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The world’s largest Advent candle
Aleteia - Dec 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm Photo of the Day: December 3, 2017The world’s largest Advent candle shines at the Christmas market in Schlitz, Germany, on the first day of Advent. A 36-meter high stone tower is...
Jerzy Popiełuszko: A rebel with a cause
Aleteia - Dec 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm The young Polish priest openly defied the communist regime and never backed down.Young people tend to embrace rebellious activity. While not always good, that can sometimes be a...
Why this Catholic convert says “Bah, humbug” to Christmas celebrations
Aleteia - Dec 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm I didn't convert in order to legitimately get Christmas presents, but I have gotten the best one.Black Friday has come and gone, and so commercial Christmas begins. I am tempted...
Christians trying to return home face new obstacle in Kurdish conflict with Iraqi forces
Aleteia - Dec 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm UN panel discusses challenges in repatriating Nineveh Plain residents in wake of ISISThe Kurds of northern Iraq provided protection and shelter to thousands of Christians at the...
How to have the best Christmas ever this year
Aleteia - Dec 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm Christmas isn't something you just "do" -- preparing for it is the key to really enjoying it. In his book The Living Flame of Love, St. John of the Cross says that the human soul...
Why you need to pay attention to your Nativity scene
Aleteia - Dec 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm Do you know what your creche means?Often neglected in the media, the Nativity scene holds far more importance than the popular Christmas tree. Yet do you know the rich meaning...
Changing the world, one Marian heart at a time
Aleteia - Dec 2, 2017 at 11:00 pm An interview with Fr. Edward Looney, on his guide to loving as Mary loves.“The goal of humanity should be to possess a heart” like Mary’s, “because hers is the exemplar for all...
ASK FATHER: How can I approach my Bishop about getting a Traditional Latin Mass?
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Dec 2, 2017 at 8:54 pm From a reader…
QUAERITUR:
How can I approach my Bishop about getting us a Traditional Latin Mass because I keep running from one parish to another looking for Holy Mass?
It has...
Senate Version of Tax Bill Does Not Include Johnson Amendment Repeal
The Religion Clause - Dec 2, 2017 at 7:46 pm Vox has made available a "preliminary version" of the final Senate tax reform bill (full text) passed early Saturday morning. Repeal of the Johnson Amendment that was part of...
Saint Charles Borromeo on the Season of Advent
Big C Catholics - Dec 2, 2017 at 7:15 pm Saint Charles Borromeo delivered these words nearly 450 years ago in a pastoral letter to the faithful under his care in the diocese of Milan, urging them to renew their hearts...
Full text of Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference from Bangladesh
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 2, 2017 at 7:15 pm Vatican City, Dec 2, 2017 / 06:15 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a 58-minute conversation with journalists on his return flight from Bangladesh to Rome on Saturday, Pope Francis...
Developments In Church Eligibility For FEMA Aid
The Religion Clause - Dec 2, 2017 at 6:43 pm As previously reported, three Texas churches have filed suit in federal district court challenging FEMA's policy of refusing disaster aid for houses of worship. FEMA, which is in...
Canada Reports 2016 Hate Crime Statistics
The Religion Clause - Dec 2, 2017 at 6:10 pm Earlier this week, Statistics Canada released its report on Police-Reported Hate Crimes 2016, saying in part:Police reported 460 hate crimes targeting religious groups in 2016, 9...
Pope Francis: We’ve reached an ethical limit to nuclear weapons
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 2, 2017 at 5:30 pm Vatican City, Dec 2, 2017 / 04:30 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Aboard his flight from Bangladesh to Rome on Saturday, Pope Francis said that the destructive potential of nuclear weapons...
Pope: What I don't say in public, I say behind closed doors
Catholic News Agency - General - Dec 2, 2017 at 5:24 pm Vatican City, Dec 2, 2017 / 04:24 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On his return flight from Bangladesh to Rome, Pope Francis offered journalists an insight into his communication strategy,...
Lady Bird
Franciscan Media - Dec 2, 2017 at 5:05 pm “Lady Bird” (A24) is writer-director Greta Gerwig’s sensitive autobiographical account of growing up in Sacramento, California.
Her recounting of the way she tested her boundaries...
The seed of a vocation must be watered and watched over, says pope
Aleteia - Dec 2, 2017 at 4:33 pm And gossip is the destroyer of religious communities, Francis warns in concluding Bangladesh trip.Today, the last day of his trip to Bangladesh, Pope Francis visited the Tejgaon...
Your discernment software needs to be up to date, pope tells youth
Aleteia - Dec 2, 2017 at 4:32 pm As Francis wraps up Bangladesh trip, gives young people the secret for staying ever ready to discover God's willToday at the conclusion of his apostolic journey to Bangladesh—his...
Pope Francis Promulgates Buenos Aires Guidelines Allowing Communion for Some Adulterers in AAS as his "Authentic Magisterium"
Rorate Coeli - Dec 2, 2017 at 4:21 pm This week, the Vatican's organ for promulgating the Official Acts of the Apostolic See, Acta Apostolicae Sedis (AAS), has published its October 2016 issue, containing Pope Francis...
Rohingya, “with the generals I have not negotiated the truth”
Vatican Insider - Dec 2, 2017 at 3:56 pm I have not negotiated the truth with the generals. I respected my interlocutors in Myanmar, but the message arrived. Pope Francis met with journalists on the return flight from...
