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Terminally Ill Five-Year-Old Boy Dies in Santa Claus’ Arms After Fulfilling Dying Wish to See Him
LifeNews.com - Dec 12, 2016 at 2:56 pm The season of joy has become a time of heartbreak for a Tennessee family whose 5-year-old son died several weeks ago from a terminal illness.
Just before he died, the little boy...
Daily Reading for Wednesday, December 14th, 2016 HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 12, 2016 at 2:55 pm Reading 1, Isaiah 45:6-8, 18, 21-25
6 so that it may be known from east to west that there is no one except me. I am Yahweh, and there is no ...
Pope Francis: “Like Juan Diego, we know that here is our Mother”
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 2:32 pm VATICAN CITY — Celebrating Mary, first and foremost, means remembering that we have a Mother, and that we never are and never will be orphans, Pope Francis today as he celebrated...
Pope Francis sends letter to Syrian President Assad
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 2:15 pm VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has sent a letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, through Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, Cardinal Mario Zenari, appealing for “an end to the violence...
Book Notes: "What Pope Francis Really Said" by Tom Hoopes
CatholicMom.com - Dec 12, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Every time Pope Francis writes an encyclical or makes an off-the-cuff remark on an airplane, the media (both Catholic and secular) jump all over it with various interpretations....
Report Card: Notre Dame Community Reacts to Fr. Jenkins’ Indecisiveness on Trump Commencement Invite
Catholic Education Daily - Dec 12, 2016 at 1:58 pm The Cardinal Newman Society’s “Report Card” column provides weekly commentary from Matt Archbold on the latest in Catholic education. Matt blogs at CreativeMinorityReport.com and ...
Vatican: New priests should recognize ‘immensity and urgency’ of the ‘planetary crisis’
LifeSiteNews - Dec 12, 2016 at 1:53 pm Updated guidelines on formation for seminarians emphasize environmental concerns but not abortion or contraception.
Archbishop Hebda pledges solidarity with immigrants
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 12, 2016 at 1:51 pm Jesus was born as a refugee, Archbishop Bernard Hebda and fellow leaders of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Monday in a letter to local immigrants.
Archbishop...
Ancient Roman ruins of Palmyra again in ISIS hands
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 1:48 pm The Syrian city emblematic of the Islamic State group’s threat to cultural treasures in the Middle East has fallen into the terrorist group’s hands once again. State media in...
Give flesh to the Gospel like Mary did, pope says on Guadalupe feast
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Dec 12, 2016 at 1:39 pm Celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis described Mary as a strong woman who inspires believers to give "flesh to the Gospel" in societies often marked by...
Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr
Big C Catholics - Dec 12, 2016 at 1:30 pm St. Lucy professing her faith before Paschasius.Fr. Pius Parsch notes the memorial of Saint Lucy, December 13th, "can easily be harmonized with Advent themes. The very name Lucy...
Terminally Ill 5 Year Old Dies in Santa's Arms
Creative Minority Report - Dec 12, 2016 at 1:26 pm Oh my. This is a tough story.Fox News:A 60-year-old Tennessee man who spends time volunteering as Santa Claus at a local hospital granted a 5-year-old terminally ill boy his final...
Planned Parenthood: Less care, no matter what
LifeSiteNews - Dec 12, 2016 at 1:23 pm In the world of abortion advocacy, numbers don’t matter (unless you make them up). Facts don’t matter. Feelings and faux equality are supreme.
BREAKING: German cardinal defends four Cardinals over ‘indignant’ attacks
LifeSiteNews - Dec 12, 2016 at 1:16 pm Footnote 351 "certainly does not have the status and rank of a Dogma," said Cardinal Cordes.
Pope celebrates Mass for Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
News.va - Dec 12, 2016 at 1:11 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Monday evening in St. Peter’s Basilica for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas.
In his homily for the...
VIDEO: Cancer Survivor Surprises Family With “Impossible” Pregnancy
LifeNews.com - Dec 12, 2016 at 1:04 pm Cicero, Ill., native Isabel Berrios had a lot to be thankful for when the holidays came around this year.
Back in 2010, Berrios was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. After she...
“Txichochi Conetzintle,” Beautifully sung for our Lady of Guadalupe
Aleteia - Dec 12, 2016 at 1:01 pm Listen to “Txichochi Conetzintle,” a 17th-century motet in Nahuatl language that was sung this evening during the Mass Pope Francis celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica, on the...
Conservative churches growing, liberal ones withering in Canada: study
LifeSiteNews - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:53 pm Researchers examined four mainline Protestant denominations in southern Ontario and found the healthiest adhered to traditional doctrine.
Pope Francis sends letter to Syrian President Assad
News.va - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:46 pm (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a letter to the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, through Cardinal Mario Zenari, Apostolic Nuncio to Syria, appealing for "an end to the...
Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the Immutability of the Catholic Faith
New Liturgical Movement - Dec 12, 2016 at 12:45 pm Two new DVDs have just been released by St Anthony Communications. The first, entitled The Crisis of Faith in Our Days, has two talks by His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider...
