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By Claire Dwyer | Sunday, Jan. 19, is the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6; Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10; 1 Corinthians 1:1-3; John 1:29-34.
John’s Gospel more than any other…
Read MoreThe Ontario government is inviting public input as it drafts a new five-year poverty reduction strategy.
If Viral Bharatbhai Desai has a say, he would tell the province to increase funding to agencies which directly help people who are poor. Church ag…
Read MoreBy John Aiden Byrne | About 50 miles northwest of bustling Manhattan city sidewalks, this spiritual desert oasis of silence and solitude known as Bethlehem Hermitage is a stunning contrast for the many…
Read MoreReading 1 Is 49:3, 5-6
The LORD said to me: You are my servant,
Israel, through whom I show my glory.
Now the LORD has spoken
who formed me as his servant from the womb,
that Jacob may be brought back to him
and Israel gathered to him;
and I am made…
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 19, 2020 | Abrahamic Faiths Initiative, Ambassador Sam Brownback, Balkans, China, Interviews, lead, News, Pakistan, Religious Freedom |
“You’ve just ruled yourself out of a whole bunch of investment if you’ve given in to this monochromatic view of religion, that it has to be this and everybody else we punish,” said U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 19, 2020 | Catholic Church, Commentary, lead, News, Spirituality |
As Western culture moves farther away from the Judeo-Christian beliefs that established it and made it a distinctive civilization in the history of humanity, there is a swift return to darker worldviews.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 19, 2020 | Latest News, News |
DiMarzio is the second US bishop to be investigated under the new norms
Read MoreBy Tito Edwards | The Angel Who Ordered an Emergency Baptism – Peter Darcy at Catholic Stand +1
4 Spiritual Practices To Adopt This New Year – Jenna Kandas at epicPew +1
Live Perpetual Adoration Of The…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 19, 2020 | 2020, Antonio Spadaro, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Eugenio Scalfari, Fr. Robert P. Imbelli, La Civiltà Cattolica, La Repubblica, Laudato Si, News, Pope Francis, St. Francis of Assisi, The Catholic Thing, The Mischief of The Two Popes |
Fr. Robert P. Imbelli: In the latest interview between the pope and the atheist editor who often misquotes him, we see a meeting of political minds.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 19, 2020 | Daily Readings, News, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 Psalms 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 John 1:29-34
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Posted by bcadmin | Jan 19, 2020 | Encountering the Word, News, Psalms, Scripture |
“I delight to do thy will, O my God; thy law is within my heart.” (Psalm 40:8) Please share on Facebook and other social media. Print this entry
The post Encountering the Word — Psalm 40:8 appeared first on Integrated Catholic Life™.
With the feast of the Baptism of the Lord we have entered into the liturgical time that we call “ordinary.” On this second Sunday, the Gospel presents to us the scene of the meeting between Jesus and John the Baptist at the Jordan River. The narrator i…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 19, 2020 | News, Today's Saint |
St. Canute, also called Knute or Canutus, succeeded his brother Harald, the seventh king of Denmark. The differences between the two brothers were like saint and sinner. Harald’s reputation for laziness and vice gained him the nickname “the Slothful.” Fortunately, he only reigned for two years before his death and the throne went to Canute. Canute began […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 19, 2020 | Features, News, Special Report |
With little more than 15,000 registered Catholics in an overall population of 5.5 million, Finland has the lowest Catholic percentage of any European nation. However, recent years have seen the Catholic population rise by 3-4 […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 19, 2020 | News, The Dispatch |
If you ask people to describe Disney in a few words, you might hear: creative, kitschy, attention to detail, stimulating, commercial, innovative, but it’s unlikely you’ll hear the word transcendent—beyond or above the range of […]
Read MoreNew York City, N.Y., Jan 18, 2020 / 09:05 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Timothy Dolan is conducting an investigation into Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, following an allegation of sexual abuse.
The investigation is being conducted under the provisions of Vo…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 19, 2020 | Ad Limina Blog, Local News, News, Pilgrimage, Rome, young adults |
On our last day in Rome, our group of 25 young adults were reminded of the journey Christians have taken through history, dating back to the day Jesus died on the Cross.
Read MoreBy Jim Graves | LOS ANGELES — An estimated 30,000 people participated in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ OneLife LA walk through the streets of downtown Los Angeles Saturday, led by Archbishop José Gomez and…
Read MoreVatican City, Jan 18, 2020 / 04:35 pm (CNA).- Young adults from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are accompanying their bishops on their ad limina visit to Rome this week, joining them at “the threshold of the apostles.”
The 25 …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 18, 2020 | Agriculture, Education, Even playing field, Faith-based, Faith-based service providers, health and human services, Homeland Security, International Development, Justice, labor, News, Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, Trump, U.S. & World News, Veterans Affairs |
President Donald Trump said Jan. 16 his administration is issuing nine proposed rules to ensure the nation’s faith-based service providers and organizations are not discriminated against by federal agencies’ regulations or in their grant-making processes because of religion.
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