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VIDEO: FSSP Gregorian Chant disc. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 6, 2017 at 10:00 am There is a video about the new Gregorian chant disc released not long ago by the FSSP, with chants for the Requiem Mass.
“Gregorian Chant has found a new audience.”, the voice...
Why do we hang stockings by the fireplace?
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 10:00 am The Christmas tradition dates back to the original stories surrounding St. Nicholas' life.The famous Christmas poem, ‘Twas the night before Christmas, succinctly describes the age...
Lead Portuguese cardinal: divorced and remarried couples can ‘return to the sacramental life’
LifeSiteNews - Dec 6, 2017 at 9:51 am Cardinal Manuel Clemente wants clergy to use 'welcoming,' 'accompaniment,' and 'discernment.'
Priest Targeted, Killed in Phillipines
Creative Minority Report - Dec 6, 2017 at 9:50 am Fides.org:Marcelito Paez, called Tito, an elderly priest of the diocese of San Jose, was killed in the Philippines. As confirmed by Bishop Roberto Mallari, who leads the community...
This abortion center kills perfectly healthy babies who could survive outside the womb
LifeSiteNews - Dec 6, 2017 at 9:40 amAfrican-American Leaders Slam Planned Parenthood’s Racial Abortion Agenda: “Quit Targeting Our Women”
LifeNews.com - Dec 6, 2017 at 9:35 am On Halloween, Planned Parenthood tweeted that it is safer for African-American women to undergo an abortion than to give birth. This fear-mongering message has served Planned...
Pope Francis: Respect the “status quo of Jerusalem”
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 9:31 am Calls for avoiding "new elements of tension" in a world already marked by "so many cruel conflicts"At the end of today’s general audience, Pope Francis made an appeal “for all to...
Pope: pastoral visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh a sign of hope for Asia
News.va - Dec 6, 2017 at 9:22 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday reflected on his just-ended apostolic journey to Myanmar and Bangladesh highlighting the value of interreligious dialogue undertaken in...
Will the Jerusalem Temple Be Rebuilt?
Jimmy Akin.org - Dec 6, 2017 at 9:19 am Jesus prophesied that the Jerusalem temple would be destroyed within a generation, and it was.
Jewish rebels began a war against the Romans in A.D. 66, and four years later the...
President Trump orders U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem HD
Catholic Online - Featured News - Dec 6, 2017 at 9:07 am President Trump orders U.S. embassy move to Jerusalemhttp://bit.ly/2B6ODkH
By Marshall Connolly (CALIFORNIA NETWORK)
12/06/2017
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Will Veto Ban on Dismemberment Abortions Tearing Off Babies’ Limbs
LifeNews.com - Dec 6, 2017 at 9:06 am A bill to protect unborn babies from brutal dismemberment abortions appears likely to pass the Pennsylvania legislature this December with bipartisan support.
However, pro-...
Send snail-mail Christmas Cards to Fr. Z – 2017
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 6, 2017 at 9:02 am If you would like to send me Christmas greetings or cards, please send by snail mail, if possible with really cool stamps.
As I did last year, I’ll try to post all the places...
We Adore Him™ Launches in the Spring of 2018
CatholicMom.com - Dec 6, 2017 at 9:00 am Courtesy of WeAdoreHim.com. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Web development agency, On Fire Media, Inc., has announced the upcoming release of We Adore Him, a fully-...
How would you define art? You’ve got this one
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 9:00 am If you think “you know it when you see it,” you need to take this free online course from Oxford.We’ve all been there. Your Netflix binging habit may have left you in need of a...
ASK FATHER: One Mass for the obligation for Sunday, Christmas Eve and Monday, Christmas Day?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 6, 2017 at 8:56 am Under another post someone asked:
Father, would can. 1248.1 apply to the case of a double obligation, e.g., an evening Mass for Sunday also satisfying a Holy Day obligation for...
The Senate Voted to Kill Obamacare’s Individual Mandate. Why That Was a Wise Call
LifeNews.com - Dec 6, 2017 at 8:48 am Obamacare’s individual mandate to buy federally standardized health insurance is a tax, courtesy of the Supreme Court’s elaborate exercise in creative writing: National Federation...
Pope concerned by U.S. move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
The Compass (Green Bay, WI) - Dec 6, 2017 at 8:30 am VATICAN CITY — Following reports that U.S. President Donald Trump planned to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Pope Francis expressed his concern that such a move...
MP criticises ‘perverse’ campaign for no-fault divorce
Catholic Herald - Dec 6, 2017 at 8:11 am A Catholic MP has criticised calls to introduce “no-fault divorce”, saying it would be a “regressive step” that would hurt the “poorest and most vulnerable” in society. Sir Edward...
What happened when I decided to let myself cry in public
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 8:00 am We need to stop being ashamed of showing our true feelings in public. I was hanging out with my toddler at the playground when I noticed things were getting tense with the family...
Reporters and the Supreme Court cake bake-off: Was religious freedom the guiding issue?
GetReligion - Dec 6, 2017 at 8:00 am Although the opening arguments for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (transcript .pdf here) included a plea for religious freedom, that point got lost in...
