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Philippines president admits he's killed suspected drug criminals to show police how it's done
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 14, 2016 at 12:00 am On Monday, December 12, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte spoke to business leaders at the presidential palace, where he shared his extremely ...
Pope Francis offers the hearing-impaired a special Christmas message - In sign language!
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 14, 2016 at 12:00 am On Tuesday, December 13, YouTube user Joseph Matar posted a shockingly adorable video of Pope Francis sharing a Christmas message with the deaf ...
Concerned bus driver's heart is broken when he sees why a student is in tears - 'No one wants a kid to suffer like that'
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 14, 2016 at 12:00 am John Lunceford, a U.S. Army veteran, was driving an elementary school bus for the Kennewick School District like he has every school day for the past ...
At UN, Vatican diplomat emphasizes dignity of the elderly
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:57 pm The Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations emphasized the dignity of the elderly during an address to the UN’s Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing.
Pope Francis: late Opus Dei prelate constantly served Church and souls
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:33 pm In a message following the death of Bishop Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, who led Opus Dei from 1994 until his death on December 12, Pope Francis expressed condolences as well as “...
Joint performance of Sistine, Russian Orthodox choirs
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:08 pm The Moscow Synodal Choir joined the Sistine Chapel Choir in a December 11 concert at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs in Rome.
Daily Reflection — The Mountain of the Lord
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:05 pm “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths” (Isaiah 2:3b). For the...
Unexpected interpretation of “O Holy Night” is sure to please
Aleteia - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:05 pm If you’re like us, you’ve probably grown accustomed to the grandiose versions of the classic “O Holy Night” (think Mariah Carey). It’s a chance for singers to both enter into the...
Advent: Letting Go of our Expectations
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:04 pm This year, Advent isn’t going as I had hoped, not even close. I had promised myself that we wouldn’t overdo anything—baking, decorating, planning, shopping. I wanted the...
Daily Catholic Quote — from St. John of the Cross
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:02 pm “At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.” (St. John of the Cross, Dichos 64) The Memorial of St. John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church (A.D. 1542 –...
Daily Catholic Quote — from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:02 pm “The mark of man is initiative, but the mark of woman is cooperation. Man talks about freedom; woman about sympathy, love, sacrifice. Man cooperates with nature; woman cooperates...
Encountering the Word — Luke 1:68
Integrated Catholic Life - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:01 pm A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people…” (Luke 1:68) Print this entry
Christmas gift suggestions to help you finish off that list!
Aleteia - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm We’re all in the same boat; Christmas Eve is around the corner, and work, family and community obligations mean that the lights still aren’t up, the decorations are still in boxes...
The beauty of a forgotten Advent tradition
Aleteia - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm The season of Advent falls each year in the dark month of December and it is a month when we see the general theme of the liturgical season being echoed in nature. Darkness has...
How Aleteia almost made me famous
Aleteia - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm A very famous British broadcasting company program scheduler for the religion and ethics program contacted me by email some several weeks ago. She wanted to know if I would be...
Through the fog of Alzheimer’s comes an Immaculate moment
Aleteia - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm Sometimes just a smile is enough to transform a day into pure sunshine. This is about one of those smiles. My wife, Marty, has been under attack by Alzheimer’s disease for a...
Sunday Soundbite for December 18, 2016
Franciscan Media - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm Fourth Sunday of Advent
Cycle A
December 18, 2016
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ssadA_4.mp3
A former Franciscan missionary in the Philippines once...
5 Things that make a good therapist
Aleteia - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm As we approach both Christmas and the New Year, many of us like to take stock of the past year and to make concrete plans for the next. Usually those plans involve improving...
The season to be cranky about Christmas, for good reason
Aleteia - Dec 13, 2016 at 11:00 pm It’s the season to be Cranky About Christmas, a.k.a. Advent. It’s the season people let you be disgruntled and curmudgeonly, if you complain about the way our commercialized...
