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Posted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Associated Press, Bosnia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Church in Europe, Icons, News, Orthodox Church, Russia, Ukraine |
An Orthodox icon presented to Russia’s foreign minister had not been stolen from the Ukraine, the office of Bosnia’s Serb leader said Tuesday, amid an international diplomatic spat over its origins.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Bishop Joseph Strickland, Church in the US, Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, COVID-19, lead, News, USCCB |
With nationwide COVID-19 vaccination efforts underway, one Texas bishop is encouraging parishioners in his diocese to wait for a vaccine with no connection to abortion, including the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines green-lit by the U.S. bishops’ conference last week.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, lead, Mafia, martyrdom, News, News Analysis, Oscar Romero, Religious persecution, Rosario Livatino, Sainthood cause |
Rosario Livatino, 37 at the time of his death, will become the first Italian anti-mafia judge to be beatified, following in the footsteps of Father Giuseppe “Pino” Puglisi, the country’s best known anti-mafia priest, who was killed in 1993 and beatified shortly after Pope Francis’s election in 2013.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, Colombia, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Honduras, Latin America, lead, News, Uruguay |
As Latin America enters the Christmas season, Church leaders are urging reconciliation and solidarity as the region suffers through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Archeology, Church in the Middle East, Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, Gethsemane, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus Christ, lead, News |
A ritual bath dating to the time of Jesus has been uncovered on the Mount of Olives at the site tradition says is the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus experienced the Agony in the Garden before his arrest, trial, and crucifixion.
Read MoreI have often commented to my students that the fact that an idea is self-evident nonsense will not keep large numbers of people from believing it and sometimes doing countless damage thereby. The past century […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, In the Spotlight, News |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Jeffrey Essmann. […]
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Posted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
Mother Teresa once found a woman in a dustbin. She was burning with fever and close to death. “My son did this to me!” the woman said over and over. Mother Teresa picked up the woman and brought her to the convent. On the way, Mother tried to convince the woman to forgive her son. […]
Posted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
There are many reasons for wrapping Christmas presents. The obvious one is to make the gift look attractive, with colorful bows and attractive wrapping paper. Another is to hide the present from view. A third is to put the recipient in a state of wonder, which can also be a state of torture. My favorite […]
Posted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Advent, Ark of the Covenant, Blessed Virgin Mary, Catholic Church, Christmas, Faith, Featured, Gospel, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, News, peace, Scripture, St. Luke the Evangelist, The Visitation |
Christmas is just two days away. Hopefully, we have all completed our shopping and decorating. Our children have all mailed their letters to Santa! Many of us are completing preparations for our families to gather together to celebrate the birth of the…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Advent, Ark of the Covenant, Blessed Virgin Mary, Catholic Church, Christmas, Faith, Featured, Gospel, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, News, peace, Scripture, St. Luke the Evangelist, The Visitation |
Christmas is just two days away. Hopefully, we have all completed our shopping and decorating. Our children have all mailed their letters to Santa! Many of us are completing preparations for our families to gather together to celebrate the birth of the…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
It’s the season of joy and the time of good tidings, so why is the liturgical calendar for Christmas packed with so many martyrdoms? Take a look at the calendar. The day after Christmas is the feast of St. Stephen, the first martyr of the Church, who was stoned to death. The following Monday marks […]
Posted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | 2020, Benedict XVI, Bethlehem, Blessed Virgin, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christ Child, Christmas lends itself to the imagination, Columns, God incarnate, Holy Family, Jesus Christ, Luke’s Gospel, Making Room at the Inn, News, Pope Francis, St. Joseph, Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing |
Stephen P. White: Who was the Bethlehem innkeeper? Possibly a compassionate man, who was granted the grace to play host to God Himself.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Advent, antiphon, Daily Quote, Liturgy of the Hours, Magnificat, News, O Antiphons, O Emmanuel, Vespers |
O Emmanuel: “O Emmanuel (God with us), our King and lawgiver, the expected of the nations and their Savior: come to save us, O Lord our God!” (Vespers for December 23rd; antiphon recited with the Magnificat) Please share this post on Facebook and other…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Advent, antiphon, Daily Quote, Liturgy of the Hours, Magnificat, News, O Antiphons, O Emmanuel, Vespers |
O Emmanuel: “O Emmanuel (God with us), our King and lawgiver, the expected of the nations and their Savior: come to save us, O Lord our God!” (Vespers for December 23rd; antiphon recited with the Magnificat) Please share this post on Facebook and other…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Commentary, News |
As the end of Advent approaches, the Office of Readings features some final admonitions from the Book of the Prophet…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | In the News, News |
In his annual Christmas speech to the bishops and cardinals of the Roman Curia, the pope stressed that this Christmas…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | Commentary, News |
The late TCT contributor on the true meaning of Christmas. “White Christmas,” even with Bing Crosby singing, is a deflection…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 23, 2020 | In the News, News |
Two top Vatican officials — Cardinal Konrad Krajewski and Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello — have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus….
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