<!--- Use cfhttp to GET an RSS feed (CF7 and up) --->
<cftry>
    <cfhttp
        url="http://path.to/feed"
        method="GET" resolveurl="yes" timeout="10">
    </cfhttp>
    <cfset Feed = XMLParse(CFHTTP.FileContent)>
    <cfcatch type="any"><!--- An error occurred --->
        <cfset Feed = "">
    </cfcatch>
</cftry>

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

<!--- Use this to output the resulting feed wherever you want --->
<cfif isDefined("Feed") AND isXMLDoc(Feed)>
<!--- Output 6 items from the feed (assumes there's at least 6 items) --->
<cfloop index="x" from="1" to="6"><p><cfoutput>
    <a href="#Feed.rss.channel.item[x].link.xmlText#">
        #Feed.rss.channel.item[x].title.xmlText#
    </a><br />
    <small class="nowrap">#DateFormat(Feed.rss.channel.item[x].pubDate.xmlText, 'mmm d, yyyy')#</small>
</cfoutput></p>
</cfloop>
<cfelse>
    <p>Feed is temporarily unavailable.</p>
</cfif>