News & Faith- The Holy Family, Nativity Questions, & Bi-ritual Restrictions

Monsignor Charles Pope gets us ready for Holy Mass this Sunday with a look at the Mass readings. Then we take a look at some misconceptions about the Nativity narrative. Finally, we discuss the Vatican's new restrictions for priests to celebrate the liturgy of their own Church unless the law establishes otherwise or unless he has obtained a 'special faculty from the Apostolic See'. Show Links: Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family 3 Things I Didn't Know About Christmas How the Accounts of Jesus' Childhood Fit Together Vatican stresses strict rules on 'biritual' clergy for Eastern Churches