Evening News Roundup - Ember Wednesday of Advent - December 18th, 2019

† Traditional Latin Mass Calendar - December 16th, 2019 to December 22nd, 2019 - Ordo for the Week - Season of Advent

• Arise! Let Us Be Going! (Fr. George David Byers) >> Officer Paul Perrette – RIP
• Arise! Let Us Be Going! (Fr. George David Byers) >> Architecting the universe: measuring by the cross or square and compass?
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Robert R. Reilly) >> A Buttigieg Hallmark Christmas
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >> Well.
• ChurchMilitant.com (David Nussman) >> Aussie Bishop’s Un-Catholic Remarks Prompt Prayers
• ChurchMilitant.com (Kristine Christlieb) >> Pittsburgh Diocese Shutters 18 Churches
• CNA Daily News (Hannah Brockhaus) >> Does 'The Two Popes' fairly represent Francis and Benedict? Critics say ‘no’ 
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment  (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> More Questions about German Mistranslations of the Liturgy of the Hours
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> “We can’t deny Communion! We mustn’t ‘politicize’ the Eucharist!” False argument.
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ASK FATHER: Is the will really “fixed” at death or do we get another chance?
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Head of Pontifical Academy FOR LIFE would hold the hand of person committing suicide. FAIL
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Read every word of this.
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> WDTPRS: O Antiphons – 18 December – O Adonai
• LifeSiteNews (Riccardo Cascioli) >> Cdl Burke criticizes bishops’ silence on blasphemous Netflix film, poster in Vatican
• LifeSiteNews (John-Henry Westen) >> Theologian corrects Vatican archbishop who said priests could ‘accompany’ assisted suicide victims
• LifeSiteNews (Martin M. Barillas and Pete Baklinski) >> Vatican building hosts ad for Netflix’s ‘Two Popes’ film denigrating Pope Benedict
• LifeSiteNews (The Van Maren Show) >> A miraculous story: how Gianna Jessen survived a saline abortion
• LMS Chairman (Joseph Shaw) >> Iota Unum talks confirmed for 2020
• National Catholic Register Bloggers (Joseph Pearce) >> A Christmas with Imaginary Catholics
• New Liturgical Movement (Gregory DiPippo) >> Christmas Eve in the Carmelite Rite in Troy, New York  
• OnePeterFive (Nishant Xavier) >> The Benefits of Meditation on the Holy Face of Jesus
• OnePeterFive (Steve Skojec) >> Ember Days, Ember Days, It’s Embertide for the Catholics…
• OnePeterFive (Peter Kwasniewski) >>  Repetition Is the Mother of a Great Many Things
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> Communion handling: the gravest problem (First of Two Posts)
• RORATE CÆLI (Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla) >> FLASH: Queen's Chaplain converts to Catholicism!
• Vultus Christi (Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration) >> Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary