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Papal charity delivering Christmas aid to Ukraine conflict region
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 23, 2016 at 5:26 am The Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the charitable arm of the papacy, is delivering nearly €6 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine for Christmas.
French public university names Catholic priest as president
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 23, 2016 at 5:16 am A Catholic priest has been named president of the state-run University of Strasbourg, provoking protests from some scholars who see the move as an infringement on state secularity.
Massive volcano near Naples begins rumbling
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 23, 2016 at 5:10 am A volcanic field off the shore of Sicily, near Naples, has become active, scientists report.
In Christmas message, Church leaders in Holy Land plead for peace
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 23, 2016 at 5:04 am Christian leaders in the Holy Land exhorted world leaders to “way in the ways of peace and reconciliation” in a joint Christmas message.
Wales and the Midlands are ‘most spiritual’ parts of Britain, poll suggests
Catholic Herald - Dec 23, 2016 at 5:03 am A YouGov poll for the Times has found that the Midlands and Wales are the “most spiritual’ parts of Britain. Only 31 per cent of respondents said that there was no “God or greater...
Christmas celebrations banned in Brunei
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 23, 2016 at 4:49 am The sultanate of Brunei has banned public celebrations of Christmas.
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 23, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Dec 23, 2016 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: Luke 1, 57-66
Elizabeth gives birth to a son, and all her relatives and neighbors are rejoicing at God’s great miracle. When it comes time to name the child, the...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 23/12/16
Catholic Herald - Dec 23, 2016 at 3:39 am The Heads of Churches in Jerusalem have urged “all authorities and powers to walk in the ways of peace with justice and reconciliation” in their Christmas message.
China has...
The Christmas Triad: Christ, Church, Eucharist
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 23, 2016 at 2:45 am
As a cradle Catholic long accustomed to the rituals and feasts of faith, the earliest memories I have coincide, most happily, with membership in what the comedian Lenny Bruce...
Rome Could Have Stopped the New UN LGBT Czar
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 23, 2016 at 2:40 am
This week the brave African delegations to the UN fought a rear-guard action to stop a new UN office that will seek out and punish any country or institution that does not bend...
Christmas Lives On
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 23, 2016 at 2:26 am A lovely essay from a Christian who has done a fine job over the years evangelizing a segment of the population that often doesn’t get a lot of contact with the gospel.
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A Resistance is Forming
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 23, 2016 at 1:48 am Hate crimes are up 63% in New York from last year thanks to the ascendancy of Donald Trump. But citizens are pushing back. Good for them!
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Cardinal calls on Italian lawmakers to confront life’s most important questions
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 23, 2016 at 1:25 am Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa, the president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, celebrated Mass for members of the Italian Parliament on December 20 and said that the...
If you were a big shot prolife Catholic leader…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 23, 2016 at 1:08 am …and the President-Elect you have battled to defend as the obvious super-duper prolife choice for Catholics came out with a tweet calling for a huge increase in weapons of mass...
Yesterday, Doug O’Brien and I talked about secular Christmas myths
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 23, 2016 at 1:02 am …such as “Christmas is just a warm-over Feast of the Unconquered Sun” and “The census in Luke never happened”:
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Moscow patriarch: godless society ‘destined to self-destruction’
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 23, 2016 at 1:02 am The head of the Russian Orthodox Church cautioned against one-sided commemorations of the centenary of the Russian Revolution.
Ukrainian Church leader issues encyclical on gender ideology
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 23, 2016 at 12:46 am The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church recently issued an encyclical on the dangers of gender ideology.
As final Christmas meal approaches, longtime Dorothy Day volunteer reflects on charity’s transition to new space
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 23, 2016 at 12:17 am As many as 300 people eat at Dorothy Day each day. This year’s Christmas meal will be the last time its guests eat a holiday dinner at the longtime site, according to Catholic...
EU bishops criticize proposed changes to European asylum law
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 23, 2016 at 12:04 am The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community—joined by Caritas Europa, Jesuit Refugee Services, and seven other Christian organizations—has released an 11-...
ADVENTCAzT 27: God’s self-communication
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 23, 2016 at 12:01 am Here is ADVENTCAzT 27, for Friday of the 4th Week of Advent.
A quote from an unexpected writer!
These 5 minute offerings, to help you prepare for the upcoming feast as well as for...
