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He who was born in poverty and homelessness
Cardinal Seán's Blog - Dec 30, 2016 at 7:05 pm Hello and welcome,
I hope you had a very happy and blessed Christmas!
On Friday, I went to have lunch with the residents of Regina Cleri, our retirement home for priests in Boston...
Top 10 LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Stories of 2016
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2016 at 5:52 pm With the new year coming it’s that time of the year where we typically look back and see what happened over the past 12 months.
For the pro-life movement it was definitely one of...
Women Deserve the Truth About Down Syndrome and Pre-Natal Testing
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2016 at 5:18 pm In an age when we value informed consent and patient centered care, it’s a travesty that often the worst informed patient is the mother of a unborn baby with special needs....
ASK FATHER: Which superhero would you be?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 30, 2016 at 5:01 pm From a reader… some lighter fare.
QUAERITUR:
Sometimes I see faithful, traditional priests as heroes. That word might be overused today, but that’s how I see it. They work in...
Pennsylvania Abortions Decline to Record Low as 308 More Babies Saved From Abortion
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2016 at 5:00 pm The number of abortions in Pennsylvania declined in 2015 to a record low—a welcome development for women and children in the Keystone State, according to the Pennsylvania Pro-Life...
New Year’s observations on matters religion writers will want to be watching (Part I)
GetReligion - Dec 30, 2016 at 4:00 pm
The Religion Guy’s thoughts about religion-what beat specialists may want to anticipate for 2017 once the New Year has been properly toasted are as follows: Much of the action...
ASK FATHER: Can priests say the “Tridentine Mass” alone, without a server?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 30, 2016 at 3:59 pm From a priest…
QUAERITUR:
I know that Canon Law currently permits, although discourages, a priest to say a Mass alone (i.e. without server or faithful). I’ve heard that previously...
Cells From Cancer Victim’s Own Body Help Man Fight Deadly Brain Cancer
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2016 at 3:39 pm Paging through the many posts I receive daily about stem cells, I ran across a story that was published by the Associated Press earlier this week under the headline, “Cells...
Saint Egwin, Bishop
Regina Magazine - Dec 30, 2016 at 3:37 pm December 30 Today is the feast day of Saint Egwin. Ora pro nobis. Saint Egwin’s date of birth unknown. He died (according to Mabillon) 20 December, 720, though his death may...
Drops of Water Wear Away the Stone
Commonweal - Dec 30, 2016 at 3:11 pm Many of us will make New Year’s resolutions. And most of us who do will probably fail to keep them. We don’t fail because the resolutions are flawed to begin with. We fail...
St. Sylvester: Saint of the Day for Saturday, December 31, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 30, 2016 at 3:01 pm St. Sylvester, born in Rome, was ordained by Pope St. Marcellinus during the peace that preceded the persecutions of Diocletian. He passed through ...
Daily Readings for Saturday, December 31, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 30, 2016 at 3:01 pm Reading 1: 1 John 2:18-21, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 96:1-2, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 96:11-13, Gospel: John 1:1-18
Prayer for a Blessing on the New Year: Prayer of the Day for Saturday, December 31, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 30, 2016 at 3:01 pm O sacred and adorable Trinity, hear our prayers on behalf of our holy Father the Pope, our Bishops, our clergy, and for all that are in authority ...
St Ambrose’s Christmas Hymn Veni, Redemptor Gentium
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 30, 2016 at 3:00 pm The Roman Breviary traditionally has only two proper hymns for Christmas, Jesu Redemptor omnium, which is said at Vespers and Matins, and A solis ortus cardine at Lauds. The...
Democrats Will Never Appeal to Christian Voters Until They End Their Love Affair With Big Abortion
LifeNews.com - Dec 30, 2016 at 2:48 pm There’s been a fair amount of chatter, overwhelmingly positive, about an interview the former director of Barack Obama’s 2012 faith outreach gave to Emma Green of the Atlantic.
I...
The Forgotten Tradition of “Churching,” the Ancient Post-Partum Blessing
ChurchPOP - Dec 30, 2016 at 2:18 pm Have you ever heard of “Churching“? Churching, officially Benedictio mulieris post partum (The blessing of women after giving birth), is an old Catholic
The post The Forgotten...
Vatican says 3.9 million pilgrims visited during Jubilee year
Franciscan Media - Dec 30, 2016 at 1:54 pm A large crowd greets Pope Francis as he arrives for an audience in mid-June in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Maurizio Brambatti, EPA)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — More...
Daily Reading for Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 30, 2016 at 1:24 pm Reading 1, First John 2:29--3:6
29 If you know that he is upright you must recognise that everyone whose life is upright is a child of his.
1 You ...
Daily Reading for Monday, January 2nd, 2017 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 30, 2016 at 1:21 pm Reading 1, First John 2:22-28
22 Who is the liar, if not one who claims that Jesus is not the Christ? This is the Antichrist, who denies both the ...
Guatemalan coffee growers find hope in CRS-supported cooperative
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 30, 2016 at 1:19 pm Six years after receiving a teaching degree 25-year-old Susana Mateo Cano still has not gotten a teaching job because she has no connections in Guatemala's educational system.
