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Ohio priest takes own life amid allegations (Columbus Dispatch)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 5:12 amIranian Christian convert discusses Christmas in prison (World Watch Monitor)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 5:12 am Conversion from Islam to Christianity is illegal in Iran. The nation of 82 million is over 99% Muslim.
England's Court of Appeal rejects religious objections to transgender parent's contact with children (Religion Clause)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 5:12 am England’s 2nd-highest court exhorted leaders of an Orthodox Jewish community “to help the community to adopt a more flexible attitude to their beliefs.”
Archbishop urges Nigerian government to invest in prisons, rehabilitation (New Telegraph)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 5:12 am The New Telegraph is a Nigerian newspaper.
North Dakota county described as most Catholic place in US (Aleteia)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 5:12 am According to the article, there are 19 counties in the US that are at least 2/3 Catholic, with the highest percentage in Rolette County, North Dakota. However, the existence of...
China: university bans Christmas to resist 'corrosion' of Western culture (Daily Telegraph)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 5:12 amChristmas and New Year’s: A rough week for addicts and alcoholics
Aleteia - Dec 27, 2017 at 5:00 am Statistics bear it out: Faith is the answer. Here's how you can help.“For some, the sights, signs and smells of the holidays bring joy and a warm feeling. But, while others are...
Christmas, world without end …
Aleteia - Dec 27, 2017 at 5:00 am We are not alone; we may have hope. But we have work to do.“Why can’t every day be Christmas?” Children ask that, often associating “Christmas” with being stuffed with gifts and...
Prayer vigils held all over Pakistan in memory of victims of recent church attack (Fides)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 4:12 am Eleven people were killed in a recent suicide-bombing attack on a church in Quetta, a city of 1 million.
Pope Francis: video message to believers in Northern Peru (Servizio Informazione Religiosa)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 4:12 am The Pontiff is scheduled to depart on January 15 for a weeklong apostolic journey to Chile and Peru.
German Catholics commemorate St. Stephen's Day with prayer for persecuted Nigerian Christians (Servizio Informazione Religiosa)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 4:12 am St. Stephen is the first Christian martyr.
Holy Land Custos reflects on challenges, emphasizes importance of prayer (National Catholic Register)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 4:12 am The Custos of the Holy Land is the Franciscan superior in the Middle East and is responsible for over 70 shrines. Father Francesco Patton has served as Custos since 2016.
Priests reflect on Christmas and a free economy (Forbes)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 4:12 amHHS mandate: judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's protection of conscience rights (Denver Post)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 4:12 am In October, the Trump administration announced that employers with religious or moral objections to paying for contraceptive and abortifacient coverage would no longer be...
Advent a Casualty in the “War on Christmas”
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 27, 2017 at 3:20 am
Just in time for Christmas 2017, the Pew Research Center released the results of a survey that found that 56 percent of Americans believe that the “religious parts of Christmas”...
Honoring the Fallen with a Place at the Table
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 27, 2017 at 3:15 am
Forced by circumstances to get a bite to eat at a “fast food” place, I expected to find that frenetic, machine-like service, centered on maximum efficiency and the worship of...
Vatican Secretary of State affirms Church's opposition to drugs (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 3:12 am For the third consecutive year, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, visited an apostolate in Rome devoted to assisting drug addicts. Referring to a 2014...
Pope Francis makes Christmas visit to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (Zenit)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 3:12 amIt is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.
Aleteia - Dec 27, 2017 at 3:00 am Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Homily at Midnight Mass in Bethlehem (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2017 at 2:12 am Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, has served as Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem since 2016. Click here for photographs of the Christmas...
