Pope Francis calls for 'lasting peace' on Christmas, ushers in Catholic Church's 2025 Jubilee of 'Hope' The pope inaugurated the Catholic Church's historic 2025 Jubilee of "Hope" at the Vatican on Christmas Eve in traditional ceremonies before addressing thousands of Catholic faithful the next day. 12/24/2024 - 9:51 am | View Link
Becoming the mother of God: Did Mary have a choice? The explicit pro-abortion message is meant to equate Mary’s choice to be the mother of God with a mother’s “choice” to have an abortion. “By explicitly seeking definitive consent from Mary to conceive ... 12/23/2024 - 11:02 pm | View Link
Scorsese's 'The Saints' affirms legacy of the great Catholic filmmaker A common thread runs through the lives of four major Catholic figures profiled in the first part of "Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints": They each embody a faith with consequences, a devotion that ... 12/20/2024 - 8:46 pm | View Link
The Catholic Church should canonize these worthy Black Americans The U.S. Catholic Church has a painful history of racism. One step toward healing could be canonization of the six African Americans currently up for consideration as saints. 12/20/2024 - 8:33 pm | View Link
Trump to nominate the head of Catholic advocacy group as US ambassador to the Vatican President-elect Donald Trump says he’s nominating the president of the advocacy group CatholicVote to be the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. 12/20/2024 - 7:22 am | View Link
Dear Eric: We have a dilemma that may seem trivial but it’s driving us crazy. We’re fortunate enough to have a vacation house on a small island. Water is kind of expensive, relatively. While we love to host extended family, one older relative horns in to do the dishes by hand although we have an excellent dishwasher.
The hot water waste is incredible, it’s left running while the person talks and tells stories.
Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or important decisions from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST today (6 a.m. to 12 noon PST). After that, the Moon moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius.
Happy Birthday for Friday, Dec. 27, 2024:
You’re charming, generous and loyal to family. You have a distinctive style that is appealing.
Today is Friday, Dec. 27, the 362nd day of 2024. There are four days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 27, 2007, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a shooting and bomb attack that killed at least 20 people in the city of Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Also on this date:
In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a round-the-world voyage aboard the HMS Beagle.
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In 1904, James Barrie’s play “Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” opened at the Duke of York’s Theater in London.
In 1932, New York City’s Radio City Music Hall opened to the public.
In 1945, the International Monetary Fund was formally established as its first 29 member countries ratified its Articles of Agreement.
In 1968, the Apollo 8 capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific, completing the first crewed mission to orbit the moon.
In 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan.
Moo Deng. It’s a name millions around the world have come to know. She’s the most obsessed-over, least controversial celebrity. Her dewy skin, her enviable lifestyle of frolicking and feasting, her eminently meme-able face have all made her an icon of the internet. She’s also … a hippopotamus.
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Cute creatures going viral is nothing new.
Champ Bailey says college football’s future wears shades and a cowboy hat. If your school isn’t looking for its own Coach Prime Effect after 2024, it’s not just missing the boat, baby. It’s kissing the gravy train goodbye.
“Prime, to me, is the trend,” Bailey, the Broncos icon, Pro Football Hall of Famer and TNT/Warner Discovery college football analyst, reflected earlier this month when asked about CU football coach Deion Sanders.
“He’s one of a kind.
Thursday is an official day of mourning in Azerbaijan as an investigation is underway to determine what caused an airplane carrying 67 passengers to crash on Christmas Day in Kazakhstan, killing 38 and leaving at least 29 survivors.
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Video posted by CNN shows the plane crash-landing, exploding into a fireball and plumes of black smoke.
Here’s what to know about the devastating accident and the latest on the possible causes.