Evening News Roundup - Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas - Commem.: St. Sylvester I, Pope & Conf. - December 31st, 2019

†  Octave Day of Christmas - Die Octavæ Nativitatis Domini - Missa 'Puer Natus Est' - January 1st, 2020 - Propers
† Traditional Latin Mass Calendar - December 30th, 2019 to January 5th, 2020 - Ordo for the Week

• Atonement Online (Fr. Christopher George Phillips) >> Treasury of Truth
• ChurchMilitant.com (David Nussman) >> Prominent Jesuit Accused of Abusing Boy More Than 1,000 Times
• ChurchMilitant.com (Wang Zhicheng) >> 2020 to See Harsher Rules for China’s Christians
• CNA Daily News (Michelle McDaniel) >> Discerning in, and discerning out: What happens when seminarians leave?
• CNA Daily News (Hannah Brockhaus) >> On New Year's Eve, Pope Francis calls listening an act of love
• Fr. Joseph Illo's Blog >> Christmas Lights
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Distraught woman grabs Francis’ hand and pleads. What did she say?
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> The Texas church shooting and our future choices. Wherein Fr. Z opines.
• IN LUMINE FIDEI (Rita Bogna) >> 1 JANUARY – THE CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD
• New Liturgical Movement (Gregory DiPippo) >> Solemn Mass for Epiphany in New York City 
• New Liturgical Movement (Gregory DiPippo) >>  Station Churches of the Christmas Season - Part 2
• OnePeterFive (John Schroder) >> War in America and the Cause of Our Joy
• OnePeterFive (Sean McClinch) >> 2020 Resolution for Church Leaders: Don’t Creep Out Normal People
• On This Rock (Fr. John Hollowell) >> Sisters of Life Magazine on Eastern "meditation"
• On This Rock (Fr. John Hollowell) >> A response to Chris Stefanick on the Latin Mass
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> Plenary Indulgence reminders: Te Deum on Dec. 31 Veni Creator on Jan. 1
• The American Catholic (Donald R. McClarey) >> January 1, 2020: Doomsday
• V for Victory! (Anita Moore, O.P., Esq.) >> The Passing Scene: 2019