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Posted by bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | Cardinal Parolin, France, News, Top Story, Vatican, Vatican diplomacy, World News |
“I ask myself if it is necessary to go so far as [to make] a law,” said Cardinal Parolin in response to a direct question from his interviewer.
The post Cardinal Parolin Weighs in on France’s Controversial “Religious Separatism” Bill appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | News, Nota in Brevis |
Their name comes from a riposte of Flannery O’Connor, who said once: Everybody who has read Wise Blood thinks I’m a hillbilly nihilist, whereas . . . I’m a hillbilly Thomist. Well, the ‘Hillbilly Thomists’ are professed members of the Dominican Order, who play Christian bluegrass on the side – of their more Dominican pursuits –[…]
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Read MoreVatican City, Jan 31, 2021 / 08:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis said Saturday that catechists have the vital responsibility of leading others to a personal encounter with Jesus through prayer, the sacraments, and Scripture.
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Vatican City, Jan 31, 2021 / 06:30 am (CNA).- Pope Francis announced Sunday the establishment of an international day to honor grandparents and the elderly to take place each year in July.
“The Holy Spirit … arouses thoughts and words of wisdom in the elderly today: their voice is precious because it sings the praises of God and guards the roots of peoples. They remind us that old age is a gift and that grandparents are the link between generations, to transmit to young people an experience of life and faith,” Pope Francis said in the library of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace Jan. 31.
“Grandparents are often forgotten and we forget this wealth of preserving and passing on the roots. For this reason, I have decided to establish the World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly,” the pope said.
The World Day for the Grandparents and the Elderly will take place annually on the fourth Sunday of July, close to the feast of the grandparents of Jesus, Saints Joachim and Anne.
This year it will take place on Sunday, July 25, and Pope Francis will offer a special Mass to mark the occasion, according to the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life.
In his Angelus address — offered via a live video broadcast due to the COVID-19 pandemic — the pope recalled the upcoming liturgical celebration of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple by Mary and Joseph.
“The day after tomorrow, February 2, we will celebrate the feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, when Simeon and Anna, both elderly, enlightened by the Holy Spirit, recognized Jesus as the Messiah,” the pope said.
Pope Francis also pointed to the example of the Virgin Mary who “always kept Jesus’ words and gestures in her heart and followed Him with total willingness and faithfulness.”
“May she help us too to listen to Him and follow Him, to experience the signs of His salvation in our life,” he prayed.
The pope said that Jesus “speaks not with human authority, but with divine authority, because he has the power to be the definitive prophet, that is, the Son of God who saves us, heals us all.”
He asked: “Do we listen to the words of Jesus which are authoritative?”
“Always, do not forget, carry a small Gospel in your pocket or bag, to read it during the day, to listen to that authoritative word of Jesus,” he said.
The pope explained that Jesus’ ministry of healing, exorcisms, and “preaching with authority” show that Christ “aimed at defeating the evil present in humankind and in the world.”
“Jesus’ teaching has the same authority as God speaking; in fact, with a single command he easily frees the possessed from the evil one and heals him,” he said.
“His word points directly at the kingdom of Satan: it puts him in crisis and makes him retreat, forcing him to leave,” Francis said.
After the Angelus prayer, children from the diocese of Rome joined the pope in the Apostolic Palace to read a letter about the importance of peace. The children are participants in the virtual “Caravan of Peace” organized by Catholic Action.
Pope Francis also highlighted World Leprosy Day, which occurs each year on the last Sunday of January. He appealed to world leaders to join efforts to treat those suffering from leprosy – officially called Hansen’s Disease – and to work for their social inclusion.
“I express my closeness to those who suffer from this disease, and I encourage missionaries, health workers and volunteers committed to their service,” the pope said.
“The pandemic has confirmed how necessary it is to protect the right to health for the most vulnerable people.”
On January 31 the Church celebrates the feast of Saint John Bosco, the founder of the worldwide huge Salesian family. Don Bosco (1815-1888), as a spiritual father and a splendid teacher as he was, managed, by God’s grace, to be an excellent mix between nature and grace. He was profoundly human, rich in the qualities[…]
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Read MoreThere are two multiplication of the loaves, which makes it evident that they are concerned with more than merely feeding the crowds. The first came after the raising from the dead of the daughter of Jairus, when Jesus had said to her parents, “Give her something to eat” (5.43). This very phrase was repeated when[…]
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | Articles, Featured Highlights, News |
Catholics have sung our praise to God for the entirety of the Church’s history. For at least a thousand years, Gregorian chant formed the basis of a Catholic musical patrimony and identity, with a revival of the art form occurring in the late 19th century and onward, as a result of the work of the[…]
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Jesuits, News, Poverty, Vatican |
The Jesuits, the religious order to which Pope Francis belonged, are in the initial stages of preparing an order-wide discussion about their vow of poverty.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | Archbishop Paul Coakley, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, COVID-19 pandemic, Homelessness, News, President Joe Biden, USCCB |
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee welcomed the extension of the federal eviction moratorium and an increase in nutrition assistance to families struggling through the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreFor Dr. Danielle Hyles, Catholic faith and equity in education go hand-in-hand.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, News, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Although the Ukrainian government has not closed churches during the pandemic, Ukraine was “confronting other pandemics,” said its major archbishop.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italy, News |
The Catholic Church does not take sides, but it does take to heart the life and well-being of every person and the nation as a whole, said Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti of Perugia-Citta della Pieve, president of the Italian bishops’ conference.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | Associated Press, carnival, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Lent, News, Venice |
The Italian canal city’s Carnival festivities should have started Saturday, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made its annual appointment for more than two weeks of merry-making impossible.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Fordham University, News, Roe v. Wade, the pro-life movement |
Overturning Roe v. Wade will not be the silver bullet many in the pro-life movement have hoped for.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 31, 2021 | Archbishop William Lori, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, March for Life, News, the pro-life movement, USCCB |
The witness of the pro-life movement is rooted in the Eucharist, said Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore.
Read MoreAs the madness continues and we deal with patently irrational policies enforced in both the secular and the ecclesiastical realm, it is important for us to formulate a properly ordered perspective that acknowledges the ultimate triumph of good over evil. Sacred history teaches us that this is ultimately the end result in every struggle between[…]
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Read MoreReading I Dt 18:15-20
Moses spoke to all the people, saying:
“A prophet like me will the LORD, your God, raise up for you
from among your own kin;
to him you shall listen.
This is exactly what you requested of the LORD, your God, at H…
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