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Posted by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2020 | In the News, News |
The 16th-century crucifix which was present in St Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi blessing last week was…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2020 | Daily Readings, News, Optional Memorial of Saint Katharine Drexel, Tuesday of the First Week of Lent |
Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Readings: Isaiah 55:10-11 Psalms 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19 Matthew 6:7-15
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Posted by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2020 | Commentary, News |
In the story of the raising of Lazarus, we find irony: the occasion of Jesus raising a man from the…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2020 | Commentary, News |
A question has arisen that might disturb the peace of the Catholic faithful. If a bishop restricts, or even “suspends,”…
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Now that many cities have instituted shelter-in-place orders, the need to help homebound seniors and others is increasing. People are mobilizing…
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Read MoreThe injustice of certain situations cries out for God’s attention. Lacking the bare necessities of life, whole nations are under…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2020 | In the News, News |
Australia’s highest court will deliver its ruling next week on whether to overturn the convictions of Cardinal George Pell, the…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
We now come to the Sunday with a split personality. It starts with an upbeat gospel recounting Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It is a festive affair, complete with a parade route strewn with palm branches instead of ticker tape. But we quickly progress to the stark reading of Jesus’ passion, bearable only because we […]
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2020 | 2020, A Golden Opportunity Lost, Catholic Church, Catholic teaching on human sexuality, Catholicism, Columns, David Carlin, moral theology, News, Sexual Revolution, The Catholic Thing |
David Carlin: Is now the time for America’s bishops and priests to place themselves at the head of a counter-revolution against sexual excess?
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Read More“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life (Jn 8:12).” Like the forty days’ fast of the Ninevites, our Lent continues in complete confidence in divine mercy; but our hope is founded not s…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2020 | News, Quote of the Day |
“To hear and say and pray the Scriptural Word is to hear and say and pray the Eternal Word. The liturgical word is brimming over with the Divine Word — and this truth should prick our heart’s ears.”
-Christopher Carstens, A Devotional Journey into…
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2020 | Homily of the Day, News |
How often have felt that we’ve done the “right thing” but suffered for our decisions? When this happened, how did we express our disappointment and feelings during our prayers and conversations with God? During those moments, were we facing a tough no-win situation or were we trying to change these situations into a positive one? […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 3, 2020 | News, Today's Saint |
St. Richard, also known as Richard of Chichester, was born in 1197 in Worcestershire, England. When he was just a young boy, he and his siblings were orphaned. When he was older, he handed his inheritance over to his brother and went to study at Oxford. He studied under Grosseteste and met and befriended Edmund Rich. Richard went […]
Read MoreBy Kathy Schiffer | Along with a widespread threat of illness and death, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has also introduced into the Catholic world controversy and disagreement over the availability of sacraments during this…
Read MoreThe research work of Venigalla Rao, a biology professor at the Catholic University of America, is being offered royalty-free to other researchers working to develop a vaccine for CO19. Dr. Rao has developed a platform for the delivery of vaccines, whic…
Read MoreIn the latest Vatican yearbook, the Annuario Pontificio, the title “Vicar of Christ” does not appear on the listing for Pope Francis.
Read MoreThree committee chairmen of the US bishops’ conference has issued a “reminder that in a time of crisis we must not discriminate against persons solely on the basis of disability or age by denying them medical care.” The statement echo…
Read MoreCallers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.
Questions Covered:
07:47 – Why do…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 2, 2020 | Catholic Life, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Featured, News, Pandemic |
I’m 42 years old. Mine is the last generation to have grown up in the old world. The world before the internet, and cell phones, and everything on demand. I think of it as “The Slow Time,” because everything then […]
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Read MoreBy Regis Martin | As we draw near in these final days of Lent to the awful ordeal of the Lord’s Passion, we are given a number of striking intimations of what is to come. Set down in the Gospel of St….
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