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Israeli ambassador accuses Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem of ‘blood libel’

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See Raphael Schutz. רפי שוץ, CC BY-SA 3.0 / Credit: רפי שוץ|Wikimedia| CC BY-SA 3.0

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 22, 2023 / 10:41 am (CNA).
The Israeli ambassador to the Holy See accused the Latin Patriarch of J… […]

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European Union says Pornhub must comply with age verification, safety rules

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Pornhub website logo. / Kate Krav-Rude/Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Dec 22, 2023 / 10:35 am (CNA).
The European Union (EU) this week announced that Pornhub, along with two other high-traffic pornography sites, must comply with major age verification… […]

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Experts announce latest in restoration work on Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher 

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

On Dec. 21, leaders of the three communities responsible for the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher took part in a meeting for the presentation of the work in progress in the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem in 2023. From left to right: Father Francesco … […]

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Is it okay to write ‘Merry Xmas’?: Inside the thousand-year-old Christian tradition

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Staff, Dec 22, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Few things ignite the “culture wars” like the seemingly innocent and innocuous abbreviation “Merry Xmas.” Many, including faithful Christians, believe that the… […]

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Yes, you need to go to Mass twice this weekend — for Sunday and for Christmas

December 22, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver, Colo., Dec 22, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
This year, the fourth Sunday of Advent falls on Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve. The next day is Monday, Dec. 25 — the solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord. That m… […]

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Gifts, “stuff”, and God’s grace

December 21, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 2

In these last days before Christmas, some reflections on Santa Claus, gifts, and our culture. The December 14th edition of the New York Times featured a twist on the tradition of Christmas wish lists. Once […]

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Bishop Munilla: Fiducia suplicans not ‘heretical’ but application will be ‘chaotic’ 

December 21, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

His Excellency José Ignacio Munilla is bishop of the Orihuela-Alicante Diocese in Spain. / Credit: Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 21, 2023 / 18:15 pm (CNA).
The bishop of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain, José Ignacio Munil… […]

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Protestant theologian, Catholic layman, and priest respond to Fiducia Supplicans

December 21, 2023 Robert A. J. Gagnon, Philip Primeau, Father Jerry J. Pokorsky, CWR Staff 64

The Declaration Fiducia Supplicans (FS), released Monday morning has, to put it mildly, roiled the waters and unleashed a torrent of reaction—not just within the Church, but in secular media and among many non-Catholic groups. […]

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Almost all Christians have fled southern Lebanon amid Israel-Hezbollah bombing

December 21, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Olive harvest season in the southern border town of Rmeish, Lebanon, in the midst of a crisis situation. / Credit: Rmeish’s Facebook page

CNA Staff, Dec 21, 2023 / 17:45 pm (CNA).
About 90% of those living in southern Lebanon’s Christian villag… […]

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Second bishop detained by the dictatorship in Nicaragua

December 21, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Mnsgr. Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega is bishop of the Diocese of Siuna, Nicaragua. / Credit: Diocese of Siuna

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 21, 2023 / 17:15 pm (CNA).
The Nicaraguan police arrested on Dec. 20 the bishop of Siuna, Isidoro del Carmen Mo… […]

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