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Pope appeals for wisdom and prudence to prevail over Jerusalem
News.va - Dec 6, 2017 at 5:09 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has appealed for respect for Jerusalem’s status quo according to the pertinent United Nations Resolutions regarding the city.
Speaking after his...
Pope Francis urges world leaders to respect UN position on Jerusalem
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 6, 2017 at 4:37 am Vatican City, Dec 6, 2017 / 03:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With debate on the status of Jerusalem heating up in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's controversial decision to...
The Fight Before Christmas
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 6, 2017 at 4:30 am
Black Friday, 6:15 AM. The checkout lane was already twenty persons deep, but worse—it hadn’t moved in five minutes. As I scanned the other seven lanes, they were no better....
Canada’s Free Speech Wars
Crisis Magazine - Church - Dec 6, 2017 at 4:25 am
In Canada, the assaults on free speech continue like clockwork. Free speech, a self-correcting mechanism that makes possible civil public discourse and social peace in free...
Pope reflects on apostolic journey to Myanmar, Bangladesh (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2017 at 4:12 am Click here for a video of the Pope’s 12/6 general audience.
Pope Francis: 'safeguard the treasure of the incredible patrimony of the Latin tradition' (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2017 at 4:12 am The Pontiff made his remarks in a message to the pontifical academies, in which he spoke of the importance of the Latin Fathers for the education of youth.
Canadian bishops, rabbis discuss Psalm 23, Israel (CCCB)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2017 at 4:12 amSouth Sudan: leading prelate addresses governors, pleads for peace (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2017 at 4:12 am The South Sudanese Civil War began in 2013. An estimated 1.5 million civilians have fled the nation of 12.5 million, and an additional 2.1 million are internally displaced.
Indian archdiocese ready to gather evidence on Kandhamal martyrs (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2017 at 4:12 am An estimated 100 Christians were slain in a 2008 pogrom in the east Indian state of Odisha (Orissa).
Trinity Dome completed at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (OSV Newsweekly)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2017 at 4:12 am On December 8, a Mass will commemorate the completion of the decoration of the last of the basilica’s 5 domes. Cardinal Kevin Farrell is the Pope’s representative for the occasion.
Pope preaches on gifts of the Holy Spirit, humiliations (Vatican Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2017 at 4:12 am The Pope preached on Isaiah 11:1-10 during his 12/5 weekday Mass.
Your Good News
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 6, 2017 at 4:10 am Do you have good news for the elevation and edification of the readership? Let us know.
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Pope Francis urges Trump to respect ‘status quo’ in Jerusalem
Catholic Herald - Dec 6, 2017 at 4:09 am Pope Francis has stated his “concern” over US president Donald Trump’s expected decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The Pope said he “cannot keep silent”...
Spare a thought for the vicar who accused his flock of ‘grumbling’ and ‘sabotaging’ him
Catholic Herald - Dec 6, 2017 at 3:14 am Spare a thought for the Rev Andy Thewlis, Anglican vicar of Burbage in Wiltshire, who will not be spending Christmas in his parish this year. After sending out a strongly worded...
Relic of St. Francis Xavier set for cross-country tour, will get its own seat on Air Canada (CBC Radio)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2017 at 3:12 amResignations and appointments (12/5) (Vatican Press Office)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2017 at 3:12 am Pope Francis appointed new bishops in New Zealand, Argentina, and Virginia.
US bishops' subcommittee awards grants for 187 projects in Latin America (USCCB)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2017 at 3:12 amItalian doctor who called homosexuality a 'health hazard' cleared in defamation case (LifeSite News)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2017 at 3:12 amSupreme Court weighs Colorado baker's refusal to make cake for same-sex marriage (Reuters)
Catholic Culture - World News - Dec 6, 2017 at 3:12 am Click here for the transcript of oral arguments and here for an overview of the friend-of-the-court briefs in the case.
The truth touches us. We try to be guided by this contact.
Aleteia - Dec 6, 2017 at 3:00 am Pope Benedict XVI
