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Posted 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.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | ecclesiology, Ecumenism, Essay, Features, News, Pope Saint John Paul II |
In The Bishop and Christian Unity, the December 4, 2020 document from the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, the question addressed briefly regards the following issue: “Changing ecclesial affiliation as an ecumenical challenge and […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
The Facts of Life Series: Catholicism Catholicism is an affront to the modern world. For our modern world arrogantly asserts real truth does not exist. Modern truth is only a matter of personal perception, not a matter of fact. And, it is right here that Catholicism commits the first sin of modern culture. And, it does […]
Posted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Christmas, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, G.K. Chesterton, Incarnation, News, Sophia Excerpts |
A colleague mentioned hearing “White Christmas” or “Here’s Wishing You a Merry Christmas” in Japanese during Christmastide. This is seasonal music popular among those who generally do not believe in what Christmas stands for. Similarly, during my European years, I was struck by the different cultural expressions surrounding Christmas among those who did historically hold […]
Posted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | 2020, Alasdair MacIntyre, and the Road to Sexual Revolution, Carl R. Trueman, Casey Chalk, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Charles Taylor, Columns, Diagnosing the Modern Self – and the Cure, Expressive Individualism, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Leszek Kolakowski, News, Philip Rieff, Romanticism, sexual liberation, Sigmund Freud, The Catholic Thing, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia |
Casey Chalk reviews the new book by Protestant Carl R. Trueman. It argues for “natural law and a high view of the physical body.”
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Despite Poland being over 90 percent Catholic, a new shows that only 41 percent of Poles view the Church favorably….
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Catholics must understand that there are two aspects or levels to the debate over whether to make use of a…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | In the News, News |
Chris Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, criticizes the Vatican’s agreement with China on the appointment of bishops and…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Commentary, News |
The antiphons that prepare us for the Feast of the Nativity as the O Antiphons, since each of Isaiah’s seven…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | Homily of the Day, News |
When children are born and named, people are left wondering what will become of them in the future. In John’s situation, there was the challenge of age to overcome and when the happy birth occurred, the name was even debated upon. But, when the mute father could speak once again, the name had been confirmed, […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | News, Today's Saint |
Born: 1521 Birthplace: Holland Died: 1597 Canonized: 1925, by Pope Pius XI Peter Canisius, a great saint and Doctor of the Church, once said: “The fear of many people is greater than necessary, because they look for human and not for divine help; they act in despair instead of praying with holy confidence for the […]
Read MorePope Francis on December 21, 2020, gathered the Roman Curia in the Vatican’s Benediction Hall for their annual Christmas message and minced no words about the crisis facing the world. But he lit a light at the end of the tunnel. “This is the Christmas of the pandemic, of the health, economic, social, and even ecclesial crisis that has indiscriminately struck the whole world,” the Pope said. “The crisis is no longer a commonplace of conversations and of the intellectual establishment; it has become a reality experienced by everyone.
Read MoreThe Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in the December 21, 2020 �note on the morality of using some anti-Covid-19 vaccines’ recognized “the question of the use of vaccines, in general, is often at the center of controversy in the forum of public opinion.” Pope Francis examined it and ordered its publication during his Dec. 17 audience with Cardinal Ladaria, CDF Prefect.
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 t…
Read MoreSt. Peter Canisius (1521-1597) was born at Nijmegen, Holland, at the very time that Luther began to rebel against the Church and St. Ignatius Loyola was laying the foundations of the Jesuit Order. After studying the arts, civil law and theology, St. Pe…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 21, 2020 | News, Quote of the Day |
“Our Lady of Fatima, with Christmas fast approaching, please lead me closer to your Son Jesus this holy season. Jesus, help me to be a joyful reflection of your Mother. Our Lady of Fatima and St. Teresa of Calcutta, please pray for me.” — found in Advent with Our Lady of Fatima Read more in […]
Read MoreIn his Christmas address to the Roman Curia, Pope Francis said that crisis can be beneficial to the Church, but conflict is always destructive.
Read MoreThere is no “magic wand” to end the Covid epidemic, Pope Francis told employees of the Vatican city-state on December 21. He told them “we must work harder to help each other solve this problem.”
Read MoreThe militant group Hamas, which effectively controls the Gaza Strip, has raised concerns by advising Muslims to limit their interaction with Christians in the region. Hamas explains that the directive was intended to warn Muslims against participating …
Read MorePope Francis will receive the Covid vaccine produced by Pfizer sometime in January, the Vatican has disclosed. The vaccine will be made available to all Vatican workers and residents of Vatican City.
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