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Francis: Christians should open the way to Jesus with their life
Vatican Insider - Dec 16, 2016 at 6:45 am The “great” St. John the Baptist is the example we should follow. Christians should see him as an example of humble testimony to Jesus, who nullifies and annihilates Himself,...
Firing Clerk Who Refused To Process Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Did Not Violate Title VII
The Religion Clause - Dec 16, 2016 at 6:20 am In Summers v. Whitis, (SD IN, Dec. 15, 2016), an Indiana federal district court held that an Indiana County Clerk did not violate Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act when she...
Voting Fraud Indictments Are Latest In Battle Over Hasidic Development In NY Town
The Religion Clause - Dec 16, 2016 at 6:15 am As reported yesterday by The Forward, since 2012 the village of Bloomingburg, New York has been embroiled in a battle over whether an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community would expand...
Court Allows Peanuts Christmas Poster To Go Back Up, With Minor Change
The Religion Clause - Dec 16, 2016 at 6:10 am As previously reported, on Tuesday of this week the Kileen, Texas school board voted to support a middle school principal who told a staff member to take down a 6-foot tall...
Hush, Hush, Beautiful Is the Mother
CatholicMom.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 6:00 am
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Christ is born, tell the folk of the village.Jesus is sleeping in his cradle.Hush, hush, beautiful is the mother.
Hush, hush, beautiful...
U.S. Sues Sterling Heights, Michigan Over Zoning Denial For Mosque
The Religion Clause - Dec 16, 2016 at 6:00 am The Department of Justice announced yesterday that it has filed suit against the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan claiming that the city violated the Religious Land Use and...
Muslim businessman gives Baghdad’s Christians a giant Christmas tree
Catholic Herald - Dec 16, 2016 at 5:59 am A Muslim businessman has erected the tallest Christmas tree in Baghdad as a show of solidarity with Christians during the holiday season.
Yassir Saad told The Associated Press on...
UK pro-life groups express alarm over three-parent baby plans
Catholic Herald - Dec 16, 2016 at 5:27 am The creation of babies made from two women and one man have been approved by the UK’s fertility regulator prompting condemnation from pro-life campaign groups.
The Human...
Daily Gospel Reflection for December 16, 2016
CatholicMom.com - Dec 16, 2016 at 4:30 am Today’s Gospel: John 5, 33-36
He did it again.
Jesus did it again.
He healed on the Sabbath. Didn’t he know the Jewish leaders would be watching him? Didn’t he know they’d be...
Papal preacher delivers third Advent Sermon
News.va - Dec 16, 2016 at 4:17 am (Vatican Radio) The Papal preacher, Father Raniero Cantalamessa, delivered his third Advent Sermon on Friday to Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia.
As preacher to the...
The Prophet Who Stole Christmas
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 16, 2016 at 3:35 am
Behold! The angels said: O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him. His name will be Jesus Christ, the son of Mary, held in honor in this world and the Hereafter...
The Sexual Revolution’s Unhappy Result: Self-Marriage
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 16, 2016 at 3:30 am
With everyone marrying anyone, it would seem only a matter of time before someone would end up marrying no one. Leave it to the postmodern imagination to open up absurd frontiers...
You suggest: Devotion to the Infant King, and rebuilding His Shrine in Chicago
Rorate Coeli - Dec 16, 2016 at 3:30 am The following was given to us by the ICR's Shrine of Christ the King:
Veni Veni, Emmanuel!
Join us, the Institute's Shrine of Christ the King, this Holy Advent season as we embark...
Can the Catholic Church help an addicted generation?
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 16, 2016 at 2:02 am Greenwich, Connecticut, Dec 16, 2016 / 02:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Young Americans are dying at a rate not seen since the Vietnam War.
Courage to host event on pastoral approach to sexual identity
EWTN - US Latest News - Dec 16, 2016 at 2:01 am Phoenix, Ariz., Dec 16, 2016 / 02:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Courage International will team with the Phoenix diocese in the new year
to host an event addressing same-sex attraction...
Saints of the Old Testament: Sts. Ananias, Azarias and Misael
Rorate Coeli - Dec 16, 2016 at 1:58 am While the Church Universal today commemorates the heavenly birthday of St. Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop and martyr, she also recalls the exemplary holiness of three Old Testament...
Yesterday, Deacon Steve Greydanus and I had great fun…
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 16, 2016 at 1:46 am talking about Rogue One, his sixth homily, and him having to wear “rose” (actually pink) liturgical garb for Gaudete Sunday:
The post Yesterday, Deacon Steve Greydanus and I had...
Pope Francis meets with Colombian leaders in wake of peace deal
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 16, 2016 at 1:45 am Vatican City, Dec 16, 2016 / 01:45 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis met Friday morning with Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón and former president Senator Álvaro...
Bill Doino, Jr. on the Beeb’s Apology for Sliming Pius XII
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 16, 2016 at 1:39 am He writes: Please note link below– progress on the Pius XII front—the BBC has, to its credit, acknowledged and corrected its own report, which badly misrepresented Pius XII’s...
Because No Christmas is Complete Without It
Catholic and Enjoying It! - Dec 16, 2016 at 1:35 am …and because I have a deep streak of sadistic cruelty, I give you, ladies and gentlemen, the Star Wars Holiday Special as a reminder that franchise is not all Rogue One beer and...
