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VIDEO: Saturday Night Live Goes to Mass
Catholic Vote - Dec 17, 2014 at 8:48 am A new SNL video is eagerly being shared on Facebook because … it treats “church” like a normal thing.
There is no crass joke riffing on the clergy abuse scandals … instead there...
Household System Brings ‘Amazing Growth’ to John Paul the Great Catholic University
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 17, 2014 at 8:45 am In the fall of 2013, John Paul the Great Catholic University formed the University’s first household. At present, according to a University news release, the program has expanded...
General Audience: Jesus chose to come to the world as part of a family
News.va - Dec 17, 2014 at 8:36 am Vatican City, 17 December 2014 (VIS) – The family is the “great gift that the Lord has given to the world ever since the beginning, when he entrusted to Adam and Eve the mission...
Pope Francis asks for prayers for the victims of terrorist attacks
News.va - Dec 17, 2014 at 8:35 am Vatican City, 17 December 2014 (VIS) – The Pope, at the end of today's general audience, asked for prayers for the victims of the inhuman terrorist acts that have occurred in...
Pro-Life Publication at Catholic U. Named a Best Journal
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 17, 2014 at 8:23 am A pro-life academic journal, published by students at The Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, D.C., was recently recognized by an award from the Intercollegiate...
Pope's General Audience: The family is a gift that should be cherished (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 17, 2014 at 8:21 am The Pope highlighted that Jesus chose to be part of a family. Para ver el vídeo hacer click aquí URL: http://www.romereports.com/pg159555-pope-s-general-audience-the-family-i...
It is Pope Francis' 78th birthday! (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 17, 2014 at 8:20 am The Pope started off his big day by blowing out birthday candles in St. Peter's Square. To view the video click here URL: http://www.romereports.com/pg159554-it-is-pope-francis-...
Thousands go to St. Peter's Square to congratulate Pope on his 78th birthday (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 17, 2014 at 8:19 am The Pope also prayed for the victims of the recent terrorist attacks. To view the video click here URL: http://www.romereports.com/pg159562-thousands-go-to-st-peter-s-square-to...
Thousands celebrate pope’s birthday at Vatican with flash mob tango
The Deacon's Bench - Dec 17, 2014 at 8:08 am Well, how else would you celebrate? See for yourself below. Details from Carol Glatz at CNS: Pope Francis always asks for prayers, especially for his birthday, but this year he...
UK Dioceses Launch Program to Proclaim Joy
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 17, 2014 at 8:01 am Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, is inviting Catholic dioceses, parishes and groups across England and Wales to support a new Pope Francis-inspired outreach...
O Antiphon 1 – O Wisdom, Teach Us to Live Well
CatholicMom.com - Dec 17, 2014 at 8:00 am
Each year Christmas comes and goes, and at the end of the season, when all the planning has borne fruit and everyone seems gratified and happy, I often feel a small, urgent...
Washington Post offers nuanced look at celibacy among gay Christians
GetReligion - Dec 17, 2014 at 8:00 am
Celibate gay Christians -- those who feel the pull of same-sex attraction, yet abstain in order to stay faithful to their faith -- get a sensitive, nuanced look in the Washington...
Worth Revisiting Wednesday: 7 Lessons From Pope Francis
Saints 365 - Dec 17, 2014 at 7:58 am Today the Holy Father, Pope Francis, celebrates his 78th birthday and in honor of that celebration, I'm joining up with Theology is a Verb and Reconciled to You for their Worth...
Thousands dance the tango in Vatican streets to celebrate Pope’s birthday
Catholic Herald - Dec 17, 2014 at 7:48 am More than 2,000 people turned up in St Peter’s Square today to dance a tango for Pope Francis on his birthday.
On his 78th birthday the Pope was greeted with happy birthday songs...
Knights Give Pope $1.6M for His Charities
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 17, 2014 at 7:44 am At a private meeting on Dec. 12, the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus presented Pope Francis with $1.6 million for his charities. Pope Francis received Supreme Knight...
This Sign Outside a Fireplace is Driving Atheists Crazy
Creative Minority Report - Dec 17, 2014 at 7:44 am Oh my.This sign outside a firehouse in Utica, New York, says “Happy Birthday Jesus We Love You” and now the atheist organization The Freedom from Religion Foundation is demanding...
An Advent gift: God's mercy in the confessional, cardinal says
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 17, 2014 at 7:30 am Vatican City, Dec 17, 2014 / 08:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- As Christmas approaches, priests and penitents should remind themselves
of the "miracle" of confession and how we should...
An Advent gift: God's mercy in the confessional, cardinal says
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 17, 2014 at 7:02 am Vatican City, Dec 17, 2014 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As Christmas approaches, priests and penitents should remind themselves of the “miracle” of confession and how we should...
HIV ‘Treatment’ Offers More Than Medicine
CatholicMom.com - Dec 17, 2014 at 7:00 am
Editor’s Note: If you would like a clear picture of what faith adds to practical humanitarian aid, you should read this story.
by Sara A. Fajardo
Mary Atieno Onyango, clockwise...
Pope names new members of child protection commission
News.va - Dec 17, 2014 at 6:55 am (Vatican Radio) As anticipated, the Holy Father Pope Francis has named new members of the Commission for the Protection of Minors. The new members have been chosen from different...
