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December 2015

December 28, 2015

Want to Make Your Priest Miserable? Try This.

This was first published a couple years ago, but it's as timely now as ever....

December 28, 2015

Baby Jesus Stolen from 5 New Jersey Nativity Scenes

Details: Parishioners at several New Jersey churches are distraught about a string of creche crimes:...

December 28, 2015

RIP Meadowlark Lemon: Basketball Star and Minister

A happy hoopster is gone: Meadowlark Lemon, who became known as the "Clown Prince of...

December 27, 2015

On the Road: St. Mary’s, Rockville, MD

We visit here almost every year at Christmastime; my wife and I were married in...

December 27, 2015

Pope Francis: Families are on Pilgrimage Together

From today's homily: Fathers, mothers and children together go to the house of the Lord,...

December 27, 2015

UPDATE: Air Force Academy Players Can Pray Publicly Before Games

You may remember this item from earlier this month. Now there's this, from Air Force...

December 26, 2015

VIDEO: Homily on a Hoverboard

I thought I'd seen everything. I was wrong. Someone got something really cool for Christmas,...

December 26, 2015

“This Family Shares Our Burdens”: Homily for Feast of the Holy Family

From the vault: my homily for the Feast of the Holy Family in 2012. +...

December 26, 2015

No, “The 12 Days of Christmas” is Not Laced With Secret Messages About Catholicism

That popular bit of folklore pops up every year around this time, to wit: The...

December 26, 2015

Dominicans from Nashville Come to the Rescue of a Church in Ireland

Wow: Nuns based in Nashville, Tennessee have come to the rescue of the Dominican Church in...

December 26, 2015

Synagogue Hosts Traditional Jewish Christmas Dinner for Syrian Muslim Refugees: Chinese Food

This may be my favorite Christmas story this year, via NJ.com: It was a traditional...

December 26, 2015

Pope’s Urbi et Orbi Message: “Where God is Born, Mercy Flourishes”

Full text of his remarks yesterday, via Vatican Radio: + Dear brothers and sisters, Happy...

December 26, 2015

Queen Elizabeth’s Christmas Message

The full text, via the BBC, below. You can view the video here. + At this...

December 26, 2015

St. Stephen, Pray for Us

To mark the Feast of St. Stephen, first deacon and first martyr, I'm reposting a...

December 25, 2015

Cardinal Dolan Welcomes Refugees at Midnight Mass

Details: The spirit of the Christmas season was upon the city as Timothy Cardinal Dolan...

December 25, 2015

Christmas in Queens

A few shots from around my place on Christmas Eve, just before Midnight Mass. [img...

December 24, 2015

Merry Christmas, from Jordan

From my tent to yours. Christmas blessings for 2015! —Deacon Greg and the camel

December 24, 2015

Pope Francis Homily for Christmas Midnight Mass 2015

From the Vatican, the official text from tonight: Tonight “a great light” shines forth (Is...

December 24, 2015

Mary in Marietta?

From the CBS affiliate station in Atlanta: What some are chalking up as simply a...

December 24, 2015

The One Thing You Don’t Want to Hear in a Christmas Homily

Reading over Melinda Selmys's thoughtful reflection on "Christmas and Easter Catholics," those who only show...

December 24, 2015

Moving the Tabernacle in Madison

Here's something unusual: a secular newspaper writing about a significant move in local Catholic worship:...

December 24, 2015

“Do Not Be Afraid”: Homily for Christmas Mass During the Night

My homily for Midnight Mass in 2007, reposted here along with my prayerful good wishes...

December 24, 2015

“Decidedly Mixed” Catholic Response to Pope’s Call to Shelter Refugees

From Reuters: One Catholic parish in Germany tore out its pews to make space for...

December 23, 2015

Take 3 Minutes and Spend Christmas as a Refugee in Iraq

CNS visited a refugee camp for displaced Iraqi Christians in Erbil, Iraq for a look...

December 23, 2015

Watch What Happened When a Priest Disguised Himself as Homeless Man

From Richmond, Kentucky: It was author George Whitman who wrote "Be not inhospitable to strangers,...

December 23, 2015

Donald Trump to Attend Christmas Eve Service

Politico calls it a "Mass," though that's misleading. It's an Episcopal liturgy. Details: Donald Trump’s...

December 23, 2015

The Man Who Gave the World the Sound of Christmas

If you've never heard of David Willcocks, chances are you have heard his musical arrangements...

December 23, 2015

Pope Francis to Receive Prestigious Charlemagne Prize

He becomes, evidently, only the second pope to be honored, after John Paul II in...

December 23, 2015

Jordan’s Muslim King: “Arab Christians are an integral part of our past, present and future”

In a televised address yesterday, King Abdullah II had some warm words for Christians marking...

December 23, 2015

Philadelphia Monsignor’s Conviction Over Sex Abuse Overturned

Details: The landmark conviction of a Roman Catholic church official imprisoned over his handling of...