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Posted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Associated Press, Church and State, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, News, quarantine |
As multiple governors issue orders to curb large gatherings and implore residents to stay home in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, at least a half-dozen states have exempted some level of religious activity.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Archbishop Joseph Naumann, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Evangelium Vitae, News, St. John Paul II, USCCB committee on pro-life activities |
St. John Paul II’s “prophetic encyclical” on the value and inviolability of human life, “The Gospel of Life” (“Evangelium Vitae”) provides “a clear challenge” to Catholics, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Live stream, News, quarantine |
The doors were locked at Saint Edith Stein Church in Brockton last Sunday, as a Catholic Mass took place inside without the hundreds of congregants who normally show up for the noontime services in Cape Verdean Creole. It was just a priest, a camera, the choir and a few church members to assist with readings from the Bible.
Read MoreBy Father Raymond J. de Souza | Just two months ago, when Italy was still doing normal things, the government designated March 25 as “Dante Day” to honor the “father” of the Italian language…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Annunciation of Mary, Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
On this solemnity which celebrates the high-water point in the history of salvation, permit me to explore with you three Latin expressions. The first is, verbum caro factum est: “The Word became flesh.” We find this line, of course, in the Prologue to St. John’s Gospel, and the Epistle to the Hebrews tells us that […]
A mediator is someone who is situated between two parties and seeks to bring them into accord. The mediator does have a particular position of his own but operates in a completely unselfish manner. A medium, in the sense of a psychic, refers to one who establishes contact with the supernatural world. All three senses […]
WASHINGTON—Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert J. Baker, 75, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Birmingham and has named Bishop Steven J. Raica of Gaylord to succeed him.
The appointment was publicized in Washington,…
Read MoreBuenos Aires, Argentina, Mar 25, 2020 / 12:00 am (CNA).- As Argentina remains under a government-ordered lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the bishops of Buenos Aires have called on priests to “generously” offer their minis…
Read MoreBy Tito Edwards | The Vandals in the Choir Loft – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing +1
Male & Female He Created Them; & for a Good Reason – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Annunciation, liturgical year, News, The Dispatch |
Editor’s note: This homily was preached on March 25, 2017, for the Solemnity of the Annunciation for the Congregation of St. Athanasius, Archdiocese of Boston/Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. On this solemnity which celebrates the […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | News, Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction |
What is your “essence”? Some years back, I took my school staff through a short exercise. It went something like this: When you squeeze an orange, what comes out? Orange juice… yes. And how about a lemon? Lemon juice… yes, that’s right. With this reality, we can basically say then that the juice is the “essence” of […]
Posted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Best of Week, Coronavirus, Featured, intercession, News, Prayer, Saints |
The last few weeks have been difficult for many of us living in the new reality brought on by COVID-19. While the virus threatens our vulnerable friends, family, and neighbors, you don’t have to be sick to feel its effects. The material and economic realities are hitting us from all sides. In such moments, it’s […]
The scapular originates in the habits worn by the monastic orders, beginning with the Benedictines, and later adapted by many other religious communities. Basically, the scapular is a piece of cloth, about chest-wide from shoulder to shoulder, and drapes down the front and the back of the person with an opening for the head. At […]
We believe so many lies about ourselves. We believe we’re hopeless, that we can never change, that things will never change, that nothing we do matters, that we don’t deserve love or goodness or justice or dignity or a million other things. We are trapped by the lies we tell ourselves and the lies that others tell us. Consolations V. Desolations […]
Posted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Commentary, News |
Years of pious ecclesial chatter about leaven, evangelization, and prophecy have now stumbled over the unexpected obstacle of an epidemic…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | In the News, News |
The Catholic governor of Louisiana has asked fellow citizens to pray and fast on March 24 for those affected by…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | In the News, News |
Texas ordered a halt on surgical abortion procedures Monday because of the growing coronavirus epidemic, two days after officials in…
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Read MoreIn an old Peanuts comic strip, it is near Christmas. Lucy is watching Linus mailing his Christmas lists to Santa. She asks him,…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Commentary, News |
It is no surprise that in a secular age, we constantly feel exhausted and vulnerable—without land or temple. We feel…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Daily Readings, News, Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord |
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord Readings: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10 Psalms 40:7-8A, 8B-9, 10, 11 Hebrews 10:4-10 Luke 1:26-38
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