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The Best in Catholic Blogging

Beta Testing Holy Icons on Facebook, Creating Beauty with Social Media – David Clayton, Beauty of Catholicism

I’m Forgotten because I’m not European, says Indian Priest Kidnapped by ISIS – Anto Akkara, Catholic Herald

Quæritur: Friday Penance on 6 January where Epiphany is Transferred – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

Extending Our Joy Past Christmas – Anne DeSantis, Catholic Stand

Dangerous Habits – Serious or Mortal Sin? – Fr. John Bartunek L.C., Catholic Spiritual Direction

The Good Witness of Not Receiving Communion – David Roney, Catholic Stand

Jennifer Fuwiler Made a Super Cool Patron Saint Generator for 2017 – Chloe Mooradian, epicPew

Formation in Faery – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Ignitum Today

12 Rousing Scripture Verses to Start Your New Year Right – Theresa Williams, epicPew

Militant Islam and the Year of the Mass Delusion - William Kilpatrick Ph.D., The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report

Dating the Birth of Jesus – Jimmy Akin, Catholic Answers

A Child’s Christmas in Wales and the Ghosts of Christmas Past – Sean Fitzpatrick, The Civilized Reader via Crisis Magazine

“The Best Books I Read in 2016” – CWR Staff, The Catholic World Report

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An image of the Sacred Heart in the Church of the Jesu in Rome

Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Next week, the Bishops of the United States will meet in Orlando and consecrate America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This week on Register Radio we are joined by Bishop Kevin Rhoades to explain the importance of the consecration and how we can all take part and then Register senior writer Zelda Caldwell tells us about the remarkable phenomenon of diocesan priests living in community.