Merry Christmas From RealCatholicBlog And A Christmas Message From Pope Benedict XVI

Merry Christmas from myself, Brother John and the team at RealCatholicBlog.com and RealCatholic.com, our online Catholic book and merchandise store. We offer our prayers for a joyous, blessed and merry Christmas season and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. We look forward 2011 for continued renewal and a further growth in the Faith as individuals and for the Church Universal, and for a rebirth of a culture of life throughout society. We ask for your prayers in these causes.

Why do we look forward to Christmas? Why should we? Please watch this short video from Pope Benedict XVI’s last general audience before Christmas.

Pope Benedict: The coming of Jesus is intended to “teach us to see and love events, the world and everything around us, with the same eyes of God. … The Word became a baby to help us understand how God acts, so we can let ourselves be ever more transformed by His goodness and His infinite mercy. …”

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 December 2010SMTWTFS« Nov   12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 MetaRegisterLog inEntries RSSComments RSSWordPress.comA papal appeal for China on ChristmasPosted on December 25, 2010 by John Thavis

VATICAN CITY — In his Christmas Day “urbi et orbi” blessing to the city of Rome and to the world, Pope Benedict appealed for respect for religious freedom, particularly in China, and for protection of Christian minorities in places like Iraq.

The pope also urged new efforts toward peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land, and prayed for victims of natural disasters and disease in Haiti and other countries.

Afterward, the pope expressed Christmas greetings in 65 languages, including Chinese, Russian and Arabic. In English, he said: Posted byThe Premierat11:45Posted byThe Premierat15:31Posted byThe Premierat18:17

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 December 2010SMTWTFS« Nov   12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 MetaRegisterLog inEntries RSSComments RSSWordPress.comA papal appeal for China on ChristmasPosted on December 25, 2010 by John Thavis

VATICAN CITY — In his Christmas Day “urbi et orbi” blessing to the city of Rome and to the world, Pope Benedict appealed for respect for religious freedom, particularly in China, and for protection of Christian minorities in places like Iraq.

The pope also urged new efforts toward peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land, and prayed for victims of natural disasters and disease in Haiti and other countries.

Afterward, the pope expressed Christmas greetings in 65 languages, including Chinese, Russian and Arabic. In English, he said: Posted byThe Premierat11:45Posted byThe Premierat15:31Posted byThe Premierat18:17

A papal appeal for China on Christmas

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VATICAN CITY — In his Christmas Day “urbi et orbi” blessing to the city of Rome and to the world, Pope Benedict appealed for respect for religious freedom, particularly in China, and for protection of Christian minorities in places like Iraq.

The pope also urged new efforts toward peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land, and prayed for victims of natural disasters and disease in Haiti and other countries.

Afterward, the pope expressed Christmas greetings in 65 languages, including Chinese, Russian and Arabic. In English, he said: Posted byThe Premierat11:45Posted byThe Premierat15:31Posted byThe Premierat18:17

A papal appeal for China on Christmas

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VATICAN CITY — In his Christmas Day “urbi et orbi” blessing to the city of Rome and to the world, Pope Benedict appealed for respect for religious freedom, particularly in China, and for protection of Christian minorities in places like Iraq.

The pope also urged new efforts toward peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land, and prayed for victims of natural disasters and disease in Haiti and other countries.

Afterward, the pope expressed Christmas greetings in 65 languages, including Chinese, Russian and Arabic. In English, he said: Posted byThe Premierat11:45Posted byThe Premierat15:31

A papal appeal for China on Christmas

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VATICAN CITY — In his Christmas Day “urbi et orbi” blessing to the city of Rome and to the world, Pope Benedict appealed for respect for religious freedom, particularly in China, and for protection of Christian minorities in places like Iraq.

The pope also urged new efforts toward peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land, and prayed for victims of natural disasters and disease in Haiti and other countries.

Afterward, the pope expressed Christmas greetings in 65 languages, including Chinese, Russian and Arabic. In English, he said: Posted byThe Premierat11:45Posted byThe Premierat15:31

A papal appeal for China on Christmas

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VATICAN CITY — In his Christmas Day “urbi et orbi” blessing to the city of Rome and to the world, Pope Benedict appealed for respect for religious freedom, particularly in China, and for protection of Christian minorities in places like Iraq.

The pope also urged new efforts toward peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land, and prayed for victims of natural disasters and disease in Haiti and other countries.

Afterward, the pope expressed Christmas greetings in 65 languages, including Chinese, Russian and Arabic. In English, he said: Posted byThe Premierat11:45Posted byThe Premierat15:31

A papal appeal for China on Christmas

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VATICAN CITY — In his Christmas Day “urbi et orbi” blessing to the city of Rome and to the world, Pope Benedict appealed for respect for religious freedom, particularly in China, and for protection of Christian minorities in places like Iraq.

The pope also urged new efforts toward peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land, and prayed for victims of natural disasters and disease in Haiti and other countries.

Afterward, the pope expressed Christmas greetings in 65 languages, including Chinese, Russian and Arabic. In English, he said: Posted byThe Premierat11:45Posted byThe Premierat15:31

A papal appeal for China on Christmas

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 December 2010SMTWTFS« Nov   12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 MetaRegisterLog inEntries RSSComments RSSWordPress.comA papal appeal for China on ChristmasPosted on December 25, 2010 by John Thavis

VATICAN CITY — In his Christmas Day “urbi et orbi” blessing to the city of Rome and to the world, Pope Benedict appealed for respect for religious freedom, particularly in China, and for protection of Christian minorities in places like Iraq.

The pope also urged new efforts toward peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land, and prayed for victims of natural disasters and disease in Haiti and other countries.

Afterward, the pope expressed Christmas greetings in 65 languages, including Chinese, Russian and Arabic. In English, he said: Posted byThe Premierat11:45

A papal appeal for China on Christmas

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 December 2010SMTWTFS« Nov   12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 MetaRegisterLog inEntries RSSComments RSSWordPress.comA papal appeal for China on ChristmasPosted on December 25, 2010 by John Thavis

VATICAN CITY — In his Christmas Day “urbi et orbi” blessing to the city of Rome and to the world, Pope Benedict appealed for respect for religious freedom, particularly in China, and for protection of Christian minorities in places like Iraq.

The pope also urged new efforts toward peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land, and prayed for victims of natural disasters and disease in Haiti and other countries.

Afterward, the pope expressed Christmas greetings in 65 languages, including Chinese, Russian and Arabic. In English, he said: Posted byThe Premierat11:45

A papal appeal for China on Christmas

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VATICAN CITY — In his Christmas Day “urbi et orbi” blessing to the city of Rome and to the world, Pope Benedict appealed for respect for religious freedom, particularly in China, and for protection of Christian minorities in places like Iraq.

The pope also urged new efforts toward peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land, and prayed for victims of natural disasters and disease in Haiti and other countries.

Afterward, the pope expressed Christmas greetings in 65 languages, including Chinese, Russian and Arabic. In English, he said:

Christmas with the pope online

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Christmas with the pope online

http://bit.ly/gAab10 3 hours agoCNS top stories: Hospice chaplain helps dying, their families find peace -- and even joy: http://bit.ly/iaUnIg #CNSstory 4 hours agoNew CNS Video: Rome Bureau Chief John Thavis talks about the pope's general audience, & condoms, on #CNSclient sites http://ow.ly/1rpzh 5 hours agoRT Posted byThe Premierat19:58

Christmas with the pope online

http://bit.ly/gAab10 3 hours agoCNS top stories: Hospice chaplain helps dying, their families find peace -- and even joy: http://bit.ly/iaUnIg #CNSstory 4 hours agoNew CNS Video: Rome Bureau Chief John Thavis talks about the pope's general audience, & condoms, on #CNSclient sites http://ow.ly/1rpzh 5 hours agoRT