Latest News
Rosary feast for Mary
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:55 am More than 2,000 children from Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis participated in the Children’s Rosary Pilgrimage at the Cathedral of St. Paul Oct. 7...
Pro-Life People Should Support Free Day Care in High Schools to Help Teen Moms Avoid Abortion
LifeNews.com - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:36 am Like many D.C.-area commuters, I always grab a free copy of the Washington Examiner to read on the metro. Today’s cover story: For teen parents, day care free at area high...
Fr. Murray answers Card. Kasper, et alii: “Why is the Church not as merciful as God?”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:27 am Over at The Catholic Thing Fr. Gerald E. Murray has a good essay about denial of Holy Communion: it isn’t “punishment”. With a few edits…
Denial of Communion Awakens Conscience...
Wyoming Catholic President Weighs Religious Freedom Concerns in Light of High Court ‘Indecision’ on Marriage
Catholic Education Daily - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:21 am The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal this week to review petitions from lower courts effectively upheld and legalized same-sex unions in 11 states. Wyoming Catholic College President...
The War on Okra
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:19 am Heavily armed drug cops raid retiree’s garden, seize okra plants
If we let the elderly fry their okra, we might as well just give Hezbollah our whole freaking Navy. – Reader...
Kidnapped Franciscan priest in Syria released by militants
EWTN - World Catholic News - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:19 am Aleppo, Syria, Oct 9, 2014 / 11:19 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The Custody of the Holy Land announced Thursday that the Franciscan
priest who was abducted in Syria by rebels over the...
Kidnapped Franciscan priest in Syria released by militants
Catholic News Agency - General - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:19 am Aleppo, Syria, Oct 9, 2014 / 10:19 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Custody of the Holy Land announced Thursday that the Franciscan priest who was abducted in Syria by rebels over the...
Strengthening families
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:17 am Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @JenniferBrinker
One way families can strengthen themselves is by looking toward their families of origin for those...
A BLEAK PICTURE: Statistics on marriage and family life
Saint Louis Review - St. Louis News - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:15 am Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @JenniferBrinker
Relativism is hard at work against marriage and family life. Consider these national statistics:
• More...
Couple Welcomes Anencephalic Baby They Created Bucket List for, Then Say Goodbye
LifeNews.com - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:12 am Dan and Jenna Haley are courageous parents who rejected abortion even though their baby had been diagnosed with anencephaly and was expected to die not long after birth. Not only...
Synod seeks to model God's marriage of justice and mercy
News.va - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:10 am (Vatican Radio) How can the Church remain true to its core beliefs while showing mercy, compassion and forgiveness to individuals who fail, in so many ways, to live up its high...
Giving women time to decide on abortion
St. Louis Areopagus - Archdiocesan Blog - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:06 am As Missouri’s new law requiring a 72-hour waiting period before obtaining an abortion takes effect this week, here’s some interesting news to consider from Third Box, a new group...
Speakers ask pope, synod to clear up ‘confusion’ on contraception
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:06 am VATICAN CITY — A married couple from Brazil told Pope Francis and the Synod of Bishops that the church should stop giving “contradictory advice” on birth control and help...
Captors release Franciscan priest kidnapped in Syria
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:04 am ROME — Captors released a Franciscan priest who was among about 20 Christians kidnapped from a Syrian village near the border with Turkey, said the Franciscan Custody of the Holy...
Ah! It's easier to cover 'religious liberty' stories when they are not about sex?
GetReligion - Oct 9, 2014 at 11:01 am
Ah, good times. Today we get to praise some mainstream news reports about a major religious liberty story -- as opposed to a news story that is about "religious liberty."
Why is...
Film Chronicling Blessed John Henry Newman Announced, Available Soon
Catholic Education Daily - Oct 9, 2014 at 10:58 am A new DVD on Blessed John Henry Newman, Lead Kindly Light, was announced today, his Feast Day. Blessed Newman is the patron and namesake of The Cardinal Newman Society.
More...
A call for wedding garments
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 9, 2014 at 10:53 am It has been said that Christianity has not failed; it simply has not been tried yet.
“The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.” Like a...
Five Things To Remember On Oct. 9
USCCB Media Blog - Oct 9, 2014 at 10:53 am 1. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, said that the decision on October 7...
She Was Rock Star Steven Tyler’s Girlfriend and Aborted Their Baby, Now She’s a Pro-Life Advocate
LifeNews.com - Oct 9, 2014 at 10:41 am Julia Holcomb, ex-girlfriend of rockstar Steven Tyler, will address members of the Irish Parliament today to speak to them about her experiences of abortion regret after she...
