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Context-free zone: New York Times disses Christians using Pew survey, but RNS does better
GetReligion - Dec 16, 2016 at 12:00 pm Just about a week after New York Times top editor Dean Baquet concedes many of his reporters “don't quite get religion,” a Times-man (as they used to be called) does his level...
Late-Term Abortion Clinic Preyed on Women to Get Aborted Babies to Sell for Research
LifeNews.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 11:59 am A week after a New Mexico abortion facility was slapped with a lawsuit alleging it gave researchers an aborted baby’s body without the mother’s full knowledge or consent, a pro-...
Couple Adopts 5 Siblings to Keep Them Together: “All They Have in the World is Each Other”
LifeNews.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 11:50 am Curt and Brenda Heuer of Prescott, Arizona opened their home and hearts to numerous children in need over the past decade, fostering 52 children, CBSNews reports.
Recently, the...
In Indonesia, Christian governor rejects blasphemy charge
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 16, 2016 at 11:49 am Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec 16, 2016 / 10:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Christian governor of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, could face stiff penalties if convicted of insulting the...
Skyrocketing crime rates make children, teens unsafe in Honduras
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 16, 2016 at 11:30 am A soaring rate of violent crime in Honduras has made the country unsafe for young people, prompting many to seek refuge in the United States.
“Happy Birthday, Pope Francis!”: How you can send the Holy Father birthday greetings on his 80th
Aleteia - Dec 16, 2016 at 11:29 am VATICAN CITY — As Pope Francis prepares to celebrate his 80th birthday on Saturday, December 17, the Vatican is inviting you to join in the festivities by sending the pontiff...
Church teaching on Communion cannot be changed, says Cardinal Burke
Catholic Herald - Dec 16, 2016 at 11:26 am Cardinal Raymond Burke has given a new interview, in which he says that the Church’s teaching against Communion for the remarried cannot change.
In an interview with Raymond...
Rorate Coeli | The Advent Prose
Big C Catholics - Dec 16, 2016 at 11:22 am The text of this hymn recited in the Mass and Divine Office during Advent comes from the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 45:8) in the Vulgate. It is a plea of the Prophets, the Patriarchs...
In secular France, a priest is appointed head of a university
Vatican Insider - Dec 16, 2016 at 11:17 am In the academic world, the news in itself might be purely administrative: on 13 December the University of Strasbourg – which has a student body of over 50,000 and a budget of...
Curb access to weapons of mass destruction, Vatican envoy urges UN
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 16, 2016 at 11:16 am In an address to a session of the UN Security Council, the Vatican’s representative laid heavy emphasis on the need to ensure that terrorists and militia groups do not obtain...
De Mattei: The irrevocable duties of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
Rorate Coeli - Dec 16, 2016 at 11:15 am Roberto de Mattei
Corrispondenza Romana
December 14, 2016
In his intervention at the Lepanto
Foundation on December 5, 2016, Cardinal Raymond Burke said: “There
is a very heavy...
3rd Advent Sermon: ‘the sober intoxication of the Spirit’
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 16, 2016 at 11:10 am Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the preacher of the pontifical household, spoke about “the sober intoxication of the Spirit’ in his Advent Sermon on December 16.
Fundraising Site Keeps the Faith
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White House Claims Obama is “Our Most Catholic of Presidents.” But He’s Been an Abortion Activist
LifeNews.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 10:52 am On the December 15 edition of the “Axe Files” podcast, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough told David Axelrod the following about President Barack Obama. “I think this is...
New Ohio Law Will Save Babies From Abortion and Puts the Pro-Abortion Supreme Court in Check
LifeNews.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 10:43 am By now you know that earlier this week, Governor Kasich made a momentous decision on two pieces of pro-life legislation. He signed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,...
How to make your home a domestic church
Catholic Herald - Dec 16, 2016 at 10:40 am The Reverend Canon Giles Fraser, columnist over at the Guardian, has an interesting article in which he compares Judaism with western Christianity, and avers that the former...
Pope plans quiet 80th birthday celebration
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 16, 2016 at 10:38 am Pope Francis will celebrate his 80th birthday on December 17, without fanfare.
Pope meets with Colombian leaders to discuss peace accord with FARC rebels
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 16, 2016 at 10:34 am Pope Francis met on December 16 with Colombia’s president and with the leader of the country’s main opposition party, to speak about the prospects for final approval of a peace...
Woman Who Killed Her 4-Day-Old Son by Putting Him in the Refrigerator Released From Jail
LifeNews.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 10:25 am A woman in South Carolina has been arrested on murder chargers after she allegedly put her newborn baby in the refrigerator for hours. Angela Renee Blackwell, 27, was arrested and...
Manchester Catholic chaplaincy launches night shelter for asylum seekers
Catholic Herald - Dec 16, 2016 at 10:18 am The chaplaincy team at Manchester University and the city’s Holy Name Church have combined forces to launch a night shelter for asylum seekers.
The Boaz Night Shelter is a...
