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Reading I 1 Jn 5:5-13
Beloved:
Who indeed is the victor over the world
but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is the one who came through water and Blood, Jesus Christ,
not by water alone, but by water and Blood….
CNA Staff, Jan 8, 2021 / 02:30 am (CNA).- German media have criticized the Archdiocese of Cologne for offering to provide a “background briefing” to journalists about an unpublished report into clerical sex abuse on condition that they …
Read More“To eradicate Covid-19, everyone must walk together, no one excluded,” the bishops said in their Portuguese-language statement. “Co-responsibility is of the utmost importance to face this health and social challenge.”
Read MoreThe World Council of Churches, whose members include 350 Protestant and Orthodox communities, issued its own statement condemning the violence. Its interim general secretary—Father Joan Sauca, a Romanian Orthodox theologian—said that &ldqu…
Read MoreFollowing his January 6 Angelus address, Pope Francis also said that “on today’s feast of Epiphany, the World Missionary Child Day is celebrated, which involves many children and boys and girls around the world. I thank each one of them an…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | Catholic Life, Featured, Liturgy, News |
Back around the turn of the millennium, I was invited one day to sing for the first time the Mass of the Dedication of a Church (Introit: Terribilis est locus iste), at a solemn Mass on the anniversary of a […]
The post Clothed in the Vesture of Royalty: Sharing the Beauty of Our Mass appeared first on OnePeterFive.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | Anti-Balaka, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Central African Republic, Church in Africa, News, Seleka |
Catholic bishops in the Central African Republic warned of food shortages and a refugee exodus, as two-thirds of the country was in rebel control in early January.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | Canada, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, News, Quebec |
Churches and all places of worship are once again closing in the province of Quebec in an effort to stop the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | 2021 capitol riots, 2021 US Capitol riots, Free Access, Mexican bishops, News, US News, Violence |
Bishop Alfonso Miranda Guardiola said that the Mexican bishops “regret the events and the deaths occurred at the United States Capitol,” and added that “democracy and the rule of law need to prevail over the acts of violence.”
The post Mexican bishops call for peace in the US after violence at the Capitol appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | 8th Circuit US Court of Appeals, Abortion in the United States, abortion legislation, Arkansas, Free Access, News, pro-life |
In a setback for pro-life legislative efforts, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a lower district court’s 2019 ruling blocking Arkansas measures. The panel upheld injunctions against two laws on the grounds that they would create a legal barrier to abortion before the viability of the unborn child, about 24 weeks into pregnancy.
The post Federal judges block Arkansas abortion laws, pending further decisions appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | Free Access, News, News Analysis, pro-life, Sen. Joe Manchin, US Senate |
As Democrats already hold the House and White House, it is in the Senate that CNA’s Matt Hadro sees pro-lifers’ best chance to thwart pro-abortion policies.
The post Analysis: Pro-lifers will have to fight hidden abortion funding battles in the Senate appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | Capitol, Church in the Americas, Donald Trump, Latin America, lead, Marcelo Figueroa, News |
After Wednesday’s chaos at the U.S. Capitol, several Catholic leaders from Latin America have expressed concern over the images they saw.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | Church in the US, Congress, Democrats, Georgia, Joe Biden, lead, News, Republicans, U.S. Senate |
In the midst of pandemonium at the nation’s capital Wednesday, Democrats won both Georgia runoff elections to give the party control of Congress and the White House for the first time since 2011.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | 2020 election, Bishop Joseph Strickland, Bishop Michael Olson, Church in the US, George Weigel, lead, News, Protests, Washington D.C. |
Now that the dust has started to settle after the protest-turned-riot at the Capitol Wednesday that left four dead, Catholics continue to condemn the violent acts that took place and look for answers on ways to bridge the divide in the United States.
Read MoreCNA Staff, Jan 8, 2021 / 12:13 am (CNA).- The Catholic Diocese of Lubbock, Texas has asked its state Supreme Court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought against the diocese by one of its former deacons, who claims he was wrongfully accused of child a…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | 2020 election, 2020 presidential election, 2021 capitol riots, Donald Trump, Free Access, News, Opinion, Top Story |
Whatever one calls what happened on Wednesday, the spectacle of hundreds of thugs storming, vandalizing, and occupying the US Capitol, interrupting the national legislature’s acknowledgment of the electoral votes certified by each of the states in the fullness of their rightful sovereignty, surely appalled every true American—and filled us with an immense sadness—a horrible day for the Republic.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | Best of Week, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Gabriele Amorth, Holy Name, Holy Name of Jesus, News |
According to Fr. Gabriele Amorth, the recently-passed Chief Exorcist of Rome, who has performed tens of thousands of exorcisms, demons generally do not and cannot say holy names. Instead, they call Jesus “he” or “your Boss.” If our most abhorrent spiritual enemies shudder at the idea of speaking the holy name of God, why then […]
At the Nativity, we celebrated Jesus’ birth in flesh and blood. In Sunday’s Gospel, we celebrate a second “birth” in the Spirit—our own. Gospel (Read Mk 1:7-11) We know from the Gospel accounts that John the Baptist raised many Messianic expectations when he preached a baptism of repentance at the Jordan River. Because of an Old Testament […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | Baptism, Baptism of the Lord, Between the Sundays, child of God, Children of God, Featured, filial boldness, God the Father, Identity, Living the Faith, News, trust |
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Ines A. Murzaku: Judge Rosario Livatino, assassinated by the mafia, offered his life, fulfilling the criteria of Christian martyrdom.
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