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Dying baby receives life-saving miracle HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 27, 2016 at 9:41 am Dying baby receives life-saving miraclehttp://bit.ly/2iAKngm
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12/27/2016
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Doctor Shocked to Find Unborn Baby’s Legs Sticking Out of the Womb, “I Was Astonished”
LifeNews.com - Dec 27, 2016 at 9:27 am French medical doctors observed a rare phenomenon recorded only 26 other recorded cases in the history of obstetric medicine, the Washington Post reports. An ultrasound image...
“Any fraternal correction proposed to the Pope must be presented in camera caritatis”
Vatican Insider - Dec 27, 2016 at 9:05 am The last interview in which Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke suggested a “formal correction” of an alleged error the Pope made in his Apostolic Exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” has sparked...
Obama Claims He Could Have Beaten Trump for a Third Term, Trump Tweets “NO WAY”
LifeNews.com - Dec 27, 2016 at 8:55 am In an interview with David Axelrod on his podcast “The Axe Files,” President Barack Obama said that he’s “confident” that he would have won a third term had he been...
Pope sends message to Taize youth gathering
News.va - Dec 27, 2016 at 7:42 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a message to young people from the ecumenical community of Taize, who are participating in a European Meeting of Young Adults taking place in...
Saturday 31 December
Vatican Insider - Dec 27, 2016 at 7:38 am 5 pm: Francis is to preside over the First Vespers and the Te Deum on the Solemnity of Mary, Most Holy Mother of God, in St. Peter’s Basilica. After the celebration, the Pope...
Wednesday 28 December
Vatican Insider - Dec 27, 2016 at 7:32 am 10 am: Francis holds his General Audience in the Paul VI hall....
Thailand split between king and Christ
Vatican Insider - Dec 27, 2016 at 7:30 am At the entrance to the Holy Redeemer Church, one the largest Catholic places of worship in Bangkok, there is an eye-catching portrait of the new monarch Maha Vajiralongkorn with...
The Painted Word! No, We Don’t Write Holy Icons
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 27, 2016 at 7:00 am Here’s a quiz: I am holding a paint brush. I am dipping it in paint. I am applying the paint to the surface so as to manifest a two dimensional picture of an image that is held as...
Discover Your Church
Franciscan Media - Dec 27, 2016 at 6:53 am (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
I love those first few moments of entering into beautifully decorated Catholic churches—often found in older neighborhoods. These...
World scarred by war, greed must welcome prince of peace, pope says
Franciscan Media - Dec 27, 2016 at 6:17 am Pope Francis delivers his Christmas blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 25. (CNS photo/Paul...
Staff Pick: 'Cold War Civil Rights'
Commonweal - Dec 27, 2016 at 6:10 am What do the civil rights movement and the Cold War have to do with each other? Much more than we’ve ever thought, writes historian Mary L. Dudziak in Cold War Civil Rights.
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Kentucky Governor Declares 2017 As "Year of the Bible"
The Religion Clause - Dec 27, 2016 at 6:05 am On Dec. 19, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin signed a Proclamation (full text) declaring 2017 to be the "Year of The Bible." A similar designation was given by the governor to 2016...
City Changes Policy On Arrestees Wearing of Religious Head Coverings
The Religion Clause - Dec 27, 2016 at 6:00 am As previously reported, in May a Muslim woman filed suit in federal court against the city of Long Beach, California and its police complaining that her hijab (headscarf) was...
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 27, 2016 - St. John the Evangelist
CatholicMom.com - Dec 27, 2016 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 20: 1A, 2-8
I can relate to the many themes woven so richly into this Gospel: it is dark, it is early.
As a mama my prayers, my longings are often made in the...
Ohio bishop urges Governor Kasich to end capital punishment
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2016 at 4:14 am Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo has urged Ohio’s Governor John Kasich to end capital punishment in the state.
ASK FATHER: Is ‘Alma Redemptoris Mater’ wrong?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 27, 2016 at 4:00 am When you need help, run to your Mother. She has a lovely big stick to beat the Devil with.
From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
In general it seems that we only ask God to have mercy on us....
Chinese official emphasizes importance of ‘independent and self-governing church’
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2016 at 3:33 am The 365-member National Assembly of Catholic Representatives began three days of meetings in Beijing on December 27. The Assembly will select leaders of the Chinese Catholic...
Romanian president will not approve Muslim prime minister
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 27, 2016 at 3:23 am Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis has said that he will not nominate a Muslim woman to be the country’s prime minister, although her party won December elections.
Ten memorable Catholic moments from 2016
Catholic Herald - Dec 27, 2016 at 2:45 am Our guide to the most memorable events in the Catholic world in 2016…
1. The murder of Fr Jacques Hamel at a church in Normandy
In July Fr Hamel, 86, was celebrating Mass at St...
