B16: December 25 as the Historical Date of the Christ’s Birth – Dr. Taylor Marshall, CT
Why We Celebrate Christmas Greater than the Annunciation? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, NTM
Card. Ranjith’s Powerful Letter on Rito Antico – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement
. . . Fr. John Zuhlsdorf comments on Cardinal Ranjith’s letter here . . .
Quæritur: Should I Write to the Bishop about Urging Priests to Hear Confessions? – Fr. Z
“That Your Joy May Be Full” – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, The Catholic Thing
Don’t Stop! Christ’s Birthday Celebration Continues – Vanessa Barnes, Gulf Coast Catholic
Still Christmas: Advent & Christmas Family Traditions – Steven D. Greydanus, NCRegister
Catholicism and the Bourgeois Mind – Christopher Dawson, Crisis Magazine
Vaclav Havel and Kim Jong Il – Victor Gaetan, Daily Register
Did John Write the Fourth Gospel? – Michael Barber, The Sacred Page
An Overlooked But Powerful Reading from the Christmas Cycle – Msgr. Ch. Pope, AOW
Christmas in Bethlehem, Nothing In Gaza – Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest