Our Savior arrives in the fullness of time
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Dec 25, 2024 10:21 amLaudetur Jesus Christus. Sia lodato Gesù Cristo. Loué soit Jésus-Christ. Garbe Jezui Kristui. Niech będzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus. Alabado sea Jesucristo. Slava Isusu Kristu. Praised be Jesus Christ. “Vere dignum et justum est.” Yes, how right [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, December 25, 2024
By CWR Staff on Dec 25, 2024 03:00 amNot Another Secular Holiday – “The world still needs—urgently needs—’the birth of the Savior’ and ‘the cure for its wounds in the peace of Christ.’ “God Is with Us”: Christmas 2024 (What We Need Now [...]
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The reason and reality of the Nativity
By James V. Schall, S.J. on Dec 24, 2024 05:00 pmEventually, when the Incarnation of the Son of Man is rejected, the rejection of man inevitably follows. This abolition of man is what we are [...]
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Attention, Faith, and Worship: Honoring and Adoring Christ at Christmas
By Fr. Charles Fox on Dec 24, 2024 04:45 pmA surprising number of Christmas carols were written under extremely trying circumstances in the world or in the lives of their creators. One such carol is “Do You Hear What I Hear,” the lyrics of [...]
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Round Yon Virgin!
By Dale Ahlquist on Dec 24, 2024 01:00 pmI still have the Nativity creche that I grew up with in my boyhood home. It’s older than I am. From my parent’s home to mine, it has enjoyed a place in the living room [...]
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Nick Kristof’s comfortless Christmas
By Nathanael Blake on Dec 23, 2024 06:53 pmNick Kristof wants Jesus dead. The New York Times columnist has released another Christmas interview, this time with Princeton professor Elaine Pagels. The headlines, along with the online reaction, focused on Pagels’ denial of the virgin birth. As the [...]
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A Polish meal of faith on Christmas Eve
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Dec 23, 2024 05:32 pmAs we make our way towards Christmas, I reflect on how Catholics of Polish ancestry make that journey. My wife is likely to be spending much of December 24 preparing for the Wigilia (Vigil) supper, [...]
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Jimmy and the Patriarch, at Christmas
By George Weigel on Dec 23, 2024 02:19 pmThe post-Christmas liturgical calendar may seem a bit Scrooge-like, as the child-centered, innocent joy of the Nativity is quickly followed by three feasts of a different, even sobering, character. First, on December 26: St. Stephen [...]
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China’s Catholics in 2024: A Year in Review
By Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. on Dec 22, 2024 10:24 pm“Even though the New China continues to reject Christianity and tries to wipe away all traces of Christianity from its land, a dialog between Christianity and Mao’s ideology is essential.” — Fr. Domenico Grasso, SJi [...]
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Pope Francis at Sunday Angelus before Christmas: ‘No child is ever a mistake’
By Catholic News Agency on Dec 22, 2024 02:20 pmPope Francis leads the Angelus prayer and gives an address from the chapel of Casa Santa Marta on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at the Vatican. The pope delivered his marks indoors due to the intense cold, combined with cold symptoms that have manifest... [...]
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Robert Frost’s Christmas trees: Pricing out the priceless
By Sean Fitzpatrick on Dec 22, 2024 02:00 pmIf you haven’t read “Christmas Trees” by Robert Frost, it’s time. Here you are. It won’t take long, and then you’ll have it. But not “have” in the manner that the poem cautions against—that having that [...]
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“Truly art thou a star, O Mary!”
By Peter M.J. Stravinskas on Dec 22, 2024 04:00 amNote: The following homily was preached on the Fourth Sunday of Advent (extraordinary form), December 22, 2024, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan. If you attended our Advent lecture series, you will recall [...]
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A visual tour of the Holy Doors Pope Francis will open for the 2025 Jubilee
By Catholic News Agency on Dec 21, 2024 02:00 pmThe Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 21, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one of the... [...]
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The new Eve received the words of God with faith
By Carl E. Olson on Dec 21, 2024 04:00 amReadings: • Mi 5:1-4a • Heb 10:5-10 • Lk 1:39-45 “One of the most beautiful moments in history” wrote Abp. Fulton Sheen in The World’s First Love, his wonderful book on the Virgin Mary, “was [...]
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The Complementarity of Roles: Women and the Diaconate
By Deacon Dominic Cerrato, Ph.D. on Dec 20, 2024 11:03 pmThe question of women’s admission to the diaconate profoundly engages ecclesiology, sacramental theology, and the Church’s fidelity to divine revelation. This issue, which has garnered increased theological attention, especially in light of the Synod on [...]
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Trump picks CatholicVote president Brian Burch as ambassador to Vatican
By Catholic News Agency on Dec 20, 2024 02:05 pmCatholicVote president Brian Burch appears on “EWTN News Nightly” on Jan. 9, 2024. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” screenshot Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20, 2024 / 15:05 pm (CNA). President-elect Donald Trump selected CatholicVote president a... [...]
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