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Pope urges Catholic groups to work together to defend human dignity
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 15, 2017 at 8:51 am VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis encouraged a wide variety Catholic organizations to work together to defend human dignity and promote the full integral development of all people.
“I...
‘Outcry and uproar’: Congo’s bishops urge noise protest till election
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 15, 2017 at 8:42 am KINSHASA, Congo — Catholic bishops in Congo have instructed clergy to toll their church bells each week until fresh elections are held.
“After morning Mass, we expect a prayer for...
INTERNET PRAYER UPDATE: LUXEMBOURGISH!
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 15, 2017 at 8:31 am A week or so ago, I received a new translation – Icelandic – of the now wide-spread Internet Prayer. All the versions are HERE.
Today I found yet another new language. And there...
Fish food for Christmas Eve
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 15, 2017 at 8:31 am Christmas is often a time to think about sheep and lambs, oxen and even a Christmas goose.
But how many think of the Christmas carp?
For many of us, Christmas Day dinner often...
CNN visits eastern Kentucky women, but ignores how majority feels about abortion, etc.
GetReligion - Dec 15, 2017 at 8:05 am
Not long ago, when I was doing research in eastern Kentucky and Tennessee for my new book on young Pentecostal serpent handlers, some of us -- by which I mean people involved in...
Australia’s Royal Commission into child abuse attacks priestly celibacy
Catholic Herald - Dec 15, 2017 at 8:01 am An Australian inquiry into child abuse recommended Friday that the Catholic Church lift its demand of celibacy from clergy and that priests be prosecuted for failing to report...
20 Joyful names for your Christmas baby
Aleteia - Dec 15, 2017 at 8:00 am Celebrate the beauty of this spiritual holiday with the perfect name for your little bundle of joy.If your baby is due around Christmas time, it’s particularly fun to think about...
No Johnson Amendment Repeal In Conference Version of Tax Bill
The Religion Clause - Dec 15, 2017 at 7:41 am The Conference Committee version of the Tax Reform Act which will be released today will not contain a repeal of the Johnson Amendment. Washington Post reports that the Senate...
Chaplain says 40 years with bowl-bound Badgers ‘a wonderful experience’
Franciscan Media - Dec 15, 2017 at 7:38 am
MADISON, Wis. (CNS) — When the Wisconsin Badgers’ football team travels to the Orange Bowl to play Miami Dec. 30, the players will take a 12-1 record with them — one of the best...
Meatless Friday: Slow-Cooked Meals for Busy Days
CatholicMom.com - Dec 15, 2017 at 7:30 am
There’s so much to do at this time of year, and takeout pizza is becoming more and more of a strain on the budget. (Around here, one plain pizza runs $13!) Try these hearty and...
Why depict the Magi as three kings? This painting gives us an answer
Catholic Herald - Dec 15, 2017 at 7:12 am Here, if you can bear it, are more of my musings about the National Gallery, as we approach the feast of Christmas. Room 9 is devoted to Venice and here we find another enormous...
A brief history of the most popular Advent hymn
Aleteia - Dec 15, 2017 at 7:00 am 'O Come, O Come Emmanuel' has been embedded into the Church's Advent liturgy for many centuries.During the Advent season churches everywhere ring out with the hymn “O Come, O Come...
FSSP Mission Trips in 2018
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 15, 2017 at 7:00 am We are very glad to share with our readers this information from the Fraternity of St Peter about their important initiatives in Latin America, a series of mission trips in Mexico...
Daily Reading for Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 15, 2017 at 6:53 am Reading 1, Judges 13:2-7, 24-25
2 There was a man of Zorah of the tribe of Dan, called Manoah. His wife was barren; she had borne no children.
3 The ...
Daily Reading for Monday, December 18th, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 15, 2017 at 6:50 am Reading 1, Jeremiah 23:5-8
5 Look, the days are coming, Yahweh declares, when I shall raise an upright Branch for David; he will reign as king and be ...
Trump Nominates Feldblum For Additional Term On EEOC
The Religion Clause - Dec 15, 2017 at 6:10 am The White House announced earlier this week that President Trump has sent to the Senate the nomination of Chai R. Feldblum for an additional 5-year term on the Equal Employment...
European Court Says Countries Must Recognize Same-Sex Unions Entered Abroad
The Religion Clause - Dec 15, 2017 at 6:05 am In Orlandi and Others v. Italy, (ECHR, Dec. 14, 2017), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment, by a vote of 5-2, held that Italy violated the rights of same-sex...
Perseverance
CatholicMom.com - Dec 15, 2017 at 6:00 am Via Pixabay (2013), CC0 Public Domain. Text added in Picmonkey.
Virtuous living draws us out of ourselves — and that’s why it is important to keep talking about the ways to arm...
Indonesia's Constitutional Court Refuses To Criminalize All Sex Outside of Marriage
The Religion Clause - Dec 15, 2017 at 6:00 am Reuters reports that Indonesia's Constitutional Court yesterday in a 5-4 decision rejected a petition seeking to expand the definition of adultery in Indonesian law to cover not...
A canvas that brings together Heaven and Earth: Henry Ossawa Tanner’s “Annunciation”
Aleteia - Dec 15, 2017 at 6:00 am The first African-American painter ever to gain international acclaim treats the classic Annunciation motif in a rather unconventional manner.Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), the...
