“Go into all the world & share the Good News” Mark 16
DAILY READINGS
Today’s Mass Readings.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Saint John the Apostle
CHRISTMAS MASSACRE IN NIGERIA
140 people died, 300 were injured, and 221 homes were destroyed in attacks on 20 Christian communities in Central Nigeria. The authorities did not respond for over 12 hours. Over the past 20 years, Jihadists have killed 62,000 Christians and displaced 5 million in Nigeria.
CHRISTMAS IN THE NEW EUROPE: JIHAD MASSACRE FOILED AT GERMANY’S COLOGNE CATHEDRAL
A recent foiled jihad plot to attack the Cologne Cathedral in Germany highlights the challenges Europe faces as it embraces its diversity and multiculturalism.
THE DOMINICAN FRIARS HAVE STEPPED UP THEIR GAME ON YOUTUBE
The YouTube channel of the Dominican Friars Foundation has been producing captivating videos that show the beauty of vocational discernment.
‘JESUS WAS A PALESTINIAN JEW’ AND OTHER MEDIA MYTHS
The media’s narrative that Christianity originated with the Palestinians is being criticized for manipulation and ignorance, perpetuating a favored storyline despite mistrust from viewers.
EX-JESUIT FATHER RUPNIK CONTINUES TO LIVE AN UNRESTRICTED LIFE AT HIS ART CENTER IN ROME
A staff member at the center confirmed the disgraced priest still resides there, even though he was incardinated in a diocese in Slovenia after he resigned from the Jesuit order in June.
FRANCIS VS JOHN PAUL II ON LOVE & MARRIAGE
He obliquely supported Fiducia Supplicans “On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings”, which he released a few days before with the help of his friend Cardinal Victor Fernández, the head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. FS allows for the blessing of people in “irregular relationships.”
WHAT OUR LORD MEANT WHEN HE SAID ‘CALL NO MAN FATHER’
Why do we call priests ‘Father’ when Christ said, ‘And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father — the one in heaven?’
PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION FROM OUR LADY OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT SHRINE, MIDDLETOWN, NEW JERSEY
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