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Italian priest will not install creche in cemetery; fears offending Muslims
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 15, 2016 at 8:35 am An Italian priest has announced that he will not set up a Nativity scene in the public cemetery for which he is chaplain, because the display could offend Muslims.
When is a heartbeat not a heartbeat? When NPR (briefly) calls it 'sounds from the fetus'
GetReligion - Dec 15, 2016 at 8:33 am If a tree falls in a forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?
You know the answer to that one, don't you? In a way, that old puzzler reminds me of...
Pregnant in Advent With Mary
CatholicMom.com - Dec 15, 2016 at 8:30 am By Kiev school ([1]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
One day in December, our new priest led an Advent reflection in the school gym and asked the students, “Who is waiting...
School District Protects Children from Horror of Charlie Brown Poster
Creative Minority Report - Dec 15, 2016 at 8:29 am A Texas school district voted to support of a middle school principal who ordered that a Charlie Brown poster be torn from the wall because it said, "For unto you is born this day...
Italian priest cancels Nativity display to avoid offending people
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 15, 2016 at 8:01 am Milan, Italy, Dec 15, 2016 / 08:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- An
Italian priest is under fire from locals for deciding against setting
up the typical Nativity scene in his town's...
In audience with Bambino Gesù children’s hospital, Pope says corruption is the worst form of cancer
Vatican Insider - Dec 15, 2016 at 7:41 am “One of the worst cancers in a hospital is corruption.” In an off-the-cuff remark made amid thunderous applause from the doctors, nurses, stretcher bearers, patients and family...
Pope to ambassadors: make 'courageous' choice for nonviolence
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 15, 2016 at 7:17 am Vatican City, Dec 15, 2016 / 07:17 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
On Thursday Pope Francis accepted the credentials of six new ambassadors to the Holy See, urging them to work toward...
Italian priest cancels Nativity display to avoid offending people
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 15, 2016 at 7:02 am Milan, Italy, Dec 15, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An Italian priest is under fire from locals for deciding against setting up the typical Nativity scene in his town’s...
For Advent, tune in to Today’s Family Reflection
CatholicMom.com - Dec 15, 2016 at 7:00 am
Family Rosary’s daily live broadcast provides peace, perspective and purpose for today’s families
Advent is a time of waiting, anticipating and expecting. It is also a time of...
The best films of 2016
Catholic Herald - Dec 15, 2016 at 7:00 am Picking a favourite film from an entire year is generally a tricky task. But this time around, the job was a relatively simple one thanks to Hungarian director László Nemes’s...
The Huron Carol: A Strange Case of Mistranslating a Saint
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 15, 2016 at 7:00 am Among the most beloved of Christmas pieces is surely the so-called “Huron Carol.” The carol’s text was written by St. Jean de Brebeuf in Quebec in 1642 or 1643 while his father...
Pope to children's hospital: ‘hope is the “fuel” of Christian life’
News.va - Dec 15, 2016 at 6:57 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday greeted young patients, their families and hospital staff of Rome’s ‘Bambino Gesù’ Children’s Hospital and encouraged them to nurture hope...
Charges dropped against Founder of the Franciscan of the Immaculate
Rorate Coeli - Dec 15, 2016 at 6:49 am Translation exclusive to Rorate Caeli.
By Marco Tosatti
The charges against Father
Stefano Manelli, founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate have been
dropped. After...
Egypt: top Islamic cleric visits Coptic Orthodox leader after Cairo church bombing
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 15, 2016 at 6:28 am Sheikh Ahmed al Tayyib, the imam of Al Alzhar University, paid a call on Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II on December 14, expressing his sympathy and solidarity after the bombing...
Three new members named to Vatican bank board
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 15, 2016 at 6:23 am Three lay financial experts have been added to the board of the Vatican bank, the Institute for Religious Works (IOR).
President Hosts Hanukkah Receptions
The Religion Clause - Dec 15, 2016 at 6:20 am President Obama yesterday hosted an afternoon and an evening Hanukkah Reception at the White House. In his remarks (full text) at the afternoon reception, he paid tribute to Elie...
Anti-Christian ideology on the rise in Europe, Vatican envoy tells OSCE
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 15, 2016 at 6:18 am The Vatican’s representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has repeated a plea for action to curtail violence and discrimination against...
Pope to ambassadors: make 'courageous' choice for nonviolence
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 15, 2016 at 6:17 am Vatican City, Dec 15, 2016 / 05:17 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Thursday Pope Francis accepted the credentials of six new ambassadors to the Holy See, urging them to work toward...
Congress Strengthens International Religious Freedom Act
The Religion Clause - Dec 15, 2016 at 6:15 am On Tuesday, Congress gave final passage to H.R. 1150, the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act (full text). The bill, which amends the 1998 International Religious...
India: bishops decry contraception, offer incentives for large families
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 15, 2016 at 6:11 am A bishop of India’s Syro-Malabar Catholic Church has issued an appeal to married couples to stop using contraceptives.
