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by bcadmin | Apr 9, 2022 | Catechism of the Catholic Church, Eucharist, Features, Holy Orders, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, News, ordination, priesthood, sacrifice, Vatican II | 0 |
The treatment of the Sacrament of Holy Orders1 in the Catechism begins with the reminder that this is “the sacrament of the apostolic ministry,” conferred in three degrees: episcopate, presbyterate, diaconate; the first two orders […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 23, 2022 | Holy Orders, Liturgy, News | 0 |
Owing to its density and complexity, the traditional Roman liturgy—and the same, of course, would be true of any traditional liturgy—gives rise to multiple “hierarchies” of participation, which I will call here “ecclesiastical, sanctuarial, and congregational.” What I have noticed […]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 21, 2021 | Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Catholic news, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Holy Orders, News, News Briefs, ordination, priesthood, US, women's ordination | 0 |
The Cathedral Church of St. John in Albuquerque, N.M., seat of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande, which hosted the attempted ordination of Anne Tropeano Oct. 16, 2021. / teofilo via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
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Editor’s Note: In light of the news that Pope Francis has changed canon law to accommodate official women “lectors” and “acolytes,” we are re-publishing this article, which originally appeared here on July 17, 2015. In many contemporary debates concerning the […]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 23, 2020 | Catholic Life, Featured, Holy Orders, News, priesthood | 0 |
Sixteen years ago this summer, when the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter was just making inroads here in the Archdiocese of Phoenix, the first priest they sent was a newly ordained young man from France named Fr. Stéphane Dupré. My […]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 10, 2020 | Holy Orders, Lucia A. Silecchia, News, priesthood, Sacraments, Vocations | 0 |
In these weeks when spring gives way to summer, many celebrate the ordinations of new priests — new shepherds who, in these difficult days, commit the rest of their lives to the sacred service of God and the people of God. It is also the time when othe…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 16, 2020 | Featured, Holy Orders, News, purity, Religious Life | 0 |
Our Lady spoke to St. Bridget a divine warning that seems to be a message directly from Heaven to His Holiness Pope Francis: Know this too: that if some Pope concedes to priests a license to contract carnal marriage, God […]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 15, 2020 | Church History, Featured, Holy Orders, Marriage, News, Religious Life | 0 |
In the past, Western Catholics have at times tried to force their own discipline on Eastern Catholics (the name of Bishop John Ireland still haunts the conversation). We now recognize that this was a mistake, and one that is not […]
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