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by bcadmin | Oct 3, 2022 | Catholic News Service, News, Rome, St. Peter, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican | 0 |
As thousands of people sat in the dark in St. Peter’s Square, they watched fish jump from the façade of the basilica, saw the word “no” form and dissolve three times and heard an actor reciting the part of St. Peter speak about the mercy of Jesus.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | Featured, Ministry of St. Peter., News, Short film, St. Peter, St. Peter's Basilica, U.S. & World News | 0 |
For two weeks in October, the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica will be the screen for the nighttime showing of a short film about the life, the call and the ministry of St. Peter.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 16, 2022 | Jesus Christ, News, Papacy, Prayer Life & Liturgy, St. Peter, Sunday Reflections | 0 |
Luke’s story of Mary and Martha of Bethany, sisters of Lazarus, teaches us about hospitality, service, action, contemplation, and distraction in pursuit of the Catholic Fullness. I once got a harsh letter from a Baptist lady protesting that she could n…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 7, 2022 | Apologetics, Featured, News, Papacy, Protestantism, St. Peter | 0 |
There is a temptation for us Catholics to think that there cannot be any biblical evidence against the papacy. Sure, non-Catholics can argue that there is no scriptural evidence for it, but how could there possibly be any evidence against it? It’s not like the New Testament is going to straight up say, “Peter was […]
by bcadmin | May 1, 2022 | Jesus Christ, Knowing the Faith, News, Papacy, St. Peter | 0 |
The origins of the Papacy can be found in the dialogue between Jesus and Simon Peter in John 21, a gospel traditionally read during Eastertide. The question,”Peter, do you love me?” is followed by the command “Feed my sheep.” The pope, shepherd and su…
Read MoreImage: Photography © by Andy Coan ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it is said, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave g…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 6, 2022 | Commentary, News, St. Peter | 0 |
Both Isaiah and Simon Peter knew their own weaknesses and sins. They knew they were unworthy of a call to serve God and yet – in his sheer goodness – God summoned them and entrusted them with his message.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 6, 2022 | apostle, Evangelization, Gospel, Jesus Christ, mission, New Life in Christ, News, Scott Hahn, Scripture, St. Peter, Sunday Reflections, Word of God | 0 |
“Jesus has made us worthy to receive Him in the company of angels in God’s holy Temple. On our knees like Peter, with the humility of David in today’s Psalm, we thank Him with all our hearts and join in the unending hymn that Isaiah heard around …
Read MoreImage: Photography © by Andy Coan ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with …
Read MoreImage: Photography © by Andy Coan ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 14, 2021 | Book Review, cooking, Food, Lateran Pacts, lead, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis, Pope Pius IX, Popes, St. Peter | 0 |
ROME – Catholic history is a like a river fed by many currents, but one of the strongest and most perennial, undeniably and inextricably, is food. At the very heart of the sacramental system is a shared meal, and when we pray as Christ himself taught us, we ask for […]
Read MoreROME – Many were shocked on Sunday when the Vatican police forced a group of some 15 Cubans to put down their Cuban flags at the Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square. Although political manifestations have always been banned at the event, pilgrims often bring flags, hoping the pope will […]
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