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G. K. Chesterton and C. S. Lewis Agree: What Every Christian Must Acknowledge
Big C Catholics - Dec 19, 2016 at 5:47 pm Consider the following: Our original state of grace was forfeited when our first parents rejected God's love in favor of the Devil's lies. God loves us so much that even if you...
Medical Expert Confirms Abortion is Linked to Increased Risk of Breast Cancer for Women
LifeNews.com - Dec 19, 2016 at 5:42 pm For a political body, such as the Texas state legislature, cobbling together an informational booklet about the safety of abortion is a huge challenge. The authors are trying to...
Oklahoma Bill Would Make Abortion Clinics Post Signs Alerting Women to Alternatives
LifeNews.com - Dec 19, 2016 at 5:31 pm Oklahoma abortion facilities would be required to post signs directing women to alternatives to abortion under a new bill scheduled to be considered in the state legislature in...
Baby Annie Only Lived 15 Hours, But Her Parents Never Could Have Aborted Her
LifeNews.com - Dec 19, 2016 at 5:13 pm Abbey Ahern was 19-weeks pregnant with her third child when she heard words that no mother wants to hear.
“What I have to tell you isn’t easy. Your baby has anencephaly,” an...
Faith in God is Vera Acres’ secret to seeing out 100 years
The Catholic Leader - Dec 19, 2016 at 5:00 pm BELIEVING in God is the reason Catholic mother-of-three Vera Acres has entered Brisbane’s 100-plus club. The former parishioner from St Luke’s in Buranda for 65 years said God had...
Donald Trump Gets Enough Electoral College Votes to Defeat Hillary Clinton, Become President
LifeNews.com - Dec 19, 2016 at 4:48 pm Despite a couple of defections Kama Donald Trump has received enough votes from members of The Electoral College become the next president. Trump has now officially defeated pro-...
Lena Dunham: “I Haven’t Had an Abortion, But Wish I Had”
LifeNews.com - Dec 19, 2016 at 4:29 pm Actress and producer Lena Dunham is setting yet another precedent for abortion-obsessed Hollywood: wishing for the opportunity to have had an abortion.
On Thursday, Dunham...
Another Day, More Muslim-inspired Tragedies
Rorate Coeli - Dec 19, 2016 at 4:12 pm Nine dead, dozens injured in the Berlin Christmas Market: may they rest in peace.
In the Turkish capital, the Russian ambassador is slaughtered under the cry of, "Allah is great...
Dallas Morning News offers well-rounded look at Bishop Burns, arriving from Juneau
GetReligion - Dec 19, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Every so often, you run across an article that sings. The Dallas Morning News’ front-page piece on the area's incoming Catholic bishop was one of them. And we're talking smack-in...
This gay activist may be the most vocal opponent of Ontario’s radical bill redefining parenthood
LifeSiteNews - Dec 19, 2016 at 3:58 pm 'This bill attempts to rewrite human biology.'
Today’s radical and ‘inclusive’ language is wrecking children’s thinking and behaviour
LifeSiteNews - Dec 19, 2016 at 3:58 pm The new language of human sexuality is politically driven indoctrination and a corruption of education and thinking.
Archbishop Hebda: Pallium a reminder to be a shepherd
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 19, 2016 at 3:50 pm In front of hundreds of Catholics who braved frigid cold to witness the moment, Archbishop Bernard Hebda received his pallium at a special Mass Dec. 18 at the Cathedral of St....
These comments say it all
LifeSiteNews - Dec 19, 2016 at 3:36 pm In the past few days our staff have been overwhelmed by the hundreds of inspiring and encouraging comments sent to us by donors to our Christmas fundraising campaign.
Clickbait Asshattery From Notre Dame Prof About the Virgin Mary and SEX!
Creative Minority Report - Dec 19, 2016 at 3:31 pm The last time we heard from Notre Dame professor Candida Moss she was on every television show possible discussing her theory that Christians of old were never actually persecuted...
Pro-Abortion Group Suddenly Wants to Feed Poor Kids… If They Can Survive the Womb First
LifeNews.com - Dec 19, 2016 at 3:16 pm A little bit of twisted irony: NARAL Pro-Choice America is really mad this week that welfare money in seven states is going toward pro-life pregnancy centers.
That fact won’t...
Report Card: Trump’s Ed. Sec. Pick on Common Core, End of Obama’s ‘Assault on Religious Liberty’
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 19, 2016 at 3:13 pm The Cardinal Newman Society’s “Report Card” column provides weekly commentary from Matt Archbold on the latest in Catholic education. Matt blogs at CreativeMinorityReport.com and ...
The Little Way of Advent: Stirred by the Lord’s Spirit
Franciscan Media - Dec 19, 2016 at 3:06 pm Image: Wikipedia
Readings for December 19
First Reading: Judges 13:2–7, 24–25a
Gospel: Luke 1:5–25
Commentary and Meditation
Today we see the salvation story unfold within the...
Let us pray together for Berlin, and for the whole world
Aleteia - Dec 19, 2016 at 3:03 pm A very large truck has plowed into a Christmas market in Berlin. At this writing nine people are known to be dead, with at dozens injured. A sort of attack feared just weeks ago...
Away from home at Christmas, Central American farmworkers find welcome
Franciscan Media - Dec 19, 2016 at 3:01 pm Archbishop Michael Miller of Vancouver, British Columbia, receives the gifts during a Dec. 17 Mass for migrant workers at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Vancouver. (CNS photo/Ben...
We asked city shoppers what they thought about Christmas. Their answers might surprise you
The Catholic Leader - Dec 19, 2016 at 3:00 pm THEIR tiny eyes lit up as the string of reindeer tipped upside down in the navy blue sky above the crowd of carollers. Hands glued to the glass, the children laughed playfully as...
