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Be attentive to the forgotten poor, Pope tells youth of Italian Catholic Action (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 17, 2017 at 7:12 pm Pope Francis said that those at the margins of society “are the image of the rejected Child Jesus, Who did not find acceptance in the city of Bethlehem; they are the living flesh...
Leading Russian prelate calls for expanded religious instruction, laments West's rejection of God (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 17, 2017 at 7:12 pm The Moscow Patriarchate’s chief ecumenical officer praised a non-sectarian class in religions in Russia’s schools and called for the course’s extension beyond fourth grade.
Cardinal: Pope Francis seeks to restore Confession to central place in Church's life (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 17, 2017 at 7:12 pm The Apostolic Penitentiary has compiled an Italian-language book devoted to Pope Francis’s teaching on the Sacrament of Reconciliation and the indulgences the Pontiff has granted.
Pope, “Saint Joseph did not go to the psychiatrist but believed”
Vatican Insider - Dec 17, 2017 at 5:18 pm “He is the one who, like a father, raises the Son of God and accompanies him to maturity. Saint Joseph is the supreme example of a man who takes nothing for himself”. Pope Francis...
Knights of Columbus donate $1.4 million for post-hurricane rebuilding
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 17, 2017 at 5:10 pm Houston, Texas, Dec 17, 2017 / 04:10 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As Texas and Florida continue to rebuild from a devastating hurricane season, the Knights of Columbus are offering $1.4...
Deadly suicide bomb attacks at Pakistan church kill eight
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 17, 2017 at 4:32 pm Lahore, Pakistan, Dec 17, 2017 / 03:32 pm (CNA).- At least eight churchgoers were killed and another 30 injured in a double suicide bomber attack at a Methodist church in...
Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Dec 17, 2017 at 3:20 pm In Kemp v. Liebel, (7th Cir., Dec. 11, 2017), the 7th Circuit upheld qualified immunity for an official who transferred two Jewish inmates to another facility so they could obtain...
Advent Prayer: Prayer of the Day for Monday, December 18, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 17, 2017 at 2:35 pm Father, all-powerful God, your eternal Word took flesh on our earth when the Virgin Mary placed her life at the service of your plan. Lift our minds ...
Daily Readings for Monday, December 18, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 17, 2017 at 2:35 pm Reading 1: Jeremiah 23:5-8, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 72:1, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 72:12-13, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 72:18-19, Gospel: ...
Amman: Churches of the Kingdom organize a candle march for Jerusalem
Vatican Insider - Dec 17, 2017 at 1:58 pm The bishops and heads of Churches in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan organized a silent candle march on Wednesday, December 13, to express rejection of the decision undertaken by...
ASK FATHER: Christmas gifts for priests
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 17, 2017 at 1:52 pm Quite a few people have asked for suggestions about things to get for their priests for Christmas.
This topic comes up once in a while, as in ordination season and for the...
Pope Francis' three Christmas ingredients: joy, prayer, gratitude
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 17, 2017 at 1:05 pm Vatican City, Dec 17, 2017 / 12:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- With Christmas just eight days away, Pope Francis said three simple attitudes can help prepare us to welcome Jesus Christ...
Looking at past and into future: Will Democrats consider compromises on religious issues?
GetReligion - Dec 17, 2017 at 1:00 pm Let's take a trip into my GetReligion folder of think-piece guilt, shall we?
In this case, I would like to point readers toward a piece at The Atlantic by Michael Wear that ran...
ASK FATHER: Does a priest need a dispensation to say Mass “ad orientem”?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 17, 2017 at 12:55 pm From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
Hello Father. I recently asked my Pastor if he would ever celebrate the Ordinary Form of the Mass ad orientem. He replied that a dispensation is required...
Christmas Novena 2017 | Day 3
Big C Catholics - Dec 17, 2017 at 12:43 pm December 18, 2016Today we pray for all those who work to uphold the dignity of life. Many of them do this work with little or no thanks or recognition. They are selfless foot...
Year in review: Counties seen as key to ongoing death penalty struggle
Franciscan Media - Dec 17, 2017 at 12:22 pm
WASHINGTON (CNS) — While much of the focus has been on the Supreme Court, state legislatures, governors and juries in the ongoing fight to abolish capital punishment in the...
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent, December 24, 2017, Year B
Big C Catholics - Dec 17, 2017 at 12:00 pm Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)As a young man, St. Augustine lived a hedonistic life, one in which sensuality and self-indulgence...
Prayer for the Advent Wreath Week Four
Big C Catholics - Dec 17, 2017 at 11:59 am The lighting of the Advent candles symbolizes the hope that the coming Messiah represents in a world that very often seems dark, forbidding and hopeless. We do so because we are a...
Francis does not forget Ischia's earthquake victims
Vatican Insider - Dec 17, 2017 at 11:40 am Pope Francis did not forget the earthquake victims of Ischia and has sent his almoner to the island to show his closeness and bring some concrete help. Bishop Konrad Krajewski...
Pope receives birthday cake decorated by street artist Maupal
Vatican Insider - Dec 17, 2017 at 10:46 am Jorge Mario Bergoglio turns 81 today. The Pope is celebrated by the 25,000 faithful and pilgrims from all over the world who came to St. Peter's Square for the Sunday Angelus,...
