority Report - Oct 16, 2014 at 5:51 am Of all the "Catholic" colleges and universities in the U.S., DePaul may be the least Catholic. Kinda' sad when you consider they're the largest Catholic university in the country...
St. Louis archbishop calls for nonviolent response to racism
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 16, 2014 at 5:46 am In the wake of continued protests in Ferguson, Missouri, Archbishop Robert Carlson recently called for prayer and for a nonviolent response to racism.
"The sin of racism in our...
Pope at Santa Marta: In praise of God
News.va - Oct 16, 2014 at 5:30 am (Vatican Radio) It’s easy to pray for a grace, it’s far more difficult to pray in praise of the Lord, but this is the prayer of true joy, said Pope Francis at Mass Thursday...
African cardinal: Pressure groups behind push to change Church teaching
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 16, 2014 at 5:21 am Vatican City, Oct 16, 2014 / 05:21 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Innacurate media reports about Church teaching on homosexuality
published after the synod's midterm relatio are an attempt...
Archbishop Kurtz hopes synod’s final report will ‘refine and clarify’
Catholic Herald - Oct 16, 2014 at 5:19 am Archbishop Joseph E Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, said he hoped the final report of the Synod of Bishops on the family would improve on the assembly’s midterm report in...
