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HHS Mandate Accommodation Still Presents Substantial Burden, U.S. Bishops Say
Catholic Education Daily - Oct 9, 2014 at 10:37 am The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) officially submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Despite the “accommodations” made, the HHS...
School Told to Call Kids ‘Purple Penguins’ Because ‘Boys and Girls’ Is Not Inclusive to Transgender
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Oct 9, 2014 at 10:26 am Today’s progressive crazy:
A Nebraska school district has instructed its teachers to stop referring to students by “gendered expressions” such as “boys and girls,” and use “gender...
Here’s CV President Brian Burch’s interview on EWTN discussing The American Catholic Almanac
Catholic Vote - Oct 9, 2014 at 10:19 am The video should automatically start at the interview with Brian Burch. But if it doesn’t, you can just move it to the 20:20 mark.
Remember you can order the book at...
The banquet table is ready
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 9, 2014 at 10:18 am I remember “the good china.” When my mother brought out the good china I knew some special feast was going to take place. She also had the good table cloth and the good silverware...
Parents Ignore Doctors’ “Doom and Gloom” Proposals, Give Birth to Miracle Baby at 23 Weeks
LifeNews.com - Oct 9, 2014 at 10:16 am Because it is such a powerful contrast, a staple of pro-life conversation for decades has been the simple truth that the same-age baby who in one room doctors will struggle...
We should pray that Newman will be declared a saint and Doctor of the Church
Catholic Herald - Oct 9, 2014 at 10:15 am John Henry Newman the scholar is widely studied and admired. We have disseminated his works. It is now time to bring his personal spirituality to a wider audience.
Foundational to...
Cold War CounterSpy
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 9, 2014 at 10:05 am NEW YORK — Take one part James Bond, one part arcade-game shooting gallery, mix in some Pixar-style animation from “The Incredibles,” and you’ve got “CounterSpy” (Dynamighty), the...
Two-Day Workshop Helps Christian Moms Start Home Businesses
CatholicMom.com - Oct 9, 2014 at 10:00 am The International Christian Mompreneur Network, headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA, is hosting a training and networking event for moms who are ready to start or grow a business...
Woman says she was denied job because she is Christian
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 9, 2014 at 9:48 am From the CBC in Canada: A Trinity Western University graduate says she was “attacked” over her religion by a Norwegian wilderness tourism company, just for applying for a job....
SEIU Partners With Planned Parenthood to Back Pro-Abortion Candidates
LifeNews.com - Oct 9, 2014 at 9:44 am SEIU, the Center for American Progress, American Women, Planned Parenthood and other partners have announced today the launch of Fair Shot Action, what they call, “a new effort...
Lead kindly light
New Liturgical Movement - Oct 9, 2014 at 9:43 am Today, the Feast Day of Blessed John Henry Newman, is a fitting day to announce Lead kindly light, a beautiful new DVD produced by St Anthony Communications. Presented by Fr...
Family synod: Married couple ask Pope to clear up ‘confusion’ on contraception
Catholic Herald - Oct 9, 2014 at 9:38 am A married couple from Brazil told Pope Francis and the family synod that the Church should stop giving “contradictory advice” on birth control and help Catholics obey Church...
Gone Girl
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Oct 9, 2014 at 9:35 am NEW YORK — A jaundiced view of marriage permeates the abrasive drama “Gone Girl” (Fox).
In fact, director David Fincher’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel presents...
From the synod: on communion, divorce, living together and more
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 9, 2014 at 9:35 am A working translation from this morning’s session: In the first part, the Assembly continued its reflection on the matter of access to the sacrament of the Eucharist for divorced...
Teachers Told to Call Kids "Purple Penguins" Because "Boys and Girls" is Not Inclusive
Creative Minority Report - Oct 9, 2014 at 9:18 am Teachers in a Nebraska school district have been told to not refer to children as boys and girls but instead as things like "purple penguins." I don't even know what that means....
Abortionist Who Stored 30 Bodies of Aborted Babies in His Freezer Loses License
LifeNews.com - Oct 9, 2014 at 9:14 am A notorious abortion practitioner who infamously stored the bodies of more than 30 aborted babies in his freezer as keepsakes has lost his medical license following a length New...
Why can 5th graders figure out what many priests don’t?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Oct 9, 2014 at 9:00 am From a reader:
I am one of two Altar Boy Deans in charge of my parish’s 112 Altar boys.
Yesterday I was assisting our Altar boy director in training new recruits to the program (...
Print Edition: October 10 2014
Catholic Herald - Oct 9, 2014 at 8:53 am In this week’s Catholic Herald we have full coverage of the first week of the synod on the family, including a report on the opening Mass and Edward Pentin’s Vatican notebook.
Fr...
Synod14: Summary of 7th General Congregation
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Oct 9, 2014 at 8:47 am The seventh general congregation of the synod of bishops, which took place this morning, Thursday, was divided into two phases: the first consisting of further general debate on...
UPDATE: Kidnapped priest released
The Deacon's Bench - Oct 9, 2014 at 8:44 am From The Catholic Herald: A Catholic priest kidnapped by Islamists in Syria has been released, according to the Custody of the Holy Land. Fr Hanna Jallouf, a Syrian, was taken...
