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Pope Francis: our names are in the heart and bowels of God
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 16, 2014 at 5:07 am Vatican City, Oct 16, 2014 / 04:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his mass on Thursday Pope Francis encouraged attendees to pray to God by praising him, saying that remembering the good...
Marriage and family issues facing Catholics are not all universal
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 16, 2014 at 5:01 am Vatican City, Oct 16, 2014 / 04:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Synod on the Family has provided an opportunity for people to bring up issues concerning marriage and family life...
Marriage and family issues facing Catholics are not all universal
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 16, 2014 at 5:01 am Vatican City, Oct 16, 2014 / 05:01 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The Synod on the Family has provided an opportunity for people to bring
up issues concerning marriage and family life...
Daily Gospel Reflection for October 16, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Oct 16, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 11:47-54
Stern words from our Lord today! Jesus speaks to the scribes and Pharisees, and he doesn’t have anything nice to say. Here you are, you who are...
Number of women religious in US falls below 50,000
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 16, 2014 at 4:54 am The number of women religious in the United States has fallen below 50,000, according to a new report from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.
The number of...
'Come and See' Day at Allen Hall
Diocese of Westminster - Oct 16, 2014 at 4:47 am There will be a "Come and See" day held at Allen Hall seminary on 25 October 2014.
This retreat day at Allen Hall seminary is for men (aged 18+) who are discerning a possible...
Vocations Discernment Group: Year for Consecrated Life
Diocese of Westminster - Oct 16, 2014 at 4:46 am Pope Francis has declared that 2015 will be a year dedicated to the celebration and promotion of consecrated life in the Church.
This “Year of Consecrated Life” actually begins on...
Synod14: English Relatio Texts, Groups A, B, C
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 16, 2014 at 4:33 am Relatio - Circulus Anglicus "A" Moderator: Em.mo Card. Raymond Leo BURKE Relator: S.E. Mons. John Atcherley DEW
I present this report of behalf of the English speaking group ...
On Advising the Pope: An Exchange
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 16, 2014 at 4:15 am It is Not Our Place to Advise the Pope
The truths of the Catholic Church do not change, but the world does—and the world tends to stray from the truth. Efforts must be made,...
Why it is Hard to Find Truth in Academia
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 16, 2014 at 4:10 am
These days I spend a good deal of my time in the university talking with students who are both philosophical skeptics and advocates for “social justice.” As a teacher, I feel...
Islamic State desecrates Catholic monastery
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 16, 2014 at 4:01 am Three months after a 4th-century Syriac Catholic monastery was taken over by forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, confirmation has been received that the monastery...
The Annunciation – Mary of Nazareth #RosaryCrawl
Snoring Scholar - Oct 16, 2014 at 4:00 am This post is part of the Mary of Nazareth Blog Tour and Rosary Crawl.
First Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation
“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of...
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Reception of the Sacred Heart
Crisis Magazine - Church - Oct 16, 2014 at 4:00 am
“I will adjust my graces to the spirit of the Rule [of your religious order], and I want you to give it priority over everything else.” ∼ revelation of Christ to St. Margaret...
Catholics permitted to eat meat on Boxing Day, say English and Welsh bishops
Catholic Herald - Oct 16, 2014 at 3:49 am The Bishops of England and Wales have said that Catholics are permitted to eat meat on Boxing Day this year, despite the fact that it falls on a Friday when they are usually...
Polish missionary priest kidnapped in Central African Republic
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 16, 2014 at 3:45 am A rebel group in the Central African Republic kidnapped a Polish missionary priest on October 12.
Father Mateusz Dziedzic was abducted by members of the Democratic Front of the...
AP confirms: "Outed" Forte exclusive responsible for "Gayspel", only ONE Father had even mentioned issue in Synod Hall
Rorate Coeli - Oct 16, 2014 at 3:31 am Bruno "Outed" Forte
From Nicole Winfield's Associated Press article on Synod special secretary Abp. Bruno "Outed" Forte. We post it here for the record of the history of the most...
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
Integrated Catholic Life - Oct 16, 2014 at 3:30 am “Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are...
Benghazi bishop asks for prayers as army, Islamists battle
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 16, 2014 at 3:29 am As the Libyan army battles with Islamist militants for the control of Benghazi, the city's apostolic vicar said that frightened residents have locked themselves in their homes.
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Synod's small group reports released by Vatican
EWTN - Vatican News - Oct 16, 2014 at 3:28 am Vatican City, Oct 16, 2014 / 03:28 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- After the synod's small groups released their reports Thursday asking
for a substantial rewriting of the meeting's mid-term...
Papal tribute to St. Teresa of Ávila
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 16, 2014 at 3:15 am Pope Francis has written a message to the bishop of Ávila, Spain, as the Church prepares to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Teresa (1515-82).
In his October...
