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Pod people: 'Green funerals,' Baby Boomers and the American way of death
GetReligion - Oct 10, 2014 at 7:03 pm
For some reason, I got a bit fired up during the recording of this week's "Crossroads" podcast, with host Todd Wilken (click here to tune that in). The subject wasn't all that...
Can death be beautiful? A response to Brittany Maynard
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 10, 2014 at 7:00 pm Denver, Colo., Oct 10, 2014 / 06:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Brittany Maynard plans on ending her life on November 1.
The 29 year-old has been diagnosed with an advanced brain tumor...
Synod14: Press Briefing Oct. 11
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 10, 2014 at 7:00 pm The extraordinary synod on the family has been listening to orthodox leaders who have been sharing their views on the pastoral challenges to the family, reporters were told...
China has only one Time Zone…..
Quartermaster of the Barque - Oct 10, 2014 at 6:30 pm
Source: Flickr (under Creative Commons license); Author: David Gordillo
Which means that while it’s Five O’Clock somewhere, it’s only that hour once (er, twice, if you count a.m...
VIDEO: Card. Burke’s clear, articulate, blunt answers about divorce, remarriage, Card. Kasper
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 10, 2014 at 6:24 pm His Eminence Raymond L. Burke gave an interview to Raymond Arroyo of EWTN.
You don’t want to miss this. Arroyo does not lob softballs. He starts out with a question about Pope...
Teen Malala's Nobel prize sparks pride in Pakistani bishop
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 10, 2014 at 6:04 pm Vatican City, Oct 10, 2014 / 05:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Malala Yousafzai has received the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 17 – making her the youngest ever recipient of the...
“Does it apply to murderers and pedophiles?”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 10, 2014 at 5:17 pm There is a good post at Fr. Hunwicke’s place pertaining to the admittance of the civilly remarried to Holy Communion. With my emphases:
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Writer: “Abortion is Great and It Saves Lives,” “We Don’t Have to Apologize”
LifeNews.com - Oct 10, 2014 at 5:06 pm Many who consider themselves pro-choice would at least point out that abortion is a difficult decision, or even if they don’t like abortion, they find it necessary.
There are...
Big Clouds, Small House
CatholicMom.com - Oct 10, 2014 at 5:00 pm
We were inching our way through a long, noontime McDonald’s drive-through line when I glanced in the rear view mirror and saw a pair of kids’ tennis shoes and socks on the...
Television Networks Ignore Touching Story of “Bucket List” Baby and His Parents
LifeNews.com - Oct 10, 2014 at 4:48 pm ABC, CBS, and NBC punted on covering the poignant “bucket list” created by Jenna and Dan Haley for their son, Shane, who developed in his mother’s womb with a major genetic defect...
Somalia needs economic growth to establish stable government, prelate explains
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2014 at 4:41 pm Although African coalition troops are making progress against Islamic extremists in Somalia, the country's leading Catholic prelate has told the Fides news service that Somalia...
Friday Poetry Corner
Saint Louis Catholic - Oct 10, 2014 at 4:35 pm Hello, dear readers! It seems to me that my posts have been somewhat in the Debbie Downer category lately. Therefore, I am going to institute a weekly measure of culture.Welcome...
Varieties of denial
Commonweal - Oct 10, 2014 at 4:30 pm Paul Krugman marshalls German poet and playwright Friedrich Schiller in writing about a new book on what economists and policymakers have and haven't learned about the crash of...
California Churches Fight Being Forced to Pay for Abortions
LifeNews.com - Oct 10, 2014 at 4:28 pm Life Legal Defense Foundation and Alliance Defending Freedom filed a formal complaint Thursday with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesover the California Department...
New Zealand archbishop finds 'new hope' in Synod's discussion on Communion for divorced/remarried
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2014 at 4:23 pm Archbishop John Dew of Wellington, New Zealand told Vatican Radio that he has seen "new life" in the work of the Synod of Bishop during this year's extraordinary session.
The...
Cardinal Burke questions couple's suggestion to Synod on welcoming gay son and lover
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2014 at 4:19 pm Cardinal Raymond Burke has taken issue with an Australian couple who told the Synod of Bishops that parents should welcome the homosexual partner of a gay son to Christmas dinner...
African bishops remind Synod: our families have different problems
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2014 at 4:10 pm African prelates speaking at the Synod of Bishops have reminded their colleagues that their primary concerns about pastoral care for families do not match those of bishops in...
Baby Can’t Control Her Laughter While Taking a Bath
LifeNews.com - Oct 10, 2014 at 4:02 pm Baby Emilia can’t stop laughing when her parents start using a rubber ducky hand puppet to entertain her while she’s taking a bath.
The Christian Post had this to say about the...
Nobel committee member vowed never to offer award to Pope, Allen recalls
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2014 at 4:02 pm Before the October 10 announcement that Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi would share this year's Nobel Peace Prize, many journalists had expected that Pope Francis would...
Vatican delegate tells UN: spur development by helping families, not pushing abortion
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2014 at 3:55 pm The Vatican's permanent representative to the UN, speaking to a session on follow-up to the International Conference on Population and Development, reminded delegates that the UN...
