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Boko Haram massacres �infidel' civilians
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 23, 2014 at 8:41 am Members of the militant Islamist movement Boko Haram have released a video showing civilians being massacred in Bama, a city of 270,000 in Borno State, Nigeria.
"We have made sure...
Pope Francis sends �paternal embrace' to Middle East's Christians
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 23, 2014 at 8:40 am Stating that "your witness means much to me," Pope Francis has written a letter to the Christians of the Middle East, "to encourage you and to let you know how precious your...
Univ. of Dallas Ministry Grads Leave Business World to Work in Parishes
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 23, 2014 at 8:35 am "The hardest part of ministry is accepting that the Holy Spirit is on a different schedule than I am," Laney Sherburne said in the release.
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How to Beat the Holiday Stress
CatholicMom.com - Dec 23, 2014 at 8:30 am
With two days till Christmas, this six-letter word may have snuck up on you, like it did to me.
Here are four ways to beat the holiday stress at its own game:
1) Recognize the...
Thomas Aquinas College Students Perform Entire Handel’s Messiah
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 23, 2014 at 8:23 am The December 5 presentation was a part of TAC's annual Advent Concert, one of the many events held at faithful Catholic colleges across the country to prepare for and celebrate...
Christmas in Syria: Between Fear and Hope
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 23, 2014 at 8:22 am Christians in Syria feel abandoned; they risk their lives every day. However, the few churches that are still active are full of faithful during Masses, according to Samaan Daoud...
Last-Minute Christmas Gift? Church Suggests Donating to Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
LifeNews.com - Dec 23, 2014 at 8:21 am Looking for a unique gift this year? The Unitarian Church has published their Alternative Gift List for 2014.
Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, in Pasadena California...
Vatican Vid -- Just Send The Meteor Already
Creative Minority Report - Dec 23, 2014 at 8:12 am Please, just send the meteor already. I can't take much more of this.This, this thing was produced and published on youtube by the Pontifical Council for Culture.Yes, the Vatican...
The Curious Case of Carlos Urrutigoity (VI)
Commonweal - Dec 23, 2014 at 8:07 am This is the sixth in a series of posts on the Urrutigoity case. Read the first part here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, and the fifth here.
The day after Fr....
Obama administration proposes another new abortion disclosure rule.
Commonweal - Dec 23, 2014 at 8:06 am Yesterday, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury published a proposed new rule that would require all insurance plans available on the health-care...
O Antiphon 7 – O Come, Emmanuel!
CatholicMom.com - Dec 23, 2014 at 8:00 am
O Emmanuel, ransom your people who mourn in exile!
The final O Antiphon is the crown jewel amongst the Seven Antiphons. It is inspired by the central Isaiah prophecy of the...
He's baaaaack! Los Angeles Times features former pastor who decided to 'live without God' for a year
GetReligion - Dec 23, 2014 at 8:00 am Back in January, former Seventh-day Adventist pastor Ryan Bell made national headlines with his New Year's resolution to "live without God" for a year:
Pastor planning to explore...
A Savior Is Born to Us
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 23, 2014 at 7:50 am Here is the latest column from Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, published in the Southern Nebraska Register. * * *
The Christmas story we celebrate each year is very...
If you hate Christmas, feel free to ignore it and let the rest of us celebrate in peace
Catholic Herald - Dec 23, 2014 at 7:38 am Christmas is a time of love and goodwill, or so we were often led to believe. The root of this belief in universal benevolence at the end of December is doubtless the canticle of...
Schedule of Christmas Celebrations in Bethlehem
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 23, 2014 at 7:38 am Here’s a schedule of Masses and events planned for Christmas in Bethlehem. DECEMBER 24 (Monday): 13.00 at the Tomb of Rachel: His Beatitude, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem,...
Christmas: the Birth of the Heart of Our Heart
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 23, 2014 at 7:19 am Amazed by the Light, by the Joy and by the Simplicity1 Roman Rite and Ambrosian Rite: Mass of the night, of the dawn and of the Christmas Day
1) The Living Nativity: us.
An...
Last Call! Can you donate $5?
LifeSiteNews - Dec 23, 2014 at 7:10 am This is it! Our Christmas fundraiser has come to an end and and this is the Last Call to all who have not yet made a donation.
Hope Answered: The Way of the Child
CatholicMom.com - Dec 23, 2014 at 7:00 am
Unless you turn and become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3
“God the Father is so pleased with you...
‘The entire Church is with you,’ Pope tells Middle East Christians
Catholic Herald - Dec 23, 2014 at 6:32 am Pope Francis has told beleaguered Christians in the Middle East that they have the support of the entire Church this Christmas.
In a letter, the Pope said Middle East Christians...
By Any Other Name
Dominicana - Dec 23, 2014 at 6:30 am In fairness, the ad really should have been quite appealing to me. My nerdy streak gives me a soft spot for anything to do with codes and ciphers and, since entering the Order, I...
