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Month: January 2021

Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time

Posted by | Jan 13, 2021 | , |

In today’s Gospel, we are told that the disciples, and later on people from all over, brought their problems to the attention of Jesus, and He performed many miracles of healing the sick and driving out demons. Jesus is as compassionate as He is powerful, and He knows our deepest needs. All we have to […]

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Virtual Faith and Culture Series tackles widely misunderstood topics in Church teaching

Posted by | Jan 13, 2021 | , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A four-part virtual speaker series beginning Jan. 20 aims to bring clarity to several topics of Catholic teaching that are sometimes misunderstood when viewed through the lens of mainstream culture. Over the course of four weeks, the Faith and Culture Series will be addressing the sources of Catholic teaching, sexual morality and the family, the dignity of women, and the priesthood.

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#9929 Open Forum – Tim Staples

Posted by | Jan 13, 2021 | |

Questions Covered:

01:25 – If a Baptized Catholic gets married outside of the church to a non-Catholic, do they need to get an annulment if they get a divorce? 
03:57 – How do you glorify God in a morally neutral jobs? 
12:20 – How a…

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Pandemic Catholicism: Mass Attendance Numbers Have Dropped To Record Lows

Posted by | Jan 12, 2021 | , , , |

1P5 regular Eric Sammons was recently named the Editor-in-Chief of Crisis Magazine. Today, he has a piece there looking at the demographic shift that has happened over the past year when it comes to Mass attendance, and it’s about what […]

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Colombian bishop, 74, dies from COVID-19 complications

Posted by | Jan 12, 2021 | , |

Bogotá, Colombia, Jan 12, 2021 / 04:57 pm (CNA).- The Colombian diocese of Santa Marta announced on Tuesday that Bishop Luis Adriano Piedrahita Sandoval, 74, died January 11 of complications from COVID-19.

“With deep sorrow and pain, but with our hope placed in Our Lord Jesus Christ, conqueror of death and sin, we communicate to you that at 5:15 p.m. our bishop, Monsignor Luis Adriano Piedrahita Sandoval, has been called to the House of the Father,” the diocese said in a statement.

The bells of all local churches will toll on Tuesday, the diocese said. Funeral arrangements for the bishop have not yet been announced, but will include stringent social distancing requirements and other safety protocols.

Luz Marina Medina, communication director for the Colombian Bishops Conference, confirmed to ACI Prensa that Piedrahita Sandoval is the first Colombian bishop to die of COVID-19.

“We pray for the repose of his soul, and we also pray for another bishop in very serious condition also in Santa Marta, Bishop emeritus Ugo Puccini,” Medina said.

Bishop Piedrahita Sandoval was born on October 7, 1946 and was ordained a priest on October 29, 1972. In 1999, he became auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Cali, and on August 5, 2014, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Santa Marta, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.

After a new spike in COVID-19 cases – with up to 400 deaths per day – many parts of Colombia have returned to lockdowns.

President Iván Duque announced that vaccinations would begin in January, but Minister of Health Fernando Ruiz said on January 10 that “no date is set” because no arrangements have been solidified with vaccine suppliers.

 

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