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The Weekly Francis – Volume 81 – 1 December 2014
The Curt Jester - Dec 1, 2014 at 7:17 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 13–30 November 2014.
The Weekly Francis is a compilation of the Holy Father’s writings, speeches...
The Weekly Francis – 1 December 2014
Jimmy Akin.org - Dec 1, 2014 at 7:16 pm This version of The Weekly Francis covers material released in the last week from 13–30 November 2014.
Angelus
16 November 2014
23 November 2014
Apostolic Letters
21 November 2014...
Darth Vader v. Batman
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:56 pm This is very cool.
WARNING: The last minute or so of this counts among the most annoying video and audio I have ever seen or heard. Till then, however…
And now, just because it...
Supreme Court Denies Cert.In Suit By Police Officer Who Refused To Attend Event At Mosque
The Religion Clause - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:36 pm The U.S. Supreme Court today denied certiorari in Fields v. Tulsa, Oklahoma, (Docket No. 14-323, cert. denied 12/1/2014). (Order List.) In the case, the 10th Circuit rejected a...
Lisa on “The Catholics Next Door”: Win “The Grace of Yes”
Lisa Hendey.com - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:35 pm Several years ago, Greg and Jennifer Willits gave a “Yes” that has had a major impact on my life and work.
Greg and Jennifer have given so many remarkable “Yeses” in the years...
Baby Talk: Moms Talk to Babies More than Dads
CatholicMom.com - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:30 pm
There is a moment in the delivery room when the new mother first talks to her baby–usually just seconds after birth when the wet, crying infant is placed on mom’s abdomen. I get...
Church crucial to fighting AIDS; US must keep funding, expert insists
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:08 pm Washington D.C., Dec 1, 2014 / 05:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Church’s involvement in fighting AIDS is crucial and it must keep receiving funding from the U.S. for the number of...
Patriarch Twal's Letter to Bishops' Conferences
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:00 pm Here below is an example of the letters sent by Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, to the presidents of bishops conferences, with an appeal to help Christians in the Holy...
Patriarch Twal's Appeal to Bishops: 'Keep Christian Families in the Holy Land'
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:00 pm For the Christians in the Holy Land, house and land means identity, empowerment, and an antidote to emigration, and because of this, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem has launched...
Joint Declaration of Religious Leaders Against Modern Slavery
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:00 pm Here is the Vatican-provided translation of the Joint Declaration of Religious Leaders Against Modern Slavery: We, the undersigned, are gathered here today for a historic...
Pope Francis Press Conference on Flight from Turkey (Part I)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:00 pm Here is Part I of the transcript of the Holy Father's press conference with journalists aboard his flight from Apostolic Visit to Turkey. * * *
(Father Lombardi)
So, Holiness...
Faith Leaders, Pope Sign Declaration Against Slavery at Vatican
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:00 pm Pope Francis and religious leaders are working to eradicate human trafficking and modern slavery by 2020. To this end, this morning in the Casino Pio IV in the Vatican gardens,...
Pope's Morning Homily: Only A Humble, Childlike Heart Knows God
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Dec 1, 2014 at 6:00 pm “Only those whose hearts are like the young” are able to receive the revelation of God. This was the reflection given by Pope Francis during his morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta...
Celebrate Advent with Verbum!
Verbum Blog - Logos Bible Software - Dec 1, 2014 at 5:57 pm Enrich your Advent season more enjoyable with the Verbum Advent Promotion.
We have daily surprises, including beautiful art and inspiriational quotes, on our Advent calendar, as...
Christmas shopping, Advent, and You
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 1, 2014 at 5:43 pm It is Advent, and we must let Advent be Advent. It is a time of spiritual preparing for receiving the Lord, who comes now and will come to us in many ways. In fact, it is a...
Drunk Diver Kills Mother and Unborn Baby, Judge Tells Him “You Took Two Lives, Not One”
LifeNews.com - Dec 1, 2014 at 5:30 pm In February, 22-year-old Paige Jackson and her unborn son, who she already named Reuben, died after being hit by a drunk and drugged driver.
Jackson was walking to work when Floyd...
Selling Suicide Like Coffee: Bioethicist Proposes Commercial Assisted Suicide Shops
LifeNews.com - Dec 1, 2014 at 5:05 pm Human logic goes where our first principles and fundamental premises take it.
Assisted suicide’s core premise is that being killed to stop suffering is a fundamental human right....
Please: Not Another Advent Column
CatholicMom.com - Dec 1, 2014 at 5:00 pm With the advent (no pun meant) of the internet, there are clergy and laity and everyone who isn’t in one of those two categories — and most everyone has something to share with us...
Sharing My Prayer of Thanksgiving
Lisa Hendey.com - Dec 1, 2014 at 4:58 pm My “Prayer of Thanksgiving”, written for the University of Notre Dame alumni association
Frequent blog readers will know that I love my alma mater, the University of Notre Dame. I...
