Daily Archives: December 17, 2013

The Last Name Of God

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

VATICAN CITY, December 17, 2013 (Zenit.org) – Celebrating his 77th birthday today, Pope Francis invited the personnel of his residence at Casa Santa Marta to his daily morning Mass. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, concelebrated with … Continue reading →

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Out of the Curia into the Confessional

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

From The Moynihan letters by Dr Robert Moynihan: Sunday, December 15, 2013  Pope Francis Makes Confession a Priority Pope Francis has taken another dramatic decision. Francis has personally directed his closest collaborators, the cardinals and archbishops of the Roman Curia, … Continue reading →

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Islam or Death? Islamists Take 2,000 Christians Hostage and Threaten to Shoot Them

Posted on December 17, 2013 by kathleen

Adapted from Eponymous Flower blogspot (Damascus) On Saturday night, the rebel Salafist Brigade Al-Nusra invaded the Christian town of Kanaye. Since then they have held the two thousand Christian inhabitants of the town as hostages, the retired bishop of Aleppo, … Continue reading →

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