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The Three Feasts of the Nativity
Big C Catholics - Dec 14, 2016 at 10:17 am Nativity, Giotto, Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, c. 1316.When we celebrate Christmas we are commemorating the three nativities of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the reason...
Pope writes to Syrian president, pleading for peace and aid corridors
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 14, 2016 at 10:17 am Pope Francis urged Syrian President Bashar Assad to do everything possible to end the war in his country, to protect civilians and to ensure humanitarian agencies can deliver...
Massachusetts reverses ruling that churches must accommodate transexuals
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 14, 2016 at 10:13 am State officials in Massachusetts have reversed an earlier ruling that churches are not exempt from a new policy requiring all public institutions to accommodate ‘transgender’...
STYLE Savvy: The Season of Piles
CatholicMom.com - Dec 14, 2016 at 10:00 am
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‘Tis the season for piles — at least at my house. Some piles are good (piles of presents), some not so good (piles of papers to grade)....
Vatican finds founder of Institute of the Incarnate Word guilty of sexual misconduct
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:56 am Father Carlos Miguel Buela, the founder of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, has been found guilty of sexual misconduct after a Vatican investigation.
Michael D. O’Brien’s new book: The Fool of New York City
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:53 am Speaking of Michael D. O’Brien, I just finished reading his newest offering…
The Fool of New York City
US HERE – UK HERE
This could be a good Christmas gift.
No, you tender lib...
Daily Reading for Friday, December 16th, 2016 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:48 am Reading 1, Isaiah 56:1-3, 6-8
1 Thus says Yahweh: Make fair judgement your concern, act with justice, for soon my salvation will come and my saving ...
Transgender survey reveals high rates of sexual assault, suicide, HIV, prostitution
LifeSiteNews - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:41 am The National Center for Transgender Equality's study points to a number of troubling trends resulting from this lifestyle.
It is as if the Church simply caved in before the world and its Prince.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:37 am Around the time of the Second Vatican Council some of our sound practices were simply dropped, as if they were no longer needed. For example, the Leonine Prayers after Low Mass...
Missouri Planned Parenthood Clinic Injures So Many Women in Abortions It Calls 911 Every 6 Weeks
LifeNews.com - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:36 am A group of Missouri pro-lifers are calling on the state to investigate and close a St. Louis Planned Parenthood after documents revealed frequent ambulance responses to the...
‘The most beautiful joy of Christmas is inner joy of peace,’ Pope tells general audience
Catholic Herald - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:28 am Christmas is a time to open your heart to the little and wondrous things found in baby Jesus — born poor and defenceless so he could be near and bring hope to everyone, Pope...
Funding of Planned Parenthood’s ‘barbaric abortion empire’ must end: pro-life leaders on Senate’s FBI referral
LifeSiteNews - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:27 am 'It should surprise no one' that the abortion industry has no problem tearing apart babies and selling their bodies, said Live Action President Lila Rose.
RU-486 abortion drug unexpectedly delayed in Canada
LifeSiteNews - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:27 am The abortion drug's manufacturer is now asking Health Canada to approve the drug up to nine weeks after a woman's last menstrual period.
Catholic Legislators Under Fire for Supporting Bill to Legalize Assisted Suicide in New Jersey
LifeNews.com - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:23 am Several New Jersey Catholic lawmakers are ignoring church teachings about the sanctity of life and supporting a measure to legalize doctor-prescribed suicide this winter.
The bill...
Mission, synodality key themes in latest round of cardinal meetings
EWTN - Vatican News - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:22 am Vatican City, Dec 14, 2016 / 09:22 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals met for the 17th time this week, with
synodality and the Church's "missionary drive"...
Saint John of the Cross on the Love of God
Big C Catholics - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:18 am Mine are the heavens and mine is the earth. Mine are the nations, the just are mine and mine the sinners. The angels are mine, and the Mother of God, and all things are mine; and...
Meet the incredible LifeSite team!
LifeSiteNews - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:17 am LifeSite readers, this may be the most important letter that you read during this campaign! You might be surprised, as many are, the large number of staff it takes to run this...
Cardinal Arns, Brazilian social-justice warrior, dead at 95
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:07 am Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, the retired Archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil, died in that city on December 14 at the age of 95.
Major international study finds no improvement in sexual health outcomes from school sex-ed programs
LifeSiteNews - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:06 am Results indicated that teenage pregnancy rates were highest in the areas that were most aggressive in promoting sex-ed.
What Newman really stood for
Catholic Herald - Dec 14, 2016 at 9:00 am I wrote the book Newman on Vatican II for two reasons. First, I hoped to settle once and for all the question that always hangs around Newman: was he a conservative or a liberal...
