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December 2017

December 26, 2017

The one Christmas video you’ll want to watch again and again and again. Really.

As the Facebook post by Jeffrey in Bowling Green, Kentucky puts it: My parents were...

December 26, 2017

Queen Elizabeth: ‘It is Jesus Christ’s generous love and example which has inspired me’

We have so few world leaders who still speak to us like this: Her Majesty...

December 26, 2017

WATCH: Can your priest do THIS?

This video is sweeping the Interwebs: He may not look like Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads, but...

December 26, 2017

When the most wonderful surprise of Christmas is looking at you in the mirror

Check out this wonderful Christmas gift—a new and delightful twist on an ageless idea. Tip:...

December 26, 2017

RIP, Heather Menzies-Urich, Louisa in ‘The Sound of Music’

Sad news during this season. (In the picture shown, she's the blonde girl standing next...

December 26, 2017

Topless woman tries to steal baby Jesus from Vatican nativity scene

It's the second time someone has tried to do this in recent years—it last happened...

December 24, 2017

The flight into Egypt—now with ISIS nearby

Details from The Daily Beast: Egyptian security forces wielding assault rifles peer warily into the...

December 23, 2017

Incredible: Lithuania gives Francis the world’s smallest nativity scene

Amazing: There's an elaborate nativity scene in Cathedral Square in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania....

December 23, 2017

Hymn of the Week: ‘The Angel Gabriel’

Here's a haunting old hymn we'll be hearing during Mass this weekend, performed here by...

December 23, 2017

Preaching at Christmas? Here’s some advice

From The Wichita Eagle: Regular church attendees will likely notice strangers filling their pews and...

December 22, 2017

When Francis met Callista

Details: The new U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Callista L. Gingrich, presented her credential...

December 22, 2017

Must-read: A lapsed Catholic hears the call of the abbey

This is exceptional: an op-ed piece in The New York Times, in which a woman...

December 21, 2017

Seminary faces a problem no one expected: it needs more room

It's happening in Cincinnati: The Rev. Benedict O’Cinnsealaigh looks out his office window at the...

December 21, 2017

Wow: ultra-Orthodox woman in Jerusalem gives birth to 20th child

From The Times of Israel: An expectant woman who arrived at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem...

December 21, 2017

Our finest gifts we bring: here’s ‘Little Drummer Boy’ as you’ve never heard it before

A stunning performance by the Australian Christian music duo For King & Country, recorded live...

December 20, 2017

WATCH: Ben Carson delivers a prayer at start of White House cabinet meeting

Here's something you don't see every day: a cabinet meeting that opened with a prayer...

December 20, 2017

Big news: Participants in March for Life can now obtain a plenary indulgence

This may well be a first. From The Catholic Standard: Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of...

December 20, 2017

What does Christmas mean to the world today? Here’s one answer

Check out this beautifully executed video Christmas card from the Redemptorists in Australia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qEBWpLCJjg&t=10s

December 19, 2017

The deacon as ‘the face of God’s mercy’

From The Catholic Standard in Washington, Mark Zimmerman has a nice write-up about the recent...

December 19, 2017

Visiting a shrine to a saint for our times

While visiting midtown Manhattan Monday night to see the Christmas lights, I dropped by St....

December 19, 2017

John Legend as Jesus, Alice Cooper as Herod: NBC plans ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ live for Easter

Remember when Easter Sunday meant watching "The Ten Commandments" or "The Sound of Music" on...

December 19, 2017

Famed ‘Rosary Priest’ Father Patrick Peyton moves closer to sainthood

From the Vatican: Pope Francis on Monday took 27 men and women a step closer...

December 18, 2017

How an agnostic became a priest: ‘C.S. Lewis ruined everything’

A great vocation story from The Arlington Catholic Herald, on the journey of Deacon Michael...

December 18, 2017

Vatican issues new guidelines on handling relics

From Catholic News Agency: The relics of Christian saints and blesseds deserve special care and...

December 18, 2017

UPDATE: Pope appeals for release of kidnapped religious sisters in Nigeria

You may remember this story from last month. Now, the pope has added his voice:...

December 18, 2017

Catholic Church condemns church attack

An update on yesterday's horrific story out of Pakistan: After the bombing of a Methodist...

December 17, 2017

Bambinelli Sunday!

This Sunday, we embarked on a new custom at my parish: Bambinelli Sunday. It's a...

December 17, 2017

Pope says good journalism should embody ‘serenity, precision, completeness’

From Catholic News Agency: Journalism must prize truth and reflection over sensationalism and clamor, Pope...

December 17, 2017

Horror: 8 killed, dozens injured after suicide bombers attack church

It happened this morning in Pakistan. From The New York Times: Two suicide bombers attacked...

December 16, 2017

Not that far from Bethlehem: Homily for December 17, 2017, Gaudete Sunday

Can you believe it? We're just a week away from Christmas. For some of us,...