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From Pope Francis, a checklist for good journalism
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 16, 2017 at 8:25 am Vatican City, Dec 16, 2017 / 08:25 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Journalism must prize truth and reflection over sensationalism and clamor, Pope Francis told journalists on Saturday.
"Lady Bird" and the Breakthrough of Grace
CatholicMom.com - Dec 16, 2017 at 7:30 am Greta Gerwig’s new film, Lady Bird, has taken the critics by storm. It is the most-reviewed movie in the history of the website Rotten Tomatoes to have sustained a 100% positive...
5 Ways to change the world one day at a time: Tips from Cardinal Quevedo
Aleteia - Dec 16, 2017 at 7:00 am Speaking to one of 2017's biggest Catholic youth events, the Cotabato archbishop gives this recipe for influencing one person at a time.Young people have an almost innate desire...
Pope to youth: expand your wisdom and meet the elderly
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 16, 2017 at 6:26 am Vatican City, Dec 16, 2017 / 06:26 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Pope Francis met with the youth of Catholic Action on Saturday as the movement marks its 150th anniversary year.
Papal preacher devotes 1st Advent sermon to Christ and creation, recalls Teilhard de Chardin (full text) (Cantalamessa.org)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 16, 2017 at 6:12 am Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher to the papal household since 1980, preached his 1st Advent sermon on 12/15. The sermon, devoted to Christ and creation, has 4 sections: “The...
Pregnant Rebecca Roubion sings of motherhood
Aleteia - Dec 16, 2017 at 6:00 am Roubion's soothing folk styling is sure to catch your ear.Rebecca Roubion released this wonderful lullaby earlier this month, dedicated to her mother and her own unborn baby, who...
Bishop Barron on ‘Lady Bird’ and the breakthrough of Grace
Aleteia - Dec 16, 2017 at 5:00 am "I knew it would be a quirky, offbeat comedy, but I had no idea that Lady Bird would be of considerable religious interest as well."[Warning: This review by Bishop Robert Barron...
Meet the man who holds the keys to the Pope's Museums
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 16, 2017 at 5:00 am Vatican City, Dec 16, 2017 / 05:20 am (EWTN News/CNA).- "I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven," Jesus told St. Peter, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew.
Meet the man who holds the keys to the Pope's Museums
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 16, 2017 at 4:20 am Vatican City, Dec 16, 2017 / 03:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven,” Jesus told St. Peter, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew.
Gianni...
Give a Gift to a Telescope this Year
The Catholic Astronomer - Dec 16, 2017 at 4:00 am
Happy St. Nick’s Day, late! Merry Christmas, early! Happy Gaudete Sunday of Advent, one day early. Today’s post is going up halfway between the Feast of St. Nicholas on...
Close the door of hate and hope the door of love all over the world.
Aleteia - Dec 16, 2017 at 3:00 am Robert Louis Stevenson
Priests and seminarians arrested for singing Christmas carols in India
Catholic Herald - Dec 16, 2017 at 2:00 am Hindu extremists beat eight priests and burned their vehicle outside a central Indian police station. Ucanews.com reported the victims had been trying to help 30 seminarians and...
Vatican newspaper: funerals are crucial moments in the new evangelization (CWN)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 16, 2017 at 1:12 am In a front-page L’Osservatore Romano op-ed, Italian historian Lucetta Scaraffia said that a time of declining religious practice, funerals are important occasions for the new...
Syria missed 'golden opportunity' at peace talks, says UN mediator (Deutsche Welle)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 16, 2017 at 12:12 am L’Osservatore Romano (12/16 Italian ed.) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
ADVENTCAzT 2017 14: “Assumpta Mariam” by Francis Thompson
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 16, 2017 at 12:01 am Another in my series of short daily podcasts to help you prepare for the upcoming feast as well as for your own, personal, meeting with the Lord.
Here is ADVENTCAzT 14, for...
Sharing the Word for December 16, 2017
Franciscan Media - Dec 16, 2017 at 12:00 am Saturday of the Second Week of Advent
December 16, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Psalm 80:2ac, 3b, 15-16, 18-19
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FCC repeals net neutrality rules (New York Times)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 15, 2017 at 11:12 pm In 2015 and again last month, the US bishops’ conference lent its support to net neutrality regulations.
The Spiritual Joy of John the Baptist
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 15, 2017 at 11:04 pm On the Third Sunday of Advent, penitential purple gives way to pink and we celebrate “Gaudete” or “Rejoice!” Sunday. “Rejoice heartily in the Lord, says Isaiah” (61:10). “My...
Encountering the Word — Isaiah 11:1-3
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 15, 2017 at 11:01 pm “There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and...
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 16, 2017
CatholicMom.com - Dec 15, 2017 at 11:01 pm Today’s Gospel: Matthew 17:9A, 10-13
Today in mid-Advent we focus on the prophet Elijah. He had worked mighty deeds in Israel, and at the end of his life was taken up to heaven in...
