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Waiting for the decisive second half of the Synod on the Family
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 10, 2014 at 3:54 pm Vatican City, Oct 10, 2014 / 02:54 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Synod of Bishops on Friday entered its decisive second phase, with the formation of small groups which are to come to...
Synod sends special message to families suffering because of war
Catholic Culture - World News - Oct 10, 2014 at 3:48 pm The Synod of Bishops paused in its discussions on October 10 to send a message of support to families suffering because of warfare.
"In particular, we raise to the Lord our...
An important move at the synod?
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 10, 2014 at 3:47 pm Yes, says veteran Vatican observer John Thavis: The Vatican just announced that Pope Francis has named six additional prelates to help write the revised relatio for the Synod of...
City Tries to Take Away Free Speech Rights of Pro-Lifers Praying at Abortion Clinic
LifeNews.com - Oct 10, 2014 at 3:47 pm The Thomas More Society secured assurances from the city of Wilmington, Delaware, this week, that the participants of 40 Days for Life Wilmington need not obtain permits to...
God Only Knows
Creative Minority Report - Oct 10, 2014 at 3:33 pm *subhead*For the love of music*subhead*
Wendy Davis Campaign Attacks Pro-Lifer Greg Abbott for Being Paralyzed
LifeNews.com - Oct 10, 2014 at 3:25 pm In what may be one of the slimiest campaign ads ever to air, Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis attacks pro-life candidate Greg Abbott by running an ad with an empty...
Pro-Life Wedding Registry: Engaged Couple Prefers Foster Home in China Over Wedding Gifts
LifeNews.com - Oct 10, 2014 at 3:10 pm What’s one of the best parts of having a wedding in front of all your friends and family? The gifts of course!
But for Ashley Sewell and Adam McCully, a wedding with gifts seemed...
“The Church, while it strives to emphasise mercy, cannot do so by encouraging sin.”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 10, 2014 at 3:02 pm I was alerted to a piece in The Spectator by Louise Mensch, a divorced a remarried Catholic who knows that, in her present situation, to receive Holy Communion would be a mortal...
Scot Landry & Transforming Parish Communications Help Catholics Harness the Evangelization Power of New Media
CatholicMom.com - Oct 10, 2014 at 2:58 pm Since I’ve spent over eight years serving in a part time and volunteer capacity at my parish as the webmaster, I know firsthand both the vast potential and the difficult perils...
Thomas Oden's "Change of Heart"
The Sacred Page - Oct 10, 2014 at 2:15 pm InterVarsity Press is advertising a new book by the well-known Protestant theologian Thomas C. Oden, who transitioned from 1960's style Protestant liberalism to a kind of...
The faces of courage
Credo Catholic - Oct 10, 2014 at 2:12 pm Last night, my husband and I had the privilege of hearing a story about God's extraordinary intervention of grace. We attended a local Theology on Tap gathering to which a speaker...
ASK FATHER: Is a priest necessary for a burial?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 10, 2014 at 2:12 pm From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
When my Dad died in August we had his funeral mass. He requested cremation and he was cremated following the funeral mass.
With the process of interment...
USA Today: Abortion a “Right” With “So Many Unnecessary Obstacles”
LifeNews.com - Oct 10, 2014 at 2:04 pm Abortion is a “right” is a claim often made by the media – and USA Today is no exception.
USA Today’s Editorial Board penned a piece entitled, “Abortion safety as a pretext: Our...
Technology Tips for Parents
CatholicMom.com - Oct 10, 2014 at 2:00 pm
An issue that pops up frequently in conversation with other parents is how to manage technology in the family. In general, I am fascinated by technology and admire the...
Indianapolis diaconate booming: “This is seeing God’s work”
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 10, 2014 at 1:47 pm Just six years after the first class was ordained, the diaconate in the archdiocese is showing strength and growth. Details: Ten years ago, 25 men from across central and...
Classmates Rally Around Seven-Year Old Girl With Fatal Degenerative Disease
LifeNews.com - Oct 10, 2014 at 1:37 pm Seven-year-old Gwendolyn Strong has Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type I, which is also known as Werdnig-Hoffman disease. SMA is a disorder caused by an abnormal or missing gene...
No secret to sanctity: JPII exhibit teaches universal call to holiness
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 10, 2014 at 1:33 pm Washington D.C., Oct 10, 2014 / 12:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A state-of-the-art exhibit at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine will show that the late Pope’s example of holiness...
Thomas More Society and City of Wilmington Affirm Pro-Lifers’ First Amendment Rights
Thomas More Society - Oct 10, 2014 at 1:29 pm 40 Days for Life to continue peaceful prayer vigil (October 10, 2014 – Wilmington, DE) – Yesterday evening, Thomas More Society secured assurances from the city of Wilmington, DE...
Finding light in darkness: love and endurance in an Iraqi refugee camp
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 10, 2014 at 1:18 pm A sister helps Ghanaem Yadago, who is blind, find his way to his room at a refugee shelter set up for the sick and disabled in Erbil, Iraq. (photo: Don Duncan/CNEWA) A moving...
