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Ornamented by kids with cancer, illuminated by the life in Christ
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:00 pm See more photos here.
The 3 temptations of Christmas
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:00 pm Lent begins with a showdown as Satan tries to tempt Jesus with pride, vanity and comfort. As Christmas approaches, we face the same three temptations. The first temptation of...
OSV's top reads — December 12
OSV Daily Take - Dec 11, 2016 at 11:00 pm 1. Awaiting vote, Church readies for pastoral work (News Analysis, Oct. 2) 2. Four Corners - The changing landscape of Catholicism in America (In Focus, Dec. 11) 3. The hand that...
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Saint of the Day for Monday, December 12, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 11, 2016 at 10:01 pm An elder Mexican man makes his way to Mass in the early morning twilight of December 9, 1531. He is a peasant, a simple farmer and laborer, and he ...
Daily Readings for Monday, December 12, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 11, 2016 at 10:01 pm Reading 1: Numbers 24:2-7, Reading 1: Numbers 24:15-17, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 25:4-9, Gospel: Matthew 21:23-27
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Prayer of the Day for Monday, December 12, 2016
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 11, 2016 at 10:01 pm God of power and mercy, you blessed the Americas at Tepeyac with the presence of the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe. May her prayers help all men and women ...
PNG families walked up to one week to attend Mass in unfinished Mt Hagen Cathedral
The Catholic Leader - Dec 11, 2016 at 10:00 pm IN the highlands of Papua New Guinea, some tribesmen and their families walked for a week to attend a Mass marking the end of the Year of Mercy. They were some of the 5000-strong...
Is This New Book the Greatest Ever Written on the Rosary?
ChurchPOP - Dec 11, 2016 at 9:05 pm Earlier this year as I was returning to the friary from my summer assignment I found a package in my mailbox from
The post Is This New Book the Greatest Ever Written on the...
Obama's Human Rights Day Proclamation Mentions LGBT, Not Christians
Creative Minority Report - Dec 11, 2016 at 8:32 pm President Barack Obama's Presidential Proclamation for Human Rights Day gives out shout-out to LGBT but fails to mention Christians, who are being persecuted, hunted, and murdered...
Husband and wife say silent retreat by Benedictine Monks was ‘best holiday’ of their life
The Catholic Leader - Dec 11, 2016 at 7:30 pm MICHAEL Duff looked down at his phone for the last time and watched the light dim to black. It was off, and for the next five days, would remain off to commit to strict and...
Key organiser of Pope John Paul II’s meeting with Indigenous Australians recalls blessed day
The Catholic Leader - Dec 11, 2016 at 6:36 pm CYNTHIA Rowan treasures the rosary beads that were blessed by St John Paul II the day he visited Alice Springs 30 years ago. It was the November 29, 1986, and a day of many...
Presidential Proclamation Of Human Rights Day and Week
The Religion Clause - Dec 11, 2016 at 6:15 pm Last Friday, President Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation declaring December 10 as Human Rights Day and the week beginning December 10 as Human Rights Week. The Universal...
Advent waiting is twofold
Communio - Dec 11, 2016 at 6:00 pm We wait and wait for the Lord. We become very conscious of the waiting. It is an eager waiting, full of anticipation and wonder, for as with the prophets of old, our companions on...
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Empress of the Americas
Big C Catholics - Dec 11, 2016 at 4:55 pm The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is December 12th. She first appeared on December 9th, 1531. According to the account, the Virgin Mary told Juan Diego, an Indian convert, to...
Scientists reconstructed the face of St. Nicholas – here’s what they found
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 11, 2016 at 4:43 pm Liverpool, England, Dec 11, 2016 / 03:43 pm (CNA).- Scientists at a university in Liverpool recently unveiled what they say is the most realistic portrait ever created of St....
Sí, Madre, Estás Aquí... Y Estamos Contigo
Whispers in the Loggia - Dec 11, 2016 at 4:29 pm María, la mujer del sí, también quiso visitar a los habitantes de estas tierras de América en la persona del indio san Juan Diego. Así como se movió por los caminos de Judea y...
Third Sunday of Advent
Regina Magazine - Dec 11, 2016 at 4:11 pm Today is the Third Sunday of Advent. The day takes its common name from the Latin word Gaudete (“Rejoice”), the first word of the introit of this day’s Mass. he Epistle of St....
Pope Saint Damasus
Regina Magazine - Dec 11, 2016 at 4:03 pm December 11 Today is the feast day of Pope Saint Damasus. Ora pro nobis. Saint Damasus was born in Rome at the beginning of the fourth century. His father, Antonius, was probably...
Attack on Cairo's Coptic Orthodox cathedral kills 25
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 11, 2016 at 3:47 pm Cairo, Egypt, Dec 11, 2016 / 02:47 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At least 25 persons were killed Sunday when a bomb exploded at a chapel attached to St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in...
Bombing during Mass at Egyptian church kills 25
Aleteia - Dec 11, 2016 at 2:35 pm At least 25 worshipers were killed and 49 wounded by a bombing during Mass in Cairo Sunday. The attack was at St. Peter’s Coptic Orthodox Church, adjacent to the Grand Cathedral...
