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Pope Francis lays out 12 guiding principles for reform of the Roman Curia
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 22, 2016 at 7:02 am Vatican City, Dec 22, 2016 / 07:44 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In a lengthy, in-depth speech to members of the Roman Curia Thursday,
Pope Francis dug into what he said are the key...
OS SANTOS INOCENTES E O ABORTO (The Holy Innocents and Abortion)
CatholicMom.com - Dec 22, 2016 at 7:00 am
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No dia 28 de dezembro comemoramos os Santos Inocentes, os meninos que foram mortos por Herodes na tentativa dele matar Jesus. Eles são os...
Dom Benedict Andersen's Lecture on Benedictine Liturgical Ideals and the New Evangelisation
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 22, 2016 at 7:00 am Dom Benedict Andersen, Sub-Prior of Silverstream Monastery in Ireland, gave a lecture at the last Society for Catholic Liturgy conference and has asked NLM to make available a...
Christmas Novena 2016 | Day 7
Big C Catholics - Dec 22, 2016 at 6:50 am December 22, 2016Today, we pray for all parents and godparents. They have an essential role in bringing up a child who is brought into the world. Just as the Lord was presented in...
Pope Francis: Christmas greetings to Vatican employees
News.va - Dec 22, 2016 at 6:45 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the leadership, officials, and staff of the Holy See’s curial dicasteries and Vatican offices on Thursday morning, along with their families...
Francis creates Vatican commission to investigate Knights of Malta
Vatican Insider - Dec 22, 2016 at 6:44 am Pope Francis has created a new Vatican commission to investigate the recent decision of the head of the Knights of Malta to fire one of the order's senior leaders, asking the...
Pope Francis lays out 12 guiding principles for reform of the Roman Curia
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 22, 2016 at 6:44 am Vatican City, Dec 22, 2016 / 05:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In a lengthy, in-depth speech to members of the Roman Curia Thursday, Pope Francis dug into what he said are the key...
Pope Francis praises work in Christmas address to Vatican employees
Vatican Insider - Dec 22, 2016 at 6:15 am In an audience with Vatican employees and their families in the Paul VI hall this morning, the Pope thanked them for their work. In his Christmas address, which followed the one...
North Carolina's Attempt To Repeal "Bathroom Bill" Fails
The Religion Clause - Dec 22, 2016 at 6:15 am As reported by the Washington Post, yesterday's special session of the North Carolina legislature that had been called to repeal the state's controversial anti-transgender "...
Preliminary Injunction Issued Against Illinois Conscience Act Amendments
The Religion Clause - Dec 22, 2016 at 6:10 am In Pregnancy Care Center of Rockford, Inc. v. Rauner, (IL Cir. Ct., Dec. 20, 2016), an Illinois state trial court granted a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement against...
Suit Challenges College's Speech Zones and Speech Code
The Religion Clause - Dec 22, 2016 at 6:05 am A student at Georgia Gwinnett College has filed suit in federal district court challenging the school's Speech Zone and Speech Code Policies. The 76-page complaint (full text) in...
Removal of Secular "Nativity Scene" May Be Viewpoint Discrimination
The Religion Clause - Dec 22, 2016 at 6:00 am In Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Abbott, (WD TX, Dec. 20, 2016), a Texas federal district court allowed plaintiff to move ahead with one aspect of its free speech claim in...
Did I succeed in making Advent prayerful?
CatholicMom.com - Dec 22, 2016 at 6:00 am
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In this whirlwind time of Advent, my own mind is cluttered with the preparations for Christmas. I take inventory of the gifts,...
Anti-Christian persecution is being overlooked, says Prince Charles
Catholic Herald - Dec 22, 2016 at 5:39 am Prince Charles has said that the scale of anti-Christian persecution is “not widely appreciated”.
Speaking on Radio 4’s Thought for the Day, the Prince of Wales recalled meeting a...
Pope lays out guiding principles of Roman Curia reform
News.va - Dec 22, 2016 at 5:32 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis invited the Roman Curia to embrace the process of reform on Thursday, telling them Christmas is “the feast of the loving humility of God, of the God...
Pope lays out 12-step programme to reform the Roman Curia
Catholic Herald - Dec 22, 2016 at 5:28 am Pope Francis has described 12 principles that guide the reform of the Roman Curia in his Christmas address to Vatican officials.
He also talked about resistance to reform, saying...
Pope confirms decrees for causes of Saints
News.va - Dec 22, 2016 at 4:52 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, authorizing the congregation to...
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 22, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Dec 22, 2016 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: Luke 1, 46-56
Mary sees herself as a lowly handmaid. Right, Mary, lowly. Great, where does that put me?
I am all over the feeling of lowliness when I compare...
What’s inside this week’s magazine?
Catholic Herald - Dec 22, 2016 at 3:38 am Christmas gifts…
Don’t flag, keep on celebrating, says Melanie McDonagh
Cardinal Robert Sarah says God draws us to Him through silence
Benedict Rogers looks for signs of peace in...
The silence that makes us tremble
Catholic Herald - Dec 22, 2016 at 3:30 am Nicolas Diat: What connection do you make between silence and the sacred?
Cardinal Robert Sarah: The idea of the sacred is particularly misused in the West. In countries that want...
