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Posted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Ten years ago this month, I called my grandmother, a devout Catholic living in the Shenandoah Valley of western Virginia, to declare my intention to return to the Catholic Church of my youth, which I had left along with my evangelically-inclined parents after my First Communion. She was arrestingly unsurprised. “Oh, I knew you would, […]
“There are many internally displaced persons in Japan today,” said Bishop Michiaki Yamanouchi of Saitama, in the bishops’ message, “Accept, protect, encourage, and live in harmony with internally displaced persons, like Jesus Ch…
Read MoreThe 10-year-old was raped by a relative, according to the report. A similar 2009 case occasioned comments from Archbishop Rino Fisichella, then president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Read More“We should not treat the poor as insignificant non-persons without any rights and an obstacle to society,” said Archbishop Felix Machado of Vasai , secretary-general of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, as he addressed the an…
Read More“All of these good deeds you have done, individually or constitutionally, for the least among you have been counted in the sight of Christ, who came to save humankind,” Archbishop Marek Zalewski, non-resident representative of the Holy See,…
Read MoreOn August 30, Pope Francis devoted his Sunday Angelus address to Matthew 16:21-27, the Gospel reading of the day (video).
Read MorePope Francis instituted the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation in 2015. It takes place on September 1, as has been customary in the Orthodox churches since 1989. The Pope made an apostolic journey to Mauritius (map) in 2019.
Read More“I appeal for constructive dialogue and respect for international law in order to resolve the conflicts that threaten the peace of the peoples of that region,” Pope Francis said on August 30, as tensions rose between Greece and Turkey.
Read MoreArchbishop Salvatore Cordileone has called upon San Francisco Mayor London Breed and other public officials to “at a minimum, remove the excessive limits on outdoor public worship.” Noting that San Francisco is the only city in the region t…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Argentina, Basilicio Bachi Britez, Church in the Americas, COVID-19, lead, martyr, News, Pope Francis, slum priests |
Father Basilicio “Bachi” Britez, 52 at the time of his death, had suffered from kidney problems, hypertension and diabetes, so when the COVID-19 pandemic began to surge in Argentina, he was advised to leave the shantytown where he lived. Britez refused, insisting he couldn’t abandon the people he’d been entrusted to protect in La Matanza, one of the poor areas that make up Buenos Aires’ industrial belts.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Brazil, Church in the Americas, COVID-19, lead, News, pastors, Priests |
With 3.7 million confirmed cases and 118,000 deaths, Brazil has become the epicenter of the pandemic in Latin America. Despite the application of strict precautionary measures by the Church, the Brazilian clergy couldn’t remain insusceptible for long.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Catholic women, Church in Europe, Clericalism, diversity, Feminism, lead, LGBT, News, priesthood, Voices of Faith |
Seven women who “applied” for ecclesial jobs traditionally open to men last month have since become icons for the different faces of the Catholic “feminist” movement, illustrating that there is no singular vision for how to achieve the more welcoming and inclusive Church they envision.
Read MoreBy Tito Edwards | Why We Are Where We Are – George Weigel at Denver Catholic +1
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Best of Week, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Holy Spirit, News, Orthodoxy |
In the creed, the liturgy, and every time we cross ourselves we affirm that the Holy Spirit is one of three divine persons. However, many of us probably struggle to think of the Holy Spirit as a person. As one Catholic educational site puts it, Of the three divine Persons, the most mysterious one and […]
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Best of Week, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Holy Spirit, News, Orthodoxy |
In the creed, the liturgy, and every time we cross ourselves we affirm that the Holy Spirit is one of three divine persons. However, many of us probably struggle to think of the Holy Spirit as a person. As one Catholic educational site puts it, Of the three divine Persons, the most mysterious one and […]
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Prayer, Sophia Excerpts, Spirituality |
Vocal prayer is prayer in word or action. Since man is composed of soul and body, he must not only use his mind in prayer, but also his body and its senses for the glory of God. You express your interior sentiments and reverence for God in articulated words or in bodily posture, such as […]
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Prayer, Sophia Excerpts, Spirituality |
Vocal prayer is prayer in word or action. Since man is composed of soul and body, he must not only use his mind in prayer, but also his body and its senses for the glory of God. You express your interior sentiments and reverence for God in articulated words or in bodily posture, such as […]
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Homily of the Day, News |
Someone once asked Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Recife in Brazil, “Is it hard being a prophet and being a prophet in one’s own country?” Dom Helder replied that the word “prophet” is used in too narrow a sense, as though “the Lord only charged a small number of people with the responsibility of being […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | "Fatima" movie, 1952’s The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, 1COR 15:14, 2020, Blessed Virgin (Joana Ribeiro), Brad Miner, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, director Marco Pontecorvo, Fr. John De Marchi, Francisco Marta (Jorge Lamelas), Goran Višnjić, Harvey Keitel, Hell, Jacinta Marta (Alejandra Howard), Lady from Heaven, Lúcia dos Santos (Sônia Braga), Lúcia Moniz, Marian apparitions, News, Portugal, Stephanie Gil, The Catholic Thing |
Brad Miner reviews a new film about the apparitions of the Virgin to three Portuguese children in 1917. It’s as powerful and illuminating as it should be.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Bede, Featured, News, Saints, St. Aidan of Lindisfarne, Venerable Bede |
On this day in 651 AD, St. Aidan of Lindisfarne, among the greatest missionaries of the early medieval period, died while on one of his frequent preaching missions in Northern England. However, as with many great saints, St. Aidan’s legacy continues to live on. For from his monastery on Lindisfarne the light of Christ would […]
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