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Posted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, modernity, News, Religion, The Facts of Life |
The Facts of Life Series: Religion Religion and politics are the two topics we are so often told to avoid in conversation, as they are two of the most contentious topics there are in life. This cautious counsel has a continuity over time as to be a common cultural maxim, a primary principle of public discourse […]
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Advent, Body & Soul, Christmas, Lisa Klewicki, News |
by Lisa Klewicki When we think of Christmas, we often think of shopping, gifts, parties, and relatives visiting. Preparing for Christmas can be a stressful time. However stressful the preparations are, however, it is important to slow down to light can…
Read MoreNovember 29th is the special day dedicated to all the Franciscans who are now born into eternal life. Every year our Franciscan Order reserves this special day to honour them and get the courage, once more, to let their holy example bring that much-needed renewal within it as it is also badly needed in any[…]
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Christmas, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Gifts, News, sacrifice, Spirituality |
by Father Dwight Longenecker Part of the magic of Christmas is giving and receiving gifts. The presents might be simple, homemade, and practical or expensive and luxurious, but they represent the love we have for one another. To put it simply, we give …
Read MoreAt the beginning of the consistory, Cardinal-designate Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, discussed the importance of synodality. The Pontiff then delivered a homily and raised the cardinals-designated to the cardinalate (video, b…
Read MorePepita Capriolo, a retired Québec Superior Court Justice, issued a report, commissioned by the Archdiocese of Montreal, on “who knew what when” about Brian Boucher, a now-laicized and imprisoned priest who was ordained in 1996. Caprio…
Read MoreJesus tells us that there is a certain sin that will not be forgiven. Because Jesus is God, we can be sure he is not misleading us. But what is the sin against the Holy Spirit, and how can we avoid it? Father Hugh Barbour explains.
Are you scared of c…
Read MoreRome Newsroom, Nov 30, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- Forty-three Italian priests died in November after contracting the coronavirus, as Italy experiences a second wave of the epidemic.
According to L’Avvenire, the newspaper of the Italian bishops&rsqu…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Apologetics, News, Prayer & Spiritual Life, Theology |
When I was a kid, the “Sinner’s Prayer” was a big deal. It was at the heart of everything we knew about Jesus and getting saved. It was almost used as an incantation. My mom coached me to pray the Sinner’s Prayer when I was 4 years old. We knelt together in front of the […]
The post “The Sinner’s Prayer” – All You Need to Get to Heaven? appeared first on Defenders of the Catholic Faith.
Read More“The Philippine Church rejoices as it enters a national celebration of the 500 Years of Christianity in our treasured homeland,” the bishops said in a pastoral letter issued on the First Sunday of Advent. “We pray for a missionary ren…
Read More“While not renouncing our identity in anything or resorting to simple irenicism, with strength and courage, we must affirm the need for human fraternity and social friendship as necessary conditions for achieving the peace for which the whole wor…
Read MoreProtests began on November 9 after Peru’s Congress removed President Martín Vizcarra from office.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
It’s Sunday morning. As you get out of your car to walk into the church, you look down at your watch. You’re running late, and if you don’t hurry, you won’t get a seat inside. You look to your left and see a family of five walking besides you. You look to your left and […]
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Today, religious art is the subject of an almost universal indifference. It’s no great task to see why. In September of 2019, Pope Francis (Or, rather, Pope Francis’ coterie of managers, handlers, and other particolored eminences) installed a statue called “Angels Unawares” in Saint Peter’s Square on the snappily named “World Day of Migrants and […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Featured Highlights, News, Saints |
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Wednesday, 14 June 2006 Andrew, the Protoclete Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the last two catecheses we spoke about the figure of St Peter. Now, in the measure that sources allow us, we want to know the other 11 Apostles a bit better. Therefore, today we shall speak of Simon Peter’s[…]
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Read MoreThe mystery of
the Incarnation, or the mystery of God’s becoming man, is not something that
can easily be understood by finite human minds. However, just as we
can’t fully comprehend God himself but can at least understand him at a certain
elementary l…
Reading 1 ROM 10:9-18
Brothers and sisters:
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved.
For one believes with the heart and so is justified,
and on…
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2020 | Featured Highlights, News, Saints |
A blessed feast of Saint Andrew to all our readers! Yes, today, the last day of November, is when we celebrate the first Apostle called, along with his brother, the first Pope. Andrew’s patronage includes Scotland, Russia, Ukraine and Greece, for reasons that are somewhat historically tenuous. But, as Belloc says, behind every legend, there[…]
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Read More“The Lord always seeks unity, which does not mean uniformity,” Pope Francis said in a message for the 30th anniversary of Caritas Slovenia. “We should not be sectarian, one against the other.” The Central European nation of 2.1 …
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