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Review: Unbroken (2014)
Decent Films Guide - Dec 24, 2014 at 9:10 am Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken is an honorable movie about an inspiring true story. It is impeccably crafted, with a raft of remarkably talented people behind it. It is a celebration...
48% of Americans Would Definitely Not Vote for Pro-Abortion Hillary Clinton for President
LifeNews.com - Dec 24, 2014 at 9:09 am Abortion activist Hillary Clinton, if she seeks the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, would almost certainly become the party’s nominee. However, 48 percent of...
Window pains: stained glass industry disappearing
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 24, 2014 at 8:57 am From The Wall Street Journal: After a couple of millennia of sustained popularity, the stained-glass industry is showing serious cracks. Declining church attendance is playing a...
Advent Photopost : Gaudete and Rorate Masses
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 24, 2014 at 8:56 am Our thanks to all those who sent in photos of their Rorate Masses, Masses on Gaudete Sunday, and one Mass for the feast of St Lucy. Have a very blessed Christmas, and don’t forget...
When Bioethics Has No Ethics: Pushing Medical Futility and Requiring Organ Donation
LifeNews.com - Dec 24, 2014 at 8:46 am Julian Savulescu represents all that I find so objectionable about the mainstream bioethics movement.
Rejecting the sanctity/equality of human life, utilitarian in outlook,...
Indiana diocese ordered to pay former teacher $2 million after she was fired for using IVF
LifeSiteNews - Dec 24, 2014 at 8:37 am 'The diocese is disappointed with the outcome of the trial and is considering an appeal,' Bishop Kevin Rhoades told LifeSiteNews.
Global Life Campaign: new international abortion stats org reveals 1 billion abortions in world since 1920
LifeSiteNews - Dec 24, 2014 at 8:36 am Thomas Jacobson explained the benefits of the new Global Life Campaign’s information service for those seeking reliable, very detailed national, regional and international...
The real ‘war on Christmas’: it’s not what you think it is
LifeSiteNews - Dec 24, 2014 at 8:27 am Our cultural battlefields are littered with the corpses of children created in the image of God, but butchered with Herodian zeal.
UK bishops compare defenders of Catholic moral discipline to ancient rigorist heretics
LifeSiteNews - Dec 24, 2014 at 8:21 am In a new 'reflection document' for clergy, the English bishops suggest those defending Catholic moral teaching today are like the Donatists of the early Church.
Mary Wagner arrested again in Toronto while speaking to abortion-minded women
LifeSiteNews - Dec 24, 2014 at 8:07 am London priest Fr. Paul Nicholson, who joined Mary on the street, said she is 'pricking the guilty conscience of a nation that is pretending to play dumb' on abortion.
What the Christmas Pageant Is All About
CatholicMom.com - Dec 24, 2014 at 8:00 am Baby Jesus wore a blue snowsuit with a faux-fur-trimmed hood.
All the Angels had puffy coats under their robes.
The Shepherds sported blue jeans and white Nikes.
Mary had a kidney...
Christmas Schedule at St Walburge's Shrine in Preston, England
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 24, 2014 at 7:47 amSeafood Gumbo: A Favorite Christmas Tradition?
The Catholic Foodie - Dec 24, 2014 at 7:45 am
It’s Christmas Eve and I have only a few hours to plan tomorrow’s feast.
That might seem like an easy task, but it’s not.
Our Christmas Day tradition for the last several years...
The benefits of believing in Santa Claus
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 24, 2014 at 7:32 am The headline in The Washington Post: Believing in Santa Claus could help your kids develop a cure for cancer. To wit: Tonight, Santa Claus will consume the minds of many children...
A Poem and 3 Books
Snoring Scholar - Dec 24, 2014 at 7:00 am In the spirit of wishing you a very merry Christmas, here’s a poem that I was invited to share here on the blog and a link to three books I’m looking forward to reading.
Son
Son...
Christmas with the Catholic Laboratory
SQPN - Podcast Network - Dec 24, 2014 at 7:00 am Christmas is coming – are you prepared? We have a few ideas for the Catholic Scientist in your life – advent readings, mobile apps, not-so-mobile apps, a book or two and some Lego...
Papal visit to Sri Lanka ‘will go ahead’ despite election tensions
Catholic Herald - Dec 24, 2014 at 6:55 am Pope Francis will visit Sri Lanka as planned next month, local Church officials have said.
They said the trip would go ahead despite calls by Catholic clergy and Christian...
Vatican cardinal travels to Ebola region
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 24, 2014 at 6:35 am Expressing the Church's solidarity with victims Ebola virus disease, Cardinal Peter Turkson, the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, traveled to Liberia and...
The Reformers’ Crusade Against Christmas
Dominicana - Dec 24, 2014 at 6:30 am Tomorrow is the day that every child (young and old!) has been waiting for: Christmas. We keep vigil on this Eve of the Nativity and anxiously await the celebration of Christ’s...
Pope sends Christmas greetings to Korea
News.va - Dec 24, 2014 at 6:25 am (Vatican Radio) One of the most memorable moments of the past year was Pope Francis’ historic visit to Korea. On Wednesday, the Holy Father recalled his journey in a video-message...
