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Our 11th Anniversary Birthday Gift: - Full text of "THE NEW RELIGION", by Don Pietro Leone
Rorate Coeli - Dec 17, 2016 at 4:31 pm We first published the first excerpts of Don Pietro Leone's booklet "THE NEW RELIGION".
Now, on the date of our 11th Anniversary, RORATE SUNDAY, we present the full text of the...
Saint Olympias of Constantinople, Widow
Regina Magazine - Dec 17, 2016 at 4:16 pm December 17 Today is the feast day of Saint Olympias. Ora pro nobis. Olympias was born the daughter of senator Anicius Secundus, and a descendant (on her mother’s side) of noted...
Saint Lazarus
Regina Magazine - Dec 17, 2016 at 4:11 pm December 17 Today is the feast day of Saint Lazarus. Ora pro nobis. The Readings Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, a the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was...
Gaudete and Rorate Photopost 2016 (Part 3)
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 17, 2016 at 4:00 pm Our third and final post of your photos of Gaudete Sunday liturgies and Rorate Masses, and once again, our thanks to all those who sent them in. Our next set of photoposts will be...
1000 years of border changes in 3 minutes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 17, 2016 at 3:28 pm This is mesmerizing.
Think of all the strife and grief which produced those arbitrary changes.
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Benedict XVI sends birthday wishes to Pope Francis
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 17, 2016 at 1:41 pm Vatican City, Dec 17, 2016 / 12:41 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sent birthday greetings to Pope Francis on Saturday, Francis’ eightieth birthday.
The Holy...
Pope Francis to visit Fatima for anniversary of apparitions
News.va - Dec 17, 2016 at 1:38 pm (Vatican Radio) On the occasion of the centenary of the Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Cova da Iria [Portugal], and welcoming the invitation of the President of the...
WDTPRS – 4th Sunday of Advent (O.F.): Seeing really is believing
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 17, 2016 at 12:59 pm The 4th Sunday’s Collect in the Novus Ordo is also the Post Communion for the Feast of the Annunciation (25 March) in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (1962MR).
The...
Benedict XVI sends Pope Francis 3 mysterious gifts on his birthday
Aleteia - Dec 17, 2016 at 12:48 pm VATICAN CITY — Pope emeritus Benedict XVI today sent his best wishes and three mysterious gifts to Pope Francis as he celebrates his 80th birthday. The pope emeritus first offered...
The Christmas Story’s Best Supporting Actor: A Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
CatholicMom.com - Dec 17, 2016 at 12:30 pm
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Readings for December 18: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Reflection on #Sunday #Gospel by @dritaly: Joseph as Best Supporting ActorClick To Tweet...
After Dylann Roof verdict, best stories aren't about the killer — but resilient survivors
GetReligion - Dec 17, 2016 at 12:21 pm As I noted earlier this week, a big part of me would be happy never to see Dylann Roof's name in print again. Or hear it on the TV news.
But stories about the victims and...
White House Chief of Staff: Obama Most Catholic President Like Ever!
Creative Minority Report - Dec 17, 2016 at 11:54 am He's soooo Catholic he's been sued by nuns! This is just sycophantic idiocy of a half man who is inexplicably infatuated with Barack Obama who is willing to walk away from the...
Gloria in Excelsis Deo: Spiritual Reflections on Christmas Carols
Saints 365 - Dec 17, 2016 at 11:32 am As a child, Christmas engaged all five of my senses. The fresh Christmas tree engulfed our Brooklyn row-house living room each year with its unmistakable scent of pine. I loved...
Pope Francis to visit Fatima on 100th anniversary of Marian apparitions
Aleteia - Dec 17, 2016 at 11:26 am VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will visit Fatima on May 12-13, 2017, to mark the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three shepherd children in Cova da...
Why speak about the poor? Look to Christmas, Pope Francis says
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 17, 2016 at 10:53 am Vatican City, Dec 17, 2016 / 10:53 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
There's a Christmas reason to
speak always about the poor and about mercy, Pope Francis told a benefit
concert Saturday.
Yesterday, Doug O’Brien and I talked about unpopular opinions…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 17, 2016 at 10:41 am …such as “William Shatner is a truly gifted comic actor”. I don’t mean that ironically. He really is a gifted comic actor. Also, Oswald acted alone. Hear the rest here:
The post...
De Mattei - The 80th Birthday of Pope Francis
Rorate Coeli - Dec 17, 2016 at 10:39 am Pope Francis’ eighty years
Roberto de Mattei
Corrispondenza Romana
(originally for IL TEMPO, 16th December 2016)
Pope Francis crosses the threshold of 80 years: Ingravescentem...
Pope to Nomadelfia: promote dialogue between generations
News.va - Dec 17, 2016 at 10:14 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday met with the Nomadelfia community here at the Vatican.
Nomadelfia is a group of Catholic volunteers seeking to build a new civilization...
The defense of ‘Amoris laetitia’ by recourse to the Two Synods on the family
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 17, 2016 at 10:05 am My friend Fr Gerry Murray has an analysis piece at The Catholic Thing which could be useful in your discussions about Amoris laetitia.
There are elements of Chapter 8 which are...
Praise Moments: The Shepherd's Carol
CatholicMom.com - Dec 17, 2016 at 10:00 am
This week’s Praise Moment is shared by one of our columnists from Catholic Relief Services, Ed Hoyt. He and his wife, Charlene Lockwood, put together this video of “The Shepherd’...
