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Posted by bcadmin | May 3, 2021 | canonisation causes, Charles de Foucauld, Consistory, Lazarus Devasahayam Pillai, News, Pope Francis |
Pope Francis cleared the way for the canonization of Blessed Charles de Foucauld and six others at an Ordinary Public Consistory held at the Vatican on Monday. De Foucauld is noted for his life as a hermit among the Tuareg people of the Sahara Desert in French North Africa. Although he became an agnostic as
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Read MoreCathedral of St. Agnes, Rockville Centre, New York / Nassau Crew via Wikimedia (CC0 1.0)
Washington D.C., May 3, 2021 / 11:00 am (CNA).
The Diocese of Rockvillle Centre has released a list of 101 diocesan clergy it believes to be credibly accuse…
Posted by bcadmin | May 3, 2021 | Articles, Featured Highlights, News |
In a letter of 11 December 1944 C. S. Lewis mentions five “shining examples of human holiness”. Along with Saint Francis, George Herbert, George MacDonald, “and even burly old Dr. Johnson” we find John Bunyan. Lewis admired John Bunyan, whose The Pilgrim’s Progress Lewis knew wel1.[2] He spent part of the Christmas holiday of 1929[…]
The post C.S. Lewis’ ‘Mere Christianity’ as ‘Mere Puritanism’ appeared first on Catholic Insight.
Read MoreA 62-year-old devotee to 20th century French mystic Marthe Robin and a 55-year-old former judge are given key posts after abrupt resignations of their predecessors.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 3, 2021 | International, News |
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan churches once again have halted services, church weddings and Sunday schools due to a third wave of COVID-19 infections.
Read MorePope Francis holds an Ordinary Public Consistory in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace, May 3, 2021. / Vatican Media.
CNA Staff, May 3, 2021 / 09:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis presided Monday at a consistory for the canonization of seven bl…
Is the pope really furious with cardinals who aren’t respecting the 10 pm curfew? It seems some Italian journalists have wild imaginations.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 3, 2021 | 2021-May Releases, Latest News Releases, News |
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how Disney has treated Catholics vis-a-vis other segments of the population: Disney is apologizing left and right for what it says are its bigoted portrayals of many groups. It is also scrubbing its in…
Read MoreGod provides food that is needful. In the Old Testament there are three examples of God’s provision of food for his people that reveal important truths about the spiritual food he gives us in the Eucharist: the Passover, the daily provision of manna for God’s people in the desert, and the Todah sacrifice in the temple.
Read MorePope Francis baptizes a child in the Sistine Chapel on Jan. 12, 2020. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, May 3, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis will open an event on Italy’s demographic winter as the country’s b…
Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe views the reliquary with the blood of St. Januarius in 2009. / Paola Migni via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
CNA Staff, May 3, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The blood of St. Januarius, patron of the southern Italian city of Naples, liquef…
Posted by bcadmin | May 3, 2021 | Americas, Bishop, Bishop Julio Parrilla Díaz, Church in Ecuador, Church Reform, Ecuador, Europe, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
Eduardo Campos Limareports that the bishop at the centre of the controversy says he is leaving Ecuador and returning to his native Spain with clear conscience.
The post Ecuadorian bishops circle wagons after resignation of Riobamba bishop, coadjutor appeared first on Catholic Herald.
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