Why Do We Hold Our Hands Open And Turned Upward During Mass, St. Becket Vs. The Demon, And More!

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Ask Father: Why Do Catholics Hold Their Hands Open & Turned Upward During Mass? – Fr. Z’s Blog +1

St. Thomas Becket Vs. The Demon – Fr. Carlos Martins at Ignitum Today +1

More Big Ego Blocking: Fr. Jim Sichko of the Diocese of Lexington – One Mad Mom

The Truth About the Sheen Snub – Patrick Coffin at Catholic Stand

Fight Anxiety by Drawing Strength from this Icon of St. Anthony – Kathleen N. Hattrup & Joanne McPortland at Aleteia

The Massive Persecution of Christians – Tom Collingwood at Catholic Stand

The Two Popes: Baloney, Brilliantly Acted – George Weigel at The Catholic World Report

The Traumatic Foundation of Gender Dysphoria – Joseph Nicolosi at Crisis Magazine

“Evêque Du Dehors”: French King as Bishop in Use of Royal Chapel at Versailles, Holy Sepulcher – Aelredus Rievallensis at Canticum Salomonis 

When Bishops Tell Lies – Philip Lawler at Catholic Culture

Why Saint Thomas Aquinas Opposed Open Borders – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith

Christians Beheaded for Christmas, The West Goes Back to Sleep – Giulio Meotti at Gatestone Institute

Westminster Cathedral’s Master of Music Resigns – Nick Hallett at Catholic Herald

Four Exorcists Update – Bree A. Dail

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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.