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Docudrama featuring Franciscan scholars to appear on PBS (Olean Times-Herald)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 3:12 am The Sultan and the Saint airs on many PBS stations on the evening of 12/26.
UN votes for new sanctions against North Korea (Foreign Policy)
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.
Into this world, this demented inn…Christ comes uninvited.
Aleteia - Dec 26, 2017 at 3:00 am Thomas Merton
Israel announces exit from UNESCO (Haaretz)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 2:12 am Reflecting intense Vatican interest in the political situation in the Holy Land, L’Osservatore Romano devoted its most prominent front-page coverage in its Christmas Eve edition...
Cardinal welcomes 162 refugees as Italy establishes humanitarian corridor (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 2:12 am The Italian interior minister and the president of the Italian Episcopal Conference welcomed 162 African and Middle Eastern refugees to Rome on December 22 as the nation opens a “...
US national shrine rector discusses recently dedicated Trinity Dome (Catholic World Report)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 2:12 am “The design is based on the 1953 iconography committee design for the Upper Church,” the rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception said in a...
Topless Femen activist tries to snatch Jesus statue from Vatican crib (Reuters)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 26, 2017 at 2:12 am Femen, an organization based in Paris, was founded by Ukrainians in 2008.
Christmas: Reality Incarnate
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 26, 2017 at 2:00 am
On March 25, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Annunciation, commemorating the moment when Gabriel brought Mary the divine invitation to bear the Savior. Mary’s fiat allowed...
When Christians Banned Christmas
Dominicana - Dec 26, 2017 at 1:00 am Walking through Boston on December 25, 1659, you would see no Christmas trees and hear no caroling. There was no exchanging of gifts and greetings, no dressing in holiday garb,...
CHRISTMASCAzT 24: We are the ox and ass
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 26, 2017 at 12:01 am
Here is CHRISTMASCAzT 24, for St Stephen in the Octave of Christmas.
Today, Fulton Sheen and Joseph Ratzinger mention the ox and the ass.
May I now suggest that you order up your...
Sharing the Word for December 26, 2017 – Octave of Christmas – Year 2
Franciscan Media - Dec 26, 2017 at 12:00 am Feast of Saint Stephen
December 26, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Matthew 10:17-22
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Pope Francis's 'Urbi et Orbi' message (Full Text)
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 26, 2017 at 12:00 am Pope Francis on Christmas Day said the commemoration of Christ's birth is an occasion to remember and pray for every child who suffers due to war, ...
Retailers are feeling great again, but how about all those tired workers?
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 26, 2017 at 12:00 am Early reports from the retail sector show that sales between November 1 and Christmas Eve were up 4.9 percent over last year. Workers should also see ...
The Best Way to Spread Christmas Cheer
Word on Fire - Fr. Robert Barron - Dec 26, 2017 at 12:00 am Some people think “Elf,” the movie starring Will Ferrell released in 2003, is just silly. To those people, Rozann Lee says, "Sounds like someone needs to sing a Christmas carol."...
How many of the most-suffering regions of the world can you name?
Aleteia - Dec 25, 2017 at 11:57 pm Pope Francis turns his prayer to the children who reflect the Christ Child's face in their afflictionFollowing a Christmas tradition, Pope Francis on Monday gave his “urbi et orbi...
Willing to Lay Down Your Life
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 25, 2017 at 11:04 pm “But he [Stephen], filled with the holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and he said, ‘Behold, I see the...
Daily Catholic Quote — from Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 25, 2017 at 11:02 pm “Let anyone who comes to you go away feeling better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile. Joy shows from the eyes. It appears when...
Encountering the Word — Acts 6:5-6
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 25, 2017 at 11:01 pm “And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Proch′orus, and Nica′nor, and Timon, and Par′...
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 26, 2017 - St. Stephen
CatholicMom.com - Dec 25, 2017 at 11:01 pm Today’s Gospel: Matthew 10:17-22 – St. Stephen
On this Feast of St. Stephen the Protomartyr we interrupt the romantic narrative of Christmastide by pausing to remember what it...
Christmas in Brazil
Aleteia - Dec 25, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: December 26, 2017Families enjoy the Christmas tree in the Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The tree is 40 meters high and 15 meters wide and is available...
