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Daily Reading for Friday, December 22nd, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 20, 2017 at 8:44 am Reading 1, First Samuel 1:24-28
24 When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, as well as a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour and a skin ...
How Satan is using a Planned Parenthood ‘mega-center’ to mock the birth of Christ
LifeSiteNews - Dec 20, 2017 at 8:28 am Satan sneers at and mocks everything we hold sacred.
Christ must be at the centre of Catholic mental health provision
Catholic Herald - Dec 20, 2017 at 8:27 am The government is increasingly making children’s mental health a priority. A new green paper has pledged £300m towards better provision ins schools and colleges, including...
Pope: All of Mass is important – don’t be late!
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 20, 2017 at 8:19 am Vatican City, Dec 20, 2017 / 07:19 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Wednesday stressed the importance of getting to Mass on time, noting that every piece is important,...
A seasonal reminder of how much kids needs their dads! (VIDEO)
Aleteia - Dec 20, 2017 at 8:00 am The BBC reminds us of the value of father-daughter relationships in this heartwarming Christmas video.Parents everywhere know well the struggle of balancing time with their...
The Little Flower of Fr. Thomas Weinandy
OnePeterFive - Dec 20, 2017 at 8:00 am Anyone who has had to wrestle with grave questions on morality, theology, or vocation knows how stressful it can be. The regular ways of Providence, which permit that we undergo...
Covering Cardinal Law's death: Is it possible for reporters to be even-handed?
GetReligion - Dec 20, 2017 at 8:00 am When it comes to obituaries of famous conservative religious figures, the question often is how far one should stick the knife in. This blog saw examples of sheer spite on the...
In Law's Wake, A Strained Response
Whispers in the Loggia - Dec 20, 2017 at 7:56 am And in the end, this most fraught of passings has seen the invariable precedents turned on their head.In precisely the inverse of the standard course of things, the official...
Supporting Mothers in Western Kenya
CatholicMom.com - Dec 20, 2017 at 7:30 am Along the shores of Lake Victoria, in Western Kenya, new and expecting mothers are coming together to give their children a better start in life.
Women here typically marry very...
Why do we give gifts on Christmas Day?
Aleteia - Dec 20, 2017 at 7:00 am December 25 wasn't always a day devoted to gift giving.In many different parts of the world, December 25 has become the ultimate gift giving day of the year. Tied to the Christian...
PCED Ordo for 2018 Now Available
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 20, 2017 at 7:00 am The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei informs us that the “Order for Reciting the Divine Office and Celebration of the Mass According to the Ancient or Extraordinary Form of the...
An Advent tradition: Making wax figures of Jesus for mangers
Franciscan Media - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:42 am MONTREAL (CNS) — For sculptor Sylvette Chanel, Advent is the busiest time of the year. She is among the few people left who keeps alive the ancient New France craft of making and...
What St. Francis & the Sultan Knew Well
Commonweal - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:20 am What St. Francis & the Sultan Knew Well
By The EditorsDecember 20, 2017
Commonweal contributor Paul Moses is the author of the book The Saint and the Sultan, a history of the...
Vatican prefect: God sometimes upsets our plans (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:12 am Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò, the Prefect of the Secretariat for Communications, celebrated Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica on December 19.
2018 Catholic social ministry gathering will focus on racism, environment, immigration (USCCB)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:12 amIn Myanmar, Cardinal Bo visits displaced Kachin (AsiaNews)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:12 am Myanmar’s leading prelate is seeking reconciliation between the government and Kachin separatists. A 6-year conflict that has displaced over 100,000.
Pakistan: mourners bury 11 killed in attack on Methodist church (World Watch Monitor)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:12 am Click here for earlier coverage of the suicide attack.
Christians say no the Christmas event organized by Jakarta's Islamist governor (AsiaNews)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:12 am Jakarta, a city of 10.5 million, is capital of Indonesia.
Pope holds video discussion with Japanese university students (Vatican Insider)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:12 am The Pope discussed (among other topics) vanity, migration, the environment, and Europe’s demographic winter.
Vatican newspaper highlights Philippine cardinal's book on evangelization (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 6:12 am L’Osservatore Romano (12/20 Italian ed.) has published an excerpt of The Risk of Hope: How to Talk About God in the World Today.
