<!--- Use cffeed to READ an RSS feed (CF8 and up) --->
<cftry>
    <cffeed action="read" source="http://path.to/feed" query="rsFeed">
    <cfcatch type="any"><!--- An error occurred --->
        <cfset rsFeed = "">
    </cfcatch>
</cftry>

<!--- Use cfdump to display the result xml to fine tune what you want to output --->
<cfdump var="#rsFeed#">

<!--- Use this to output the resulting feed wherever you want --->
<cfif isQuery(rsFeed)>
    <cfoutput query="rsFeed"><p>
        <a href="#rsFeed.rssLink#">#rsFeed.Title#</a><br />
        <small class="nowrap">#DateFormat(rsFeed.PublishedDate, 'mmm d, yyyy')#</small>
    </p>
    </cfoutput>
<cfelse>
    <p>Feed is temporarily unavailable.</p>
</cfif>