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Iowa pastor creates room-size Bethlehem village — with local touches
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 20, 2016 at 9:26 am SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Traditional Nativity scenes focus on the Holy Family in a stable where they found shelter.
Father Dan Rupp, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish, has taken that...
Pope sends condolences as Germany mourns Christmas market attack
Aleteia - Dec 20, 2016 at 9:25 am VATICAN CITY — Germany is mourning today, after last evening’s terror attack when a man plowed a truck through crowds at a Christmas market, leaving 12 persons dead and many...
Daily Reading for Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 20, 2016 at 9:10 am Reading 1, First Samuel 1:24-28
24 When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, as well as a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour and a skin ...
49% of Americans Said Abortion Affected Their Vote for President. Guess Who They Supported
LifeNews.com - Dec 20, 2016 at 9:09 am The Electoral College votes were officially cast yesterday, making Donald Trump and running mate, Mike Pence, the next U.S. President and VP by a tally of 304-228. All six GOP...
Pope Francis prays for Russia after gun attack
News.va - Dec 20, 2016 at 9:03 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has expressed his condolences to the family of the Russian ambassador to Turkey who was shot dead by a police officer at an art exhibition.
In a...
Euthanasia Activists’ Convictions Upheld After They Killed a Healthy Person in an Assisted Suicide
LifeNews.com - Dec 20, 2016 at 9:02 am The Minnesota appeals court upheld the conviction of the Final Exit Network in the assisted suicide death of Doreen Dunn who died May 30, 2007.
On May 14, 2015, the Final Exit...
Supreme Court: Senate doesn’t have to vote on Obama’s pro-abortion SCOTUS nominee
LifeSiteNews - Dec 20, 2016 at 8:55 am It looks like Garland's bid is over and the Senate will vote on a Trump nominee next year.
This Little Miracle Baby Survived an Abortion at 31 Weeks
LifeNews.com - Dec 20, 2016 at 8:51 am Melissa Ohden sometimes thinks that her life is like the plot of a movie. The 39-year-old speaker and pro-life advocate has an incredible life story, one that is both miraculous...
Among the dumb and evil things on the internet…
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 20, 2016 at 8:40 am I’ve seen some pretty dumb things on the internet. I’ve seen some pretty evil things on the internet. I’ve seen things that are both pretty dumb and pretty evil on the internet...
Journalists: Religious lessons you (could have) learned from Trump win can help explain Putin
GetReligion - Dec 20, 2016 at 8:33 am Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia.
Everywhere you look in the news right now, journalists are trying to get a handle on Vladimir Putin and Russia. This post is about Russia --...
Why You Should Not Check Out Of Your 2016 Biz ' Coz of the Holidays
CatholicMom.com - Dec 20, 2016 at 8:30 am Photo from Pexels, under CC0 license. Text added by author.
Certain businesses, like retail, have their best months during the holiday seasons. But until recently, I have been...
Pope Francis pleads for end to 'homicidal madness' of terrorism
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 20, 2016 at 8:02 am Vatican City, Dec 20, 2016 / 08:44 am (EWTN News/CNA).- What are being called two major acts of terrorism in just the past 24
hours have prompted Pope Francis to again beg for an...
Pope Francis prays for victims of Berlin lorry attack
Catholic Herald - Dec 20, 2016 at 7:58 am Pope Francis is urging people of good will to fight the “folly of terrorism”, following Monday’s lorry attack on a Christmas market that left 12 people dead and a further 48...
China: Vatican is not forbidding attendance at Assembly of Catholic Representatives
Vatican Insider - Dec 20, 2016 at 7:53 am “Regarding the 9th Assembly” of Catholic Representatives in China, “the Holy See is waiting for hard facts before it makes a judgement”. Meanwhile, concerning the episcopal...
Nuremberg ‘Christkind’ visits markets, but also has charitable duties
Franciscan Media - Dec 20, 2016 at 7:52 am People walk through the Christmas market Dec. 18 in Nuremberg, Germany. Dating back to 1628, it is one of the oldest Christmas markets in Germany. (CNS photo/Zita Fletcher)...
Pope Francis sends Vladimir Putin telegram following murder of Russian ambassador
Aleteia - Dec 20, 2016 at 7:48 am VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has sent a telegram to Vladimir Putin, expressing his condolences following yesterday’s terrorist attack in Ankara, Turkey which led to the death of...
Pope Francis pleads for end to 'homicidal madness' of terrorism
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 20, 2016 at 7:44 am Vatican City, Dec 20, 2016 / 06:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- What are being called two major acts of terrorism in just the past 24 hours have prompted Pope Francis to again beg for an...
Are Russians becoming the chief target of Islamist terror?
Catholic Herald - Dec 20, 2016 at 7:39 am The latest terrorist outrage, if that is what it is, and it is hard to see what else it can be, that took place yesterday in Berlin, is by no means the first of its type; indeed,...
Cardinal Marx statement following Berlin attack
News.va - Dec 20, 2016 at 7:36 am
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the President of COMECE and of the German Bishops' Conference, expresses his compassion for the victims and calls for unity after...
Pope appoints new director of Vatican Museums
News.va - Dec 20, 2016 at 7:01 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has appointed a new Director of the Vatican Museums, Barbara Jatta, who is set to take up the post on 1 January 2017.
Born in Rome on 6 October 1962...
