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Pope Francis: Christmas message "Urbi et Orbi": full text

News.va - Dec 25, 2016 at 6:01 am
(Vatican Radio) Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ Christmas Message Urbi et Orbi, to the City of Rome, and to the whole World: CHRISTMAS 2016URBI ET ORBI Dear...

Full text: Pope Francis’s Urbi et Orbi message

Catholic Herald - Dec 25, 2016 at 5:33 am
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy Christmas! Today the Church once again experiences the wonder of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph and the shepherds of Bethlehem, as they...

Pope Francis wishes Christmas peace to those scarred by war

Catholic Herald - Dec 25, 2016 at 5:00 am
Pope Francis has wished Christmas peace for people scarred by wars and those who lost loved ones to terrorism that he says is sowing “fear and death” in many cities and countries...

“Peace to all peoples, far too much blood has been spilled” 

Vatican Insider - Dec 25, 2016 at 4:45 am
“The power of this Child, Son of God and Son of Mary, is not the power of this world, based on might and wealth; it is the power of love.” Pope Francis began his fourth Urbi et...

Daily Gospel Reflection for December 25, 2016 - Nativity of Our Lord

CatholicMom.com - Dec 25, 2016 at 4:30 am
Today’s Gospel: Luke 2, 15-20 – Nativity of Our Lord “And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.” Is there a more tender and motherly passage in all the...

Pope Francis: Christmas Message Urbi et Orbi (To the City and the World)

Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 25, 2016 at 2:39 am
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy Christmas!

The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 25, 2016 at 1:00 am
The Twenty-fifth Day of December, when ages beyond number had run their course from the creation of the world, when God in the beginning created heaven and earth, and formed man...

CHRISTMASCAzT 29: “We have beheld his glory…”

What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 25, 2016 at 12:01 am
Here is CHRISTMASCAzT 29, for the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord. These 5 minute offerings began in Advent to help you prepare for the upcoming feast as well as for your own,...

The Real Christmas Gift: Because Jesus is Born, We Can Be Born Again

Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 25, 2016 at 12:00 am
On the day called Christ-Mass, the whole world pauses - at a manger, a crib, a creche. The Nativity of the Lord touches every man, woman and ...

A Christmas and Eucharistic Reflection

Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 25, 2016 at 12:00 am
Imagine this Christmas that before exchanging gifts with family and friends, Jesus thanks you for the greatest gift you could have possibly given ...

Father Peter M. J. Stravinskas on Christmas: In the Fullness of Time a Savior Has Come

Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 25, 2016 at 12:00 am
Permit me to make a suggestion. Give yourself a Christmas gift this year - the gift of spiritual homelessness, so that God can give you a ...

CU Weekly 334: We Eat Our Way Through Christmas

Catholic Underground - Dec 24, 2016 at 11:31 pm
This episode, we are the ghosts of Christmas past, we eat our way around the world, find 12 reasons to sing about Christmas, our picks of the week and more! The post CU Weekly 334...

The Greatest Love Offers the Greatest Gift

Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 24, 2016 at 11:04 pm
“I am with you always, to the close of the age.” (Matthew 28:20) Merry Christmas! I love holidays. I love family. The two just seem to go together, don’t they?. Some holidays are...

Merry Christmas from Integrated Catholic Life

Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 24, 2016 at 11:03 pm
And the angel said to them, “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a...

Encountering the Word — Isaiah 9:6

Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 24, 2016 at 11:01 pm
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful Counselor...

Let’s be Christmas people — even in February

Aleteia - Dec 24, 2016 at 11:00 pm
This is my comfort in sorrow: that your promise gives me life. —Psalm 119:50 I do believe! Help my unbelief. —Mark 9:24 For the last month or three the world has been shouting...

WATCH: More than 1,000 people broke a world record to bring this Christmas hymn to life

Aleteia - Dec 24, 2016 at 11:00 pm
Many people came together to bring this popular Christmas hymn to life and create this video: the Piano Guys, Peter Hollens, David Archuleta, and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. “...

WATCH: #JesusIS… the son of Mary

Aleteia - Dec 24, 2016 at 11:00 pm
Everyone comes to earth by way of a family, and Jesus Christ is no different — as Sister Miriam reminds us in this video from the #JesusIS series. Jesus is born of a woman, full...

WATCH: Beautiful! How all of history culminates in the birth of Jesus

Aleteia - Dec 24, 2016 at 11:00 pm
This gorgeous video by the Skit Guys captures the work of a talented artist at high speed and sets it to the traditional hymn “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus,” to show the...
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