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As we come of age, usually in our late teens and into our 20s, I think nearly everyone begins to think about how they would change the world if only they were in charge. Even if you aren’t inclined to want to “rule the world,” you certainly dream of being some part of a positive […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 12, 2021 | Featured, Jesus, News, Prayer, Sophia Excerpts, Spiritual Life |
There are very few Christians, even among those who are especially consecrated to God, who have a right idea of what true virtue is. Almost all of them imagine it to consist in a certain routine of piety and in fidelity to certain exterior practices. If with this they have at intervals some emotion of […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 12, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
In his prophecy, the Prophet Isaiah speaks about wounds, about wounds that would be inflicted on the Body of Jesus Christ. The Prophet states: “It is by His wounds that we are healed.” (Is. 53:5) Of course, the Prophet Isaiah, inspired by the Holy Spirit, was prophesying the Sorrowful Passion of Jesus. Every person entering […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 12, 2021 | 2021, Columns, Donald Trump, Edmund Burke, Hadley Arkes, Joe Biden, loss of Senate majority, News, President Trump.Trump Administration, pro-life cause, The Catholic Thing, Thoughts on a Late Administration |
Hadley Arkes: Trump came apart because he was consumed by his own anger and grievance. As a result, much good achievement will now be lost.
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Read MoreIs this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime, Said then the lost Arch-Angel, this the seat That we must…
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Read MoreTwo Christian women were killed in December because they refused to convert to Islam, a Protestant pastor reports. The two young women disappeared in November; police have arrested two Muslim men who are suspected of involvement in their murder.
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Politics is no longer about arguments over policies and prudence, but about transgressors and the anointed righteous who must render…
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Pope Francis has changed canon law to officially allow lay women to perform tasks during Mass, but stressed the move…
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Read MoreA leaked letter from Cardinal Pietro Parolin reveals that the Vatican Secretary of State urged the Vatican bank to help provide financing for a controversial real-estate investment in London. Cardinal Parolin had minimized his role in the troubled fina…
Read MorePope-emeritus Benedict expects to receive the Covid vaccine “as soon as the vaccine is available,” his private secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, has disclosed. Archbishop Gänswein said that he and all other members of the form…
Read MoreThe Catholic bishops of Venezuela, concluding their annual meeting, have issued a new call for change in the country’s government, demanding an end to the “violent repression” by the Maduro regime, and calling for the recognition of f…
Read MoreThe US Supreme Court has ordered Nevada’s Governor Steve Sisolak to respond to a Protestant congregation’s complaint about restrictions on church services. The Calvary Chapel charges that the state’s emergency regulations limit congre…
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The pope is, of course, both the monarch of the Church and pastor of the People of God. His style…
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Read MoreIn an examination of the Vatican’s legal system, the Associated Press concludes that the Vatican does not offer standard protection for the rights of the accused in criminal cases. Vatican prosecutors enjoy wide discretion to pursue or drop cases…
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On Sunday, January 10, the internet was abuzz with false reports of an overnight blackout at the Vatican, accompanied by…
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Read MoreToday the Church in Canada celebrates the memorial of St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, renowned for her work, her spirituality and her impact on society and the Church in North America. In 1982 Pope John Paul II canonized her making her the first canonized wo…
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The first reading tells us about Hannah who is unable to bear children. She begs God for a son and she is given a son. The Gospel narrates the story of Jesus driving away an evil spirit from a man possessed. Both scriptural texts refer to near impossible situations – a woman unable to bear […]
Read MoreIn his annual message for the World Day of the Sick, Pope Francis says that the Covid epidemic “has exacerbated inequalities in our healthcare systems and exposed inefficiencies in the care of the sick.” Noting that Jesus rebuked those who …
Read MoreThe Vatican has altered the traditional Ash Wednesday ritual for this year, to minimize contact between the priest and members of the congregation. Rather than praying over each person, the priest will say that prayer—“Remember that you are dust,…
Read MoreWashington D.C., Jan 11, 2021 / 07:01 pm (CNA).- The Supreme Court has given the governor of Nevada eight days to file a response to a church which argued that the state’s COVID-19 protocol was discriminatory against houses of worship.
In an ord…
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