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23 December 2023

On Awaiting the Second Advent, the Christian Roots of Writing 'Merry X-Mas,' and Other Catholic-related Topics

A number of articles/posts have recently been published on a variety of Catholic-related subjects worth considering.

To access some of these, please visit:

Public Discourse: Awaiting the Second Advent (20 DEC 23)

Catholic News Agency: Is it okay to write 'Merry Xmas'?: Inside the thousand-year-old Christian tradition (22 DEC 23)

Aleteia: John Touhey: After Maui fires, a Catholic school reopens and brings hope (30 AUG 23) 

Spiritual Direction: The Winters of Spiritual and Biological Grief 18 DEC 23()

Community in Mission: A Meditation on the Scriptural Connection between Sexual Immorality and Injustice.(1 SEP 23) 

The Pilot: Pope encourages oratories to help form good Catholics, good citizens. (7 DEC 23) 

Public Discourse: Pius XII and the Politics of the Mystical Body (24 AUG 23)

Aleteia: Vatican astronomers on the surprises from the telescope (4 APR 23)

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