“Francis’ Pachamama Concert: What Do the Crossed Arms Mean?
The Gloria.tv report about the Pachamama catechesis during the Vatican’s Christmas concert – with bishops crossing their arms over their chests in order to “feel” the “heart of Mother Earth” – provoked an international outcry.
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Brazil’s police on Thursday were investigating a video on social media that shows a gasoline bomb attack targeting the makers of a Christmas program on Netflix that some critics have described as blasphemous. MORE
The leveraging of a giant social-media presence, a catchy tune about a family of sharks and a burgeoning collection of junkyards are just a few of the curious ways that helped make 2019 a fertile year for fortunes to blossom around the world. MORE
Vol 12 Issue 52 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
December 28, 2019 ~ Holy Innocents, opn!
1. What is the Holy Eucharist
2. Sunday in Octave of Christmas
3. Saint Thomas of Canterbury
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices
Dear Reader:
Dehydrated koala approaches cyclist for help as Australian wildlife suffers in heatwave and fires VIDEO
The mid-northern coast of New South Wales was home to up to 28,000 koalas, but wildfires have significantly reduced their population. Koalas are native to Australia and are one of the country’s most beloved animals, but they’ve been under threat due to a loss of habitat. VIDEO
And they found the child with Mary, His Mother (Matt. 2:11)
When one reflects upon the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, there is one person who is never missing in the scene: Mary. This is not without reason. When sin came into the world through a woman (Gen. 3:1ff; cf. 1 Tim. 2:14: And Adam was not seduced; but the woman being seduced, was in the transgression.) it was apropos that sin should be taken away through a woman and God made it clear when He said: I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel. (Gen. 3:15)
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The scene, which Disney cut to preserve a PG-13 rating in the conservative nation, was the first overt appearance of gay characters in the “Star Wars” franchise. MORE
Dear Patriots,
If you’re angry and disgusted by the sanctimonious display of fake reverence for the Constitution, the Founders and the Rule of Law, there’s something you can do.
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Why does he think just because they’re poor they have a magical glow of virtue? Like being poor automatically makes a good person?
Pope Francis made migrants the centerpiece of his Christmas blessing Wednesday, addressing the topic of immigration a remarkable three times in an 865-word message. MORE
Just when you think you’ve heard it all.
A Roman Catholic church in rural Louisiana hoping to maximize its blessings has come up with a way to do it: filling up a crop-duster plane with holy water and letting the sanctified liquid mist an entire community. MORE
“Many make the sign of the cross,” a slightly surprised reporter interjects, and Mancini explains,“I used to do that too, you know, hoping nothing happened during the game, then we went to the pope. Pope Francis said, ‘Why are you making the sign of the cross, don’t you have other thoughts in this moment?’ So since that time I don’t do it anymore. I don’t want the pope to get angry.”
Pope Francis is widely regarded as the first anti-Catholic pope. MORE
More fires. No let up even for Christmas.
Hundreds of bushfires are raging across Australia, with hotspots in every state. VIDEO