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December 21, 2019

Pope Benedict XVI Creates Foundation for Catholic Journalism in Germany

By Catholic News Agency - Given that the country’s tax-rich dioceses and powerful bishops’ conference are already financing a wide array of media projects and news outlets that provide training, the initiative by the pope emeritus was recognized by both supporters and critics as a strategic move to bolster orthodox Catholic reporting independent of episcopal and other influences.

December 20, 2019

Viganò Champions Virgin Mary After Pope Francis Smear, by Stephen Wynne

By Stephen Wynne, Church Militant - Those who profane Mary "show that they are on the side of the Enemy," he warned. "To attack Mary is to pounce against Christ Himself; attacking the Mother is rising up against the Son and rebelling against the very mystery of the Holy Trinity."… "The tragic story of this failed pontificate advances with a pressing succession of twists and turns," the archbishop lamented. Daily, "from the most exalted throne the Supreme Pontiff proceeds to dismantle the See of Peter, using and abusing its supreme authority, not to confess but to deny; not to confirm but to mislead; not to unite but to divide; not to build but to demolish.”

December 20, 2019

Fr. Mike Schmitz: The Difference Between Jealousy and Envy

By Fr. Mike Schmitz Ascension Presents - If you’re wondering about the difference between jealousy and envy, Fr. Mike clears up the confusion in this video. Simply put, jealousy is not wanting to share something or someone you possess or hope to possess, and envy is resentment toward the possessions of someone else. There can be some intersecting of the two, because it is possible to have an excessive or distorted kind of jealousy that’s actually based in envy, but jealousy can be good while envy is always sinful.

December 20, 2019

While House Dems Impeach Trump, His Numbers Go Up, by Michael F. Haverluck

By Michael F. Haverluck, OneNewsNow - House Democrats voted to impeach President Donald Trump Wednesday night, but his approval rating continues to improve while a recent poll shows the majority of Americans oppose his impeachment… House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) rejoiced at (Dec. 18th) announcement of the historic partisan vote (230 Democrats vs. 197 Republicans) to impeach the 45th president on the first charge of "abuse of power" of his office. That charge alleged that Trump requested Ukraine's president to investigate 2020 presidential election rival Joe Biden for leveraging foreign aid to protect the alleged corrupt business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden.