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“Lord, help there to be some drastic step in my life as I follow you to be faithful and holy and to be a saint,” Father Matthew Hood prayed. A week later, he discovered that he had not bee validly baptized.
Read More“Given the contributions of women to the electorate over the last century, it seems almost inconceivable that so many did not support women’s suffrage 100 years ago, including some of our predecessors,” the bishops said in their lette…
Read More“I unite myself today to the thousands upon thousands of pilgrims who are gathered there, together with the Polish episcopate, to entrust themselves, their families, the nation, and all of humanity to her maternal protection,” Pope Francis …
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A blessed feast of the great Saint Augustine (354-430), bishop and doctor of the Church, and one of the greatest theologians in her history, his writing helping to form the mind and soul of Christian civilization. Augustine himself was nearly not Augustine, in the mystery of God’s providence, much depends on our free decisions, moved[…]
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Looking at social media recently, I saw someone asking for people to explain why they were Christians in five words or less. I was tempted to write three words: “It is true.” Then I remembered the words of the novelist and Catholic convert Walker Percy. When asked why he had converted to Catholicism he answered, […]
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | News, Rest of World |
The Missionaries of Charity have cancelled their customary birthday celebrations for their founder, Mother Teresa, this year after nine religious sisters tested positive for COVID-19
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Read MoreChiara Porro, Australia’s new ambassador to the Holy See, presented her credentials to Pope Francis on August 27. In a statement, Ambassador Porro paid tribute to St. Mary MacKillop (1842-1909) as “a remarkable woman who encapsulates the …
Read More“We urge all people of faith to observe August 28 or the Feast of St. Peter Claver on September 9 as a day of fasting and prayer,” said Bishop Shelton Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux (Louisiana), who spoke of those “whose human life and dign…
Read MoreIn March, the Vatican opened its archives from the pontificate of Venerable Pius XII (1939-58). David Kertzer reports on his findings in an article for The Atlantic. In his article, Kertzer discusses the 1953 Finaly affair, which involved the questio…
Read More“We entrust all our brothers and sisters in harm’s way to the Immaculate Heart of Mary our Blessed Mother,” said Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, “and we ask her intercession to lessen the damage and ease the suffering…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Abortion, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, Church in the Americas, Joe Biden, lead, News, Pontifical Academy for Life, President Donald Trump, pro-life, Unites States, Vatican |
As the United States presidential elections draw nearer and candidates on both sides tout their position on life issues as reasons for their electability, the Vatican’s top official in the area has cautioned against turning life into an ideological weapon.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Church in the Americas, Father James Martin, lead, LGBT Catholics, News, Sister Monica Astorga |
ROSARIO, Argentina— Marking an historical first in Pope Francis’s home country, the Diocese of San Luis in northern Argentina invited a transgender woman Tuesday to read one of the prayer intentions at a public Mass celebrated by the local bishop. The invitation was issued to Francia López by civil officials
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Church in Africa, gender, lead, News, Nuns, South Africa, violence against women |
The South African Union of Catholic Women’s Organization (SAUCWO) organized a Day of Prayer via Zoom Tuesday with the theme “I can’t breathe,” reminiscent of the George Floyd protests in the United States.
Read MoreBy Tito Edwards | What “The Chosen” Gets Wrong About Cana – Edward Benet at Catholic Stand +1
Delayed Because of Pandemic, New Fatima Film to Open Today, August 28th – Jim Graves at The Catholic World…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Between the Sundays, Cross, Featured, Gospel, Jeremiah, Living the Faith, mission, News, suffering, vocation |
It often seems that following the Lord means bigger crosses. How is this fair? A Trickster? The first reading for Sunday’s liturgy might sound a little bold to us. Is Jeremiah honestly accusing the Lord of tricking him? Some translations say …
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Fra Angelico’s painting, The Conversion of St. Augustine, offers a great insight into the spirituality of the Doctor of Grace. At the forefront of the painting, commanding the immediate attention of the viewer, is the figure of St. Augustine sitting and weeping. The painting portrays the moment of St. Augustine’s conversion as it is described […]
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | 2020, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, David Warren, Derek Chauvin, forgiveness, judge not, Minneapolis, News, Original Sin, Pray for the Perpetrators, Religion, The Catholic Thing, The Crucifixion by the Dreux Budé Master |
David Warren: We are losing the belief in original sin. As a result, not only do we not forgive; increasingly we are incapable of forgiveness.
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Sister Byrne of the Community of the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary spoke at the Republican…
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Read MoreI must introduce a parenthetical protest against the abuse of the current term ‘social justice.’ From meaning ‘justice in relations…
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It was on this day, 1590 years ago, that before the age of seventy six, in Hippo, today’s Bona in Algeria, a passionate seeker of truth, the most illustrious of the Fathers of the Western Church went to his eternal […]
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