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Posted by bcadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, pro-life, the pro-life movement, USCCB, Vaccines |
In a growing consensus, religious leaders at the forefront of the pro-life movement in the United States are telling their followers that the leading vaccines available to combat COVID-19 are acceptable to take, given their remote and indirect connection to lines of cells derived from aborted fetuses.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | News, Nota in Brevis |
A question for all of us, those who may see the vaccine as the prophylactic panacea to bring us back to peace and normality, all the way across that spectrum and widening divide separating many of us, to those adamant that they will never take the hastily approved conspiratorial concoction, come hell or high water.[…]
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Read MoreFlorence, Italy, Jan 10, 2021 / 03:01 pm (CNA).- The Archbishop of Florence has said no new students have entered his diocesan seminary this year, calling the low number of priestly vocations a “wound” in his episcopate.
Cardinal Giuseppe …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Diocese of Salina, News, Nuns, Religious Sisters, retreats |
The coronavirus pandemic has created the conditions for a spiritual crisis, but a traditional retreat at a house run by women religious isn’t necessarily COVID-19 friendly.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | Baptism, Baptism of the Lord, Catholic Church, Featured, Gospel, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, Justification, News, Redemption, Sacraments, Saints, Salvation, Sanctifying Grace, Scripture, St. John the Baptist |
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord Most of us have felt on occasion that things were going so badly that we just wished we could start all over! A second chance! Or maybe your life is not going that well and you realize that you are just not the pers…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | Donald Trump, lead, News, Pope Francis, United States, US Capitol, Vatican |
Pope Francis in his Sunday Angelus address prayed for the five people who lost their lives in the breach of the United States Capitol by pro-Trump protesters last week and encouraged the country’s leaders to work toward national reconciliation.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | 2021 US Capitol riots, Angelus appeal, News, Pope Francis, Top Story, United States, US election 2020, US elections 2020, Vatican, World News |
“I urge [government] authorities and the entire population to maintain a high sense of responsibility,” Pope Francis said Sunday, “in order to soothe tempers, promote national reconciliation, and protect the democratic values rooted in American society.”
The post Pope Francis appeals for peace, reconciliation in wake of deadly US riots appeared first on Catholic Herald.
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Vatican City, Jan 10, 2021 / 05:30 am (CNA).- Pope Francis prayed Sunday for the United States, asking the Immaculate Virgin Mary to help foster a “culture of encounter” after the recent violence at the U.S. Capitol Building.
“I extend an affectionate greeting to the people of the United States of America, shaken by the recent siege of Congress. I pray for those who lost their lives, five lost in those dramatic moments,” Pope Francis said after his Angelus address Jan. 10.
“I reaffirm that violence is always self-destructive. Nothing is gained with violence and so much is lost. I urge the authority of the state and the entire population to maintain a high sense of responsibility in order to calm the spirits, promote national reconciliation and protect the democratic values rooted in American society,” the pope said.
In the midday Marian prayer broadcast live from the library of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis invoked the intercession of the Immaculate Conception, who was proclaimed patroness of the United States in 1846.
“May the Immaculate Virgin, Patroness of the United States of America, help to keep alive the culture of encounter, the culture of care, as the main way to build the common good together,” the pope said.
Pope Francis’ comments came four days after pro-Donald Trump protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol Building Jan. 6 as Congress was in the process of certifying the presidential election results, leading to the evacuation of lawmakers and the deadly shooting of one protester by law enforcement. A U.S. Capitol police officer also died from injuries sustained during the attack, and three other protesters died due to medical emergencies.
In a video clip published Jan. 9, Pope Francis said that he was “astonished” by this incident that occurred in the U.S. Capitol Building.
“I was astonished, because they are a people so disciplined in democracy, right? But it’s a reality,” the pope said in the clip published to the website of the Italian news program TgCom24.
“Something isn’t working,” Francis continued. With “people taking a path against the community, against democracy, against the common good. Thanks be to God that this has broken out and there was a chance to see it well so that now you can try and heal it. Yes, this must be condemned, this movement…”
The clip was published as a preview of a longer interview with Pope Francis by Vatican journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona, who works for the Italian television network Mediaset.
The interview will air on the evening of Jan. 10, and will be followed by a Mediaset-produced film on the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, from his youth in Argentina until his election as Pope Francis in 2013.
In his Angelus address, Pope Francis reflected on the manifestation of the Holy Trinity at Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan River.
“After this gesture of compassion from Jesus, an extraordinary thing happens: the heavens open and the Trinity is finally revealed. The Holy Spirit descends in the form of a dove and the Father says to Jesus: ‘You are my beloved Son.’ God manifests himself when mercy appears,” Pope Francis said.
“Do not forget this: God manifests himself when mercy appears, because that is his face. Jesus becomes the servant of sinners and is proclaimed Son; He lowers himself upon us and the Spirit descends upon him. Love calls love. It is also true for us: in every gesture of service, in every work of mercy that we perform, God manifests himself, God sets his gaze on the world.”
The pope said that “God overcomes the evil of the world by humbling himself.”
He added: “It is also the way in which we can lift others up: not judging, not in commanding what to do, but by becoming neighbors, by empathizing, by sharing God’s love.”
Black and white photos of their beloved “Cely,” smiling confidently, began to play on the screen for friends and family unable to say their final goodbyes in person. So many people tried to log on that the funeral home website crashed before the memori…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | Articles, Featured Highlights, News |
A biblical text can become so familiar that we simply bypass statements that would ordinarily puzzle us. I’m thinking of an aspect of the Gospel you have just now heard, viz., John’s baptizing at the River Jordan. Although I have read this passage countless times, today something about it suddenly struck me as strange, as[…]
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | Cardinal Vincent Nichols, coronavirus emergency, London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, News, Pandemic |
Houses of worship in England and Wales remain open, but several churches across denominations have taken the decision not to meet. “Catholic parishes,” said Cardinal Nichols last week, “will continue to serve the needs of their local community.”
The post London places of worship open despite mayor’s call appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreReading I Is 42:1-4, 6-7
Thus says the LORD:
Here is my servant whom I uphold,
my chosen one with whom I am pleased,
upon whom I have put my spirit;
he shall bring forth justice to the nations,
not crying out, not shouting,
not making…
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | baseball, lead, Los Angeles Dodgers, News, News Analysis, Obituary, St. John Paul II, Tommy Lasorda |
It’s sometimes thought that people too attached to their own tradition aren’t open enough to be able to dialogue with others; that to be universal, you’ve got to be a little less specific. John Paul II and Tommy Lasorda, through their remarkable lives, delivered the only Catholic answer to that claim: Bunk.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | Baptism, Baptism of the Lord, Commentary, Faith, lead, News, On Spirituality |
Our faith cannot disappear with the Christmas ornaments and decorations.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | Catholic Church, Church in Europe, Dominicans, George Weigel, lead, News, Obituary, Poland, Pope John Paul II |
Dominican Father Maciej Zięba died from cancer on December 31, 2020 at the age of 66. He was laid to rest Jan. 9 in his native Wrocław, in southwestern Poland.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | 2021, A Face, Beauty, blindness, Columns, honesty, Joseph R. Wood, maskless, News, open, The Catholic Thing |
Joseph R. Wood: In the face of a blind woman, the author discovered a face that wasn’t a mask: amused or delighted or confused, you knew it.
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Read MoreToday the Church celebrates the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord. This brings to an end the season of Christmas. The Church recalls Our Lord’s second manifestation or epiphany which occurred on the occasion of His baptism in the Jordan. Jesus descended…
Read MoreIn 1108 Tughtegin, the Turkic atabeg of Damascus, offered to trade Gervase of Bezoches, the captured crusader Prince of Galilee, for the city of Acre (and two smaller possessions). Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem, refused. […]
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