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Catholic and Protestant theology students have the opportunity to take part in the Theologisches Studienjahr [theological study year] of the Abbey of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Jerusalem. This year, because of the pandemic, they are in…
Read MoreIn 2019, Pope Francis issued Aperuit illis, an apostolic letter instituting the annual Sunday of the Word of God, which takes place on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. In this 10-point Note, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of …
Read MoreCardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap, the preacher of the papal household since 1980, devoted his Advent 2020 sermons to the theme, “Teach us to count our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart” (Psalm 90:12). The theme of the fir…
Read MoreDuring his Angelus address for the Fourth Sunday of Advent (video), Pope Francis reflected on Luke 1:26-38, the Gospel of the day.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Bethlehem, Christian Aid, Christmas 2020, coronavirus emergency, COVID-19, Free Access, News |
Covid-19 restrictions are keeping pilgrims and holidaymakers away from the Holy Land. Business is “at a standstill” said relief agency Christian Aid in a December 21 press release.
The post Tough going at Christmas for the ‘Little Town of Bethlehem’ appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreUnderstanding what prayer is goes a long way when tacking problems with distraction in prayer. Father Hugh and Cy discuss how to start praying, and what distraction in prayer means, which is maybe less than you think.
Cy Kellett:
Distracted in prayer?…
CNA Staff, Dec 21, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- When the singers of the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School gathered earlier this year to create a new album, they knew they had little margin for error.
A terrifying new virus was spreading across t…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Christmas, conflict, Coronavirus pandemic, Crisis, lead, News, Pope Francis, Roman Curia, Vatican |
“When the Church is viewed in terms of conflict – right versus left, progressive versus traditionalist – she becomes fragmented and polarized, distorting and betraying her true nature,” Pope Francis said Monday.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Christmas 2020, Father Brown, Free Access, games, GK Chesterton, News |
The object of the game is for players to compete as rival investigators to unveil the culprit before their opponents.
The post Chesterton fans fundraising to create Father Brown mystery game appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Recently, I helped some friends decorate a parish church in our diocese for Christmas. The priest gave us a picture of their old nativity scene and instructed us to replicate it. If any figure was out of place from the year before, he warned, the parishioners would notice—and they would blame him. Our creativity was […]
Posted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
It is axiomatic that nothing well-written ever comes from a committee. So, I regard as miraculous the recent report, Catholic Hymnody at the Service of the Church, put forth by the doctrinal watchdogs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. It is incisive, intelligent, and precise, blessedly free of political correctness, and sensitive to […]
Posted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
By now, the majority of Americans have likely tuned out of the voter fraud saga. It is so extensive, so complex, but mostly, so futile. The steal is indeed proving to be too big to fail, and no one wants to touch it. Embittered and exhausted, disenfranchised Americans are done hoping and are mentally preparing […]
Reading 1 SG 2:8-14
Hark! my lover–here he comes
springing across the mountains,
leaping across the hills.
My lover is like a gazelle
or a young stag.
Here he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the l…
The following reflection from contributor Peter Hála offers one perspective on how to respond in our current times of controversy. As befits a magazine in the truly ‘Catholic’ tradition, we should be open to differing points of view – within certain limits. As the saying goes, in necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas.[…]
The post In the Bleak Midwinter – Defunding Christmas? appeared first on Catholic Insight.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Featured Highlights, News, Saints |
The life of the Jesuit Saint Peter Canisius (1521-1597), a Dutchman, one of the first to join Ignatius’ company in its early days, after meeting one of the founders, Peter Faber. His life spans the century of what history inaccurately calls the Protestant ‘reformation’. Hence, our saint goes down in history as one of the[…]
The post Canisius the Indefatigable appeared first on Catholic Insight.
Read MoreOne constructive approach would be to enter more fully into the celebrations ourselves and, by our example, invite secularists to consider the sacred meaning of the Christian seasons they celebrate without reference to Christ, reminding them that he is…
Read MoreAmong others we could consider, we will examine three reasons why Mary was and continues to be both a virgin and mother. In Luke 1:34, when Mary was told by the angel Gabriel that she was chosen to be the mother of the Messiah, she asked the question, …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Books, Catholic Church, Interviews, lead, News, Nones, sociology, Theology, Vatican II |
Stephen Bullivant is both a sociologist and theologian, and this gives him insight why so many people are leaving the Catholic Church.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Books, Catholic Church, Interviews, lead, News, Nones, sociology, Theology, Vatican II |
Stephen Bullivant is both a sociologist and theologian, and this gives him insight why so many people are leaving the Catholic Church.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Aleppo, Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Cardinal Mario Zenari, Christmas, Church in the Middle East, lead, News, Syria |
Despite the “raging pandemic,” and the multitude of contradictions and trials the world faces today, Christmas is still a season of hope and rejoice, according to the archbishop of war-torn Aleppo, in Syria.
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