MORNING ISSUE, TOP-10 MOST VISITED NEWS LINKS:
Note: There will be fewer links today. After Christmas, on January 10, we will offer more links.
1. Ancient Pagan Prophesies Describing the Savior of the World – Fr. David Nix at Pilgrim Priest
2. Christmas Falls on a Saturday This Year, What does that Mean for Mass Obligations – CWR
3. How to Respond When People Say Jesus Had Brothers & Sisters – Kathy Schiffer/NC Register
4. Announcing the New Congregation for Monitoring Church Bulletins – New Liturgical Mvmnt
5. The Liturgical Edsel – Phil Lawler at Catholic Culture
6. Thomas Nast, Santa Claus, & Anti-Catholicism – D. McClarey, J.D./The American Catholic
7. Why Was Jesus Born When & Where He Was? – Msgr. Charles Pope at Community In Mission
8. It’s Ridiculous But I Believe – Jacqueline St. Clare at Catholic Stand
9. The Truth About “The Twelve Days Of Christmas” – Melissa Guerrero at epicPew
10. The Reverence Theory – Jacqueline St. Clare at Catholic Stand
HONORABLE MENTIONED:
On the “Winter Feast” – Dale Ahlquist at Catholic World Report
Which Donors Are Best, Older Or Younger People? – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
Institute of the Good Shepherd Expelled from Curitiba, Brazil – Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma
Book Notice: A Masterful Defense of Gothic Cathedrals & Their Traditional Worship – Nw Lt Mv
LMS Canonical Notes on the Responsa Ad Dubia – Joseph Shaw, D.Phil., at The Chairman’s Blog
BEST OF THE REST:
From Nazareth to Bethlehem: The Trying Journey of Mary & Joseph – Aleteia
Show God Your Pessimism Too – Jacqueline St. Clare at Catholic Stand
The Empty Chair: How to Deal with the Absence of Loved Ones at Christmas – D. Massot/Aleteia
Comfort Can Look (& Feel) Heavenly . . . a Catholic Mōdê Blog – Meghan Ashley Styling
I Will Abstain from Wishing People “Happy Holidays” – Don. DeMarco, Ph.D./Catholic East Texas
New Vatican Office! Congregation for the Bulletins of the World – Fr. Z’s Blog
Canonical Considerations on the Responsa on Traditionis Custodes – Fr. Pierre Laliberté, J.C.L.
Exorcizing the Chinese Flu for Christmas – Auguste Meyrat at Crisis Magazine
Three Mad Generals Willing to Take Over US to Stop Trump – D. McClarey, J.D./The American Catholic
UC Irvine Fires Catholic Ethicist who Filed ‘Natural Immunity’ Challenge to Mandate – Register
How Does One Get Invited to the Synod (“Walking Together”) on Synodality – Fr. Z’s Blog
Facebook ‘Kills’ Charity’s Petition Against Forced Marriage of Christian Women & Girls – Register
Is it Protestant to Oppose Pope Francis’s Edicts? – Leila Marie Lawler at Happy Despite Them
We Don’t “Do Santa Claus”—We “Do Christmas” – Tom McFadden at Crisis Magazine
A Third Way in the SSPX Debate: A Priest Weighs In – Fr. Matthew Michael, O.S.B., at One Peter 5
Jesus is Coming! 10 Ways to Prepare for Christmas – Fr. Ed Broom, O.M.V., at Catholic Exchange
Unindicted Co-Conspirators – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
9 Fun & Easy Ways To Celebrate Advent If You’re Starting Late – Melissa Guerrero at epicPew
Are Traditionalists Guilty of “Private Judgment” Over the Popes? – One Peter 5
The Perplexity Theory – Jacqueline St. Clare at Catholic Stand
The Chinese Flu & the Catholic Church – Michael C. Hurley at American Thinker
May Christ be Our Light – Todd Michael Federici at Catholic Stand
The Mass is Essential – Aaron DeBusschere at Crisis Magazine
Galveston-Houston Archdiocese Mourns Death of Retired Auxiliary Bishop Sheltz – NC Register
Looking for the Star of Bethlehem from the Vatican Observatory – Ch. M. Ganey/Aleteia
Pope Meets Metropolitan Hilarion as Hopes Rise for 2nd Summit with Moscow Patriarch – Register
BONUS NEWS LINKS:
FŒDVS: The League of Catholic Bloggers – FŒDVS
Theopolitics: Where Religion Meets Politics – Theopolitics
Civilization Watch: Where Geopolitics Meets World History – Civilization Watch
The Samizdat Herald: Click Quality, Not Bait – The Samizdat Herald
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