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Macron, Merkel lend support to anti-jihadist peacekeepers in Mali (US News & World Report)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 19, 2017 at 4:12 am “We need to win the war against terrorism in the Sahel zone, and it’s in full swing,” said the French president. The German chancellor added, “Islamic extremism is propagating. We...
Libyan army commander: nation is entering 'dangerous phase' as UN agreement expires (Middle East Monitor)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 19, 2017 at 4:12 am L’Osservatore Romano (12/18-12/19 Italian ed.) devoted prominent front-page coverage to this story. Since 2014, Libya has been engulfed in a civil war with 4 principal...
9 killed in suicide attack on Methodist church in Pakistan (Dawn)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 19, 2017 at 4:12 am Dawn is Pakistan’s leading English-language newspaper. Click herefor AsiaNews coverage (including an interview with the church’s pastor) and here for coverage of reaction from...
Russia: CIA information thwarted ISIS attack on Kazan Cathedral (Voice of America)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 19, 2017 at 4:12 am Kazan Cathedral (website), a Russian Orthodox church located in Saint Petersburg, was consecrated in 1811.
FIUV Position Paper: Islam
Rorate Coeli - Dec 19, 2017 at 4:00 am Jesus, a minature in 17th century Ottoman manuscript.
Today I am able to publish the latest of the 'Position Papers' of the Una Voce Federation (FIUV), on the subject of Islam....
London’s traditionalist Anglicans have a woman bishop. What now?
Catholic Herald - Dec 19, 2017 at 3:55 am The appointment of Bishop Sarah Mullally to the see of London, the third most important in the Church of England, has attracted attention because Bishop Sarah is a woman, and thus...
Advent’s beautiful task: to awaken in us memories of goodness and thus to open the doors of hope.
Aleteia - Dec 19, 2017 at 3:00 am Pope Benedict XVI
The power and the beauty of the O Antiphons
Catholic Herald - Dec 19, 2017 at 2:56 am Like many peripheral things which stick in the mind I can still remember the lines of French poetry which the BBC broadcast to the French Resistance as the code to signal the...
VIDEO: How Gregorian chant enhances the Mass
Catholic Herald - Dec 19, 2017 at 2:52 am When Erin Bullock steps in front of the altar at the Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle in Washington, she is there to sing parts of the liturgy and to guide members of the...
Emmanuel Has Come
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 19, 2017 at 2:10 am
Throughout my life I’ve had more discussions with people about God than I dare count. Most conversations are with believers who accept him despite their lack of proof; others...
Jerusalem in the Islamic Imagination
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 19, 2017 at 2:00 am
There is no story of salvation in Islam because the climax is not the Incarnation, but the mere example of the “ideal man.” There is no grace to save us from the stain passed on...
Deacon Steve Greydanus on Lifting Up the Lowly
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 19, 2017 at 1:05 am Injustice and the Me-Too Moment: The New Testament gives us two perfect prayers which the Church has taken up and prays every day: one from our Lord, the Lord’s Prayer or Our...
Reverential Silence
Dominicana - Dec 19, 2017 at 1:00 am There’s no silence quite like that of a boisterous crowd of Catholics being called to prayer before a meal. By the time the sign of the cross has been finished to open the prayer...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 19/12/17
Catholic Herald - Dec 19, 2017 at 12:51 am Pope Francis is expected to celebrate Mass in Phoenix Park in Dublin next year. Recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “is illegal, undermines peace and runs contrary to...
ADVENTCAzT 2017 17: Why is Mariology important for the Gospel?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 19, 2017 at 12:01 am
Here is ADVENTCAzT 17, for Tuesday 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 of...
Sharing the Word for December 19, 2017
Franciscan Media - Dec 19, 2017 at 12:00 am Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent
December 19, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Psalm 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17
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Bishop John Gerry, a generous soul gone but not forgotten
The Catholic Leader - Dec 19, 2017 at 12:00 am ONE of Brisbane’s most popular leaders and the “architect” of an archdiocesan social welfare arm, Bishop John Gerry, will be laid to rest on the 67th anniversary of his priesthood...
Advent: Dominus humilitate adveniet: The Lord Will Come by Humility
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 19, 2017 at 12:00 am God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to ...
New video helps residents of Guam prepare for war
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 19, 2017 at 12:00 am Officials are preparing the U.S. territory of Guam for war with North Korea. Authorities have released a video, designed to educate civilians on what ...
Officials confirm Amtrak train was speeding along controversial section of track where locals warned of disaster
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 19, 2017 at 12:00 am Officials are trying to figure out why an Amtrak train was traveling 49 miles per hour over the posted speed limit when it derailed in DuPont, ...
