Padre Pio’s Christmas Meditation, Front Row With Pope Francis, Meaning of Christmas and More!

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Tito Edwards News December 30, 2015

Padre Pio’s Christmas Meditation by Frank Rega of The Shield of Faith - Big Pulpit

Front Row With Pope Francis: Introduction to the Year of Mercy – Carlos X, Catholic Lane

Christ The Meaning of Christmas – Karen Reep, Catholic Stand

How Should Catholics Respond to Islamic Extremism? – Madeleine Teahan, The Catholic Herald

The Contemporary Denial of Reality – Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine

The Challenge Nietzsche’s Madman Poses for the Transgender Community – Carl R. Trueman, First Things

Homilies of the Christmas Season by St. Leo the Great and Pope Benedict XVI – Sandro Magister

Christians Distinguished by Christmas; Christmas Distinguished by Mercy – Jeff Mirus Ph.D.

A Stocking Filler for Every Liturgical Season: The Pocket Oratory – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

2015 Catholics of the Year – O.S.V. Newsweekly

Not Like Any Other Baby – Etheldreda’s Place

Is Homosexuality a Psychological Disorder? – Deacon Jim Russell, Crisis Magazine

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Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal Catholic life, he reverted completely to his childhood faith that began on the eve of the funeral of Pope John Paul II. He publishes Big Pulpit, Catholic Stand, Ignitum Today, and The American Catholic.

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