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Christmas in North Korea: an inner celebration (World Watch Monitor)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 6:12 am Most of North Korea’s persecuted Christians celebrate Christmas alone and in secret, though “in remote areas, groups of up to 70 people might dare to meet.”
Prelate, Catholic organizations urge 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador (USCCB)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 6:12 am Temporary Protected Status (TPS) “is a temporary, renewable, and statutorily authorized immigration status that allows individuals to remain and work lawfully in the US during a...
Pope exchanges Christmas greetings with Vatican employees (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 6:12 am In his annual Christmas greeting to Vatican employees (video)—a meeting distinct from his year-end address to the Roman Curia—Pope Francis reflected on 5 themes: work, family,...
Top Church-State and Religious Liberty Developments of 2017
The Religion Clause - Dec 26, 2017 at 6:05 am Each year in December, I attempt to pick the most important church-state and religious liberty developments of the past year-- including developments internationally in the mix. ...
Recent Articles of Interest
The Religion Clause - Dec 26, 2017 at 6:00 am From SSRN:
Effie Fokas, Kokkinakis at the Grassroots Level, (Religion and Human Rights 12 (2017) 210-222).
Effie Fokas, The European Court of Human Rights at the Grassroots Level...
The Weary Mom's Guide to the Twelve Days of Christmas
CatholicMom.com - Dec 26, 2017 at 6:00 am Unsplash.com (2017), CC0 Public Domain
“If I could work my will,” said Scrooge indignantly, “Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips, should be boiled with...
Sri Lankan president: follow the spirit of Christmas to achieve reconciliation (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 5:12 am The nation of 22 million is 70% Buddhist, 13% Hindu, 10% Muslim, and 6% Catholic. Sri Lanka is officially a Buddhist nation.
Pope Francis: St. Stephen's Day Angelus address (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 5:12 am Click here for a video of the address, which the Pope delivered on 12/26 to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.
Italian bishops, pro-life advocates decry new end-of-life law (National Catholic Register)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 5:12 am The law permits Italians to sign living wills refusing nutrition and hydration; it contains no conscientious objection provisions for doctors and other healthcare workers.
Diphtheria spreads in Bangladesh's refugee camps (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 5:12 am An estimated 650,000 Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh.
Bangladesh's prime minister holds Christmas gathering for Christian leaders (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 5:12 am The nation of 158 million, which Pope Francis visited less than a month ago, is 89% Muslim, 10% Hindu, and less than 1% Christian.
Cardinal Bo's Christmas message urges healing, reconciliation and love in Myanmar (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 5:12 am The nation of 55 million, which Pope Francis visited last month, is 88% Buddhist, 6% Christian, and 4% Muslim.
+Bishop Matthias Yu Chengxin, 90 (AsiaNews)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 4:12 am The prelate, recognized by the Vatican but not by the Chinese government, was ordained to the priesthood at 53 and secretly ordained a bishop in 1989.
Vatican's Secretariat for Communication, Salesians agree to collaborate (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 4:12 amRespecting Sunday rest, large UK toy retailer was closed on Christmas Eve (Daily Mail)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 4:12 am “I have given the concept of one day in seven as a day of rest a lot of thought and I am not making an exception just because it is Christmas Eve,” said Gary Grant, founder of the...
Undersecretary looks back on new dicastery's 1st year (Vatican News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 4:12 am Flaminia Giovanelli is the no. 3 official in the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Macron: France ready to strengthen force in Sahel fighting Islamists (Reuters)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 4:12 am Emmanuel Macron, 40, became France’s president in May. The Sahel (map) is the semi-arid region located between the Sahara Desert and the vegetation of the savanna.
Cameroon: Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim leaders call for peace and dialogue (Voice of America)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 4:12 am Tensions have flared over the past year between the African nation’s English-speaking and French-speaking regions.
Church in Poland launches English-language Twitter account (Catholic Herald)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 4:12 am “We are observing a lot of internet interest about the Church in Poland from people living abroad,” explained a spokesman for the Polish bishops.
South Sudan cease-fire begins in attempt to calm civil war (ABC News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 3:12 am L’Osservatore Romano (12/24 Italian ed.) devoted front-page coverage to this story. The South Sudanese Civil War began in 2013; 1.5 million people have fled the nation, and 2.1...
