Gloria.TV News - September 6, 2013

The Central Dogma Is the Eucharist Not the Papacy
Italy. If you meddle with the Holy Mass, the papacy will collapse. This is the gist of an editorial for RAH di cant tee “Radicati nella Fede” which was translated by “Rorate Caeli”. The text warns of focusing too strongly on the pope. In order to save Catholic life it is needed to start not from the pope but from the Holy Mass. According to the text, if faith diminishes, everything in the Church will collapse including the papacy.

Homeschooling On the Rise
USA. The number of students who are home schooled in the USA grew from 850,000 in 1999 to 1.77 million in 2012. In 2003 2.2 % of the U.S. kids were home schooled, now it's 3.4 %.

Cardinal to Obama: Don’t Fuel the War
USA. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York urged US-President Obama in a recent letter not to resort to military intervention in Syria. The cardinal is – quote – “concerned for the more than 100,000 Syrians who have lost their lives, the more than 2 million who have fled the country as refugees and the more than 4 million within Syria who have been driven from their homes by violence”. Obama should end the conflict, not fuel it, says the letter.

Rabbi: Bible Teaches Marriage
Great Britain. “We have a clear Biblical definition of marriage which is the union of one man and one woman and through that we value traditional family life." Theses are the words of the Orthodox Chief Rabbi of Britain - Ephraim Mirvis. He spoke on Sunday in an interview with BBC. The rabbi is determined to maintain traditional Jewish values.

Terms: “Mother” and “Father” Banned
Italy. The city of Venice has passed a law banning the terms “mother” and “father” on forms parents must fill out in order to sign up for kindergarten. LifeSiteNews reports that the law follows a “civil rights and anti-discrimination” policy. The terms will be replaced by “parent 1” and “parent 2”.