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28 Dec – Childermas – The Holy Innocents: “They were the Church’s first blossoms”
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 28, 2016 at 9:50 am
Today is Childermas, the Feast of the Holy Innocents.
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child,
By by, lully lullay, thou little tiny child,
By by, lully lullay.
O sisters too, How...
In Memory of the Holy Innocents
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 28, 2016 at 9:50 am On the fourth day of our Christmas celebration, the Church reminds us that not everyone is joyful; that there exist those who are not of goodwill who do not wish to receive the...
No major changes at government-backed Chinese Catholic assembly
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 28, 2016 at 9:43 am The Ninth Assembly of Chinese Catholic Representatives has re-elected the incumbent leaders of China’s most powerful Catholic organizations, indicating that no significant changes...
Bruess looks ahead to final months at St. Kate’s, next step as St. Norbert president
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 28, 2016 at 9:33 am Brian Bruess appreciates St. Catherine University's era of growth as a time that prepared him to take the reigns as president of another Catholic college.
Daily Reading for Friday, December 30th, 2016 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 28, 2016 at 9:32 am Reading 1, First John 2:18-21
18 Children, this is the final hour; you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and now many Antichrists have ...
Fire Damages Sanctuary at St. Monica Parish
Saint Louis Catholic - Dec 28, 2016 at 9:29 am Arson is being investigated.
Pope Francis: Complaining to God can be a form of prayer
Aleteia - Dec 28, 2016 at 9:22 am Official English summary of Pope Francis’ Wednesday catechesis on hope: Dear Brothers and Sisters: Our continuing catechesis on Christian hope leads us in these Christmas days to...
African-American History Museum Excludes Pro-Life Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
LifeNews.com - Dec 28, 2016 at 9:16 am On Sept. 24, after years of effort, the National Museum of African American History and Culture was finally opened to the public. The Smithsonian’s new museum has been rightly...
These Conjoined Twins Live an Incredible Life, Proving the Skeptics Wrong
LifeNews.com - Dec 28, 2016 at 9:09 am Ten years ago, doctors thought conjoined twins Isabella and Abbigail Carlsen would not survive.
CBS News reports the North Dakota twins spent the first six months of their lives...
Hollywood discovers God! Again! Seriously, this New York Times piece is worth reading
GetReligion - Dec 28, 2016 at 8:35 am I've been around the Godbeat scene so long that I can remember the days when journalists would wait four of five years before they would write the same Big Trend Story all over...
The Feast of the Holy Innocents
Regina Magazine - Dec 28, 2016 at 7:55 am December 28 Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents. Ora pro nobis. “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be...
Pope Francis: Like Abram, Christians must "hope against hope"
News.va - Dec 28, 2016 at 7:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis returned to the theme of “Christian Hope” in the catechesis during the weekly General Audience. On Wednesday, he focused his attention on the figure...
Through the Lens of the Photographers of Catholic Relief Services 2016
CatholicMom.com - Dec 28, 2016 at 7:00 am “A picture is worth a thousand words.”
Good photos create an immediacy and intimacy that often goes beyond words. Photos build connections and relationships. They draw out emotion...
Why Aren’t All Other Dioceses Looking to Lincoln?
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 28, 2016 at 7:00 am This is the title of a blogpost from Liturgy Guy about Lincoln, Nebraska. The facts and figures seem to back up the argument that orthodoxy in liturgy and catechesis keeps the...
Staff Pick: 'Finding Beauty in a Broken World'
Commonweal - Dec 28, 2016 at 6:28 am Perhaps it’s common to find uncanny resemblance to your life in the writing of another, but it feels like a singularly unique and precious gift every time I open a book written by...
Pope: Complaining to God and fighting with him is a form of praying
Vatican Insider - Dec 28, 2016 at 6:01 am Complaining to the Lord is a form of praying. This was Abraham’s lesson, which the Pope reminded faithful of at the last General Audience of 2016, underlining that “so often, hope...
EEOC Suit On Flu Shot Exemptions Is Settled
The Religion Clause - Dec 28, 2016 at 6:00 am The EEOC last week announced a settlement of a religious discrimination lawsuit it had filed against the Erie, Pennsylvania-based Saint Vincent Health Center. At issue was a...
Pope Francis: General Audience summary
News.va - Dec 28, 2016 at 5:27 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis held his weekly General Audience on Wednesday – the Wednesday in the Octave of Christmas, and the final General Audience of the calendar year, 2016....
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 28, 2016 - Holy Innocents
CatholicMom.com - Dec 28, 2016 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 2, 13-18 – Holy Innocents
Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents, a day when Catholics remember the baby boys in Bethlehem slaughtered by Herod. It is...
Childen: a new Position Paper
Rorate Coeli - Dec 28, 2016 at 4:00 am Girl Guides at the Chartres Pilgrimage in France.
Today, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, I am publishing the latest Position Paper from the Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce,...
