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Lego Mass set helps bring the faith to children
Catholic Herald - Dec 7, 2017 at 3:29 am Stephen and Jennifer Maas’ family business, Domestic Church Supply Co., carries one product: a Lego kit that brings the mystery of the Mass into the living rooms of families...
Jerusalem's Christian leaders decry Trump decision on city (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2017 at 3:12 am President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital will “yield increased hatred, conflict, violence, and suffering” and “cause irreparable harm,” the city’s...
Pope meets with Palestinian religious leaders, encourages dialogue (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2017 at 3:12 am “I am conscious of the kindness that the authorities of the State of Palestine, particularly President Mahmoud Abbas, have shown to the Christian community,” the Pope said in his...
UN rights chief calls for probe into attacks against Rohingya, says genocide 'cannot be ruled out' (UN News Centre)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2017 at 3:12 am L’Osservatore Romano (12/7 Italian edition) devoted front-page coverage to this story.
Pope Francis: general audience on apostolic journey to Myanmar, Bangladesh (full text) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2017 at 3:12 am Click here for a video of the Pope’s 12/6 general audience.
Resignations and appointments (12/6) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2017 at 3:12 am Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a Brazilian bishop for reasons of age. The prelate was succeeded by his coadjutor.
Papal audiences (12/6) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 7, 2017 at 3:12 am The Pontiff received participants in a meeting of the Permanent Committee for Dialogue with Religious Figures of Palestine.
Some come to the Cathedral who have lost their faith…Let them be welcome!
Aleteia - Dec 7, 2017 at 3:00 am Bl. Oscar Romero
Cardinal Schönborn: Austrian court ruling on same-sex marriage ‘denies reality’
Catholic Herald - Dec 7, 2017 at 3:00 am The president of the Austrian bishops’ conference criticized a Constitutional Court judgment clearing the way for same-sex marriages in the traditionally Catholic country. “If the...
The Pope to Lutherans, “Let us abandon biases, never again adversaries”
Vatican Insider - Dec 7, 2017 at 3:00 am According to Francis, Prayer is “the fuel of our journey” towards full unity between Catholics and Lutherans and that has led us to “abandon old biases like those having to do...
Washington March for Life announces location and speakers
Catholic Herald - Dec 7, 2017 at 2:45 am March for Life organisers have announced a tentative group of speakers, a theme and other details for a conference and expo on January 18 and the march and rally in Washington the...
The Pope praises Cardinal Sodano’s “ecclesial discipline”
Vatican Insider - Dec 7, 2017 at 2:00 am “But the testimony that today seems to me perhaps the greatest that he gives us is that of an ecclesially disciplined man.” On the morning of Thursday, 7 December 2017, Francis...
Christians in Holy Land voice fear over Trump's Jerusalem move
EWTN - World Catholic News - Dec 7, 2017 at 1:34 am Jerusalem, Dec 7, 2017 / 01:34 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- After US President Donald Trump announced American recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital on Wednesday, Christian...
Pope Francis prays for Honduras as election crisis turns deadly
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 7, 2017 at 1:09 am Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Dec 7, 2017 / 12:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A contested national election in Honduras has enflamed a civil crisis, leading Pope Francis to pray on Sunday for...
Alluring Landscapes
Dominicana - Dec 7, 2017 at 1:00 am What is it that makes landscapes so alluring? Both photos and paintings of landscapes can hold the attention of a viewer for long stretches. This particular one by John Constable...
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/12/17
Catholic Herald - Dec 7, 2017 at 12:51 am Cardinal Mauro Piacenza has sent a message of encouragement to confessors. A priest in the Philippines has been shot dead by gunmen on motorbikes. Italian missionary Fr Maurizio...
American Catholic Radio for December 11-17, 2017
Franciscan Media - Dec 7, 2017 at 12:30 am American Catholic Radio: Journey With Christ–Faith, Worship, Witness
Week of December 11, 2017 — Program #17-51
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ADVENTCAzT 2017 05: The man formed by liturgy
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 7, 2017 at 12:01 am This year I once again offer short daily podcasts to help you prepare for the upcoming feast as well as for your own, personal, meeting with the Lord.
Here is ADVENTCAzT 05, for...
Sharing the Word for December 7, 2017
Franciscan Media - Dec 7, 2017 at 12:00 am Memorial of Saint Ambrose
December 7, 2017
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a
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French Catholic who started charity to rebuild cities in Iraq moved by persecuted Christians
The Catholic Leader - Dec 7, 2017 at 12:00 am HOW did a female bank owner with US$2 million to her name come to lose everything but the pyjamas on her back? It was the question 35-year-old Frenchman Benjamin Blanchard asked...
