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Proposed Catholic health care mega-merger assessed by Church officials
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 14, 2017 at 10:00 am Denver, Colo., Dec 14, 2017 / 10:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Catholic ethics and church law must be at the center of a merger of two
major Catholic health care systems that, if...
Polish Church launches English-language Twitter account amid growing international scrutiny
Catholic Herald - Dec 14, 2017 at 9:56 am Poland’s bishops’ conference has launched an English-language Twitter account, as international interest in the country and the Catholic Church there continues to grow. “We are...
Don your rose-colored glasses
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 14, 2017 at 9:45 am The Living Rite column explores what you will see, hear, taste, touch or smell while at church this weekend.
This third Sunday of Advent is named Gaudete Sunday. Its name is...
Be a witness to the light
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 14, 2017 at 9:42 am Marvin was a tailor, as had been his father and his grandfather before him. When the building where his family’s tailor shop was located was torn down, Marvin took a job working...
Across the Universe: Angels Tweet on High
The Catholic Astronomer - Dec 14, 2017 at 9:25 am
This column first ran in The Tablet in December 2012 “The Pope is on Twitter,” I am told [in 2012]. “Shouldn’t the Vatican Observatory have a Twitter account, too?” I’m the...
A Burnt-Out Case
Commonweal - Dec 14, 2017 at 9:22 am A Burnt-Out Case
By Jonathan MalesicDecember 14, 2017
When St. Thomas Aquinas was working at his highest pitch, he produced an average of four thousand words every day—a third...
Whoopi Goldberg on Planned Parenthood “No One is Harvesting Baby Parts”
LifeNews.com - Dec 14, 2017 at 9:09 am In November 2015, Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar at The View rudely shut down then-presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, insisting that she was lying when she stated that Planned...
The Net Neutrality Scam: Get ready to pay a lot more for a lot less HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 14, 2017 at 9:08 am The Net Neutrality Scam: Get ready to pay a lot more for a lot lesshttp://bit.ly/2C79aCk
By Marshall Connolly (CALIFORNIA ...
Small Success: Unscripted Life
CatholicMom.com - Dec 14, 2017 at 9:00 am
I spent this past weekend in Saint Augustine, Florida, witnessing the graduation of my second oldest child. We also took our three youngest to Disney World, and while they...
Advent Conference Audio: Why Give Gifts
Dominicana - Dec 14, 2017 at 9:00 am Dominicana is happy to offer this audio recording of “Why Give Gifts.” It was given by Br. Simon Teller, O.P. as part of the 2017 Advent Conferences at the Dominican House of...
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Franciscan Media - Dec 14, 2017 at 8:06 am
NEW YORK (CNS) — Despite the high price of a movie ticket these days, patrons are unlikely to come away from a showing of the engrossing sci-fi epic “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (...
3 Really good reasons to reconsider the birth control pill
Aleteia - Dec 14, 2017 at 8:00 am At least three big studies have identified major health risks from hormonal contraception in the last year. It hasn’t been a good year for the birth control pill. Recently, a...
Bring in the Millennials, Kansas City Star says of churches (But what about old timers?)
GetReligion - Dec 14, 2017 at 8:00 am Props are due to the Kansas City Star for noticing that some churches in its area are attracting, and not, apparently, repelling, the young cohort of worshipers that could be...
“Where can the tenderness of God be found? In our wounds”
Vatican Insider - Dec 14, 2017 at 7:43 am The Lord is so loving that “It seems He wants to sing us a lullaby”. Where can we find “God’s tenderness? In our wounds”. Pope Francis affirms this in his homily this morning, 14...
How to Ruin Your Life
CatholicMom.com - Dec 14, 2017 at 7:30 am Pixabay (2017), CC0 Public Domain
“Hmmm … I think I will wake up today and ruin my life.”–no one ever
Today, I am going to show you how to wake up tomorrow and ruin your life....
Abuse commission member suggests Francis may let group lapse temporarily
Vatican Insider - Dec 14, 2017 at 7:30 amThe anatomy of a Christmas creche
Aleteia - Dec 14, 2017 at 7:00 am A detailed look at a traditional Nativity scene and the elements within it.Ever since St. Francis inaugurated the first Nativity scene, various cultures around the world have put...
Guest Article: Dom Mark Kirby on Infirmity and Stability in Marriage and Monasticism
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 14, 2017 at 7:00 am NLM is pleased once again to publish a reflection by Dom Mark Kirby, O.S.B., Prior of the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration of Silverstream Priory in Stamullen, County...
Christmas cash for the homeless: The legacy of one Denver priest continues
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 14, 2017 at 6:51 am Denver, Colo., Dec 14, 2017 / 06:51 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- It was a chilly Thursday in December, with a dusting of snow on the
ground. But that didn't stop hundreds of poor and...
FLDS Leader Sentenced To 57 Months In Prison
The Religion Clause - Dec 14, 2017 at 6:15 am As reported by News4Utah and Fox13News, yesterday a Utah federal district judge sentenced FLDS Church leader Lyle Jeffs to 45 months in prison for food stamp fraud and an...
