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Jewish-Catholic Celebration of Hannukah inside Vatican Walls
Vatican Insider - Dec 20, 2017 at 3:41 am An unusual group of visitors were received this past week in various Vatican offices. Encounters took place between members of IJCIC, the International Jewish Committee for...
Cardinal Law, central figure of the Boston sex abuse scandal, dies aged 86
Catholic Herald - Dec 20, 2017 at 3:25 am Cardinal Bernard Law, who had been one of the United States’ most powerful and respected bishops until his legacy was blemished by the devastating sexual abuse of minors by...
Vatican official discusses net neutrality, artificial intelligence (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 3:12 am In a front-page article in L’Osservatore Romano, the priest who serves as a Vatican representative on an ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) committee...
Italian court: best interests of child should be considered in surrogacy disputes (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 3:12 am In a case involving an Italian couple and an Indian surrogate mother, the Italian Constitutional Court has ruled that custody should not automatically be awarded to the genetic...
Trump national security strategy sees US confronting China and Russia (New York Times)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 3:12 am The Vatican newspaper’s front-page coverage of the story also emphasized that President Trump will remove climate change from the list of national security threats.
West African leaders resolve to fight terrorism, political instability (StarrFM)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 3:12 am ECOWAS (mentioned in the article) is the Economic Community of West African States.
UN leader appeals for solidarity with migrants (United Nations)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 3:12 amIt is all far off still, and only just announced and foretold. But it is happening, today.
Aleteia - Dec 20, 2017 at 3:00 am Alfred Delp, SJ
Prince Charles: Christians shouldn’t take religious freedom for granted
Catholic Herald - Dec 20, 2017 at 2:59 am Christians in Britain and elsewhere should not take their freedom of worship and expression for granted, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has said. In a speech to members of...
UN Security Council takes aim at US recognition of Jerusalem (Chicago Tribune)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 20, 2017 at 2:12 am L’Osservatore Romano (12/20 Italian edition) devoted prominent front-page coverage to this story.
The Wisdom in Wonder: Children at Christmas Time
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 20, 2017 at 2:10 am
And they came with haste; and they found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. And seeing, they understood of the word that had been spoken to them concerning this...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 20/12/17
Catholic Herald - Dec 20, 2017 at 2:04 am Cardinal Bernard Law has died in Rome aged 86. The Iraqi government must enable the “return of Christians to their homes and properties”, Patriarch Louis Sako has said in a...
Why St. Gregory’s University Is Closing Its Doors
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 20, 2017 at 2:00 am
On November 8, 2017, St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee, Oklahoma, announced to student, staff, and the media that it would “suspend operations” indefinitely at the close of the...
Since it’s the week we recall John the Baptist
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 20, 2017 at 1:55 am …I’ve been thinking about his mission. The prophet Malachi says of him: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. And he...
Cardinal Law, whose legacy was marred by sex abuse scandal, dies
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 20, 2017 at 1:38 am Cardinal Bernard Law, who had been one of the United States' most powerful and respected bishops until his legacy was blemished by the devastating sexual abuse of minors by...
Am I Praying Right?
Dominicana - Dec 20, 2017 at 1:00 am Our fictional friend Tina has a problem. Her problem is the result of her personality: Tina is perfectionistic, quasi-OCD, organized, highly self-conscious, and slightly insecure...
ADVENTCAzT 2017 18: The Divine Soldier
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 20, 2017 at 12:01 am
Here is ADVENTCAzT 18, for Wednesday in the 3rd Week of Advent.
Help the Benedictine sisters whose music is often featured in these podcasts. They need your help before the end...
Sharing the Word for December 20, 2017
Franciscan Media - Dec 20, 2017 at 12:00 am Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent
December 20, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
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Cardinal Bernard Law passes away at 86 in Rome
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 20, 2017 at 12:00 am Cardinal Bernard Law has died after a brief hospitalization due to congenital heart failure, according to sources close to the cardinal and a report ...
Online Christian Humor: How Memes Can Help Evangelize
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 20, 2017 at 12:00 am Between the Harambe memes and quick explanations of Catholic doctrine on his Twitter page, Richard Umbers, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of ...
