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Posted by bcadmin | Jul 26, 2021 | Angelus, Elderly, lead, Mass, News, Pope Francis, Vatican, World Day of Grandparents |
ROME – Celebrating the first Church-sponsored day of grandparents, Pope Francis said Sunday that he’s fearful of a society that treats individuals as part of a nameless crowd. Grandparents who were in St. Peter’s Square for his weekly Angelus prayer agreed, acknowledging that they too fear being forgotten. “How do
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 26, 2021 | News, Pilgrimage, Pilgrimages |
We started out with a somewhat more leisurely morning at the Hyatt hotel here in Green Bay. The bus left at 10 and the cars all followed with two options for the morning. Half of the group went to visit Lambeau Field and the other half to the Botanical Gardens. After lunch in De Pere, […]
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 26, 2021 | devotion, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Holy Spirit, Love, News, Sophia Excerpts |
Since the wonderful moment of our Baptism, the Holy Spirit has been dwelling within us, loving us and giving Himself to us. How blessed our life becomes when we draw close to the Holy Spirit, responding with all of our love to the Divine Person whose very name is Love. (Summa Theologiae I.37.2) All three […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 26, 2021 | Homily of the Day, News |
From little things come great things. With the parable of the mustard seed, Jesus shows us that the Kingdom of God begins or starts in little steps, but it must be seen, it must be visible and noticed in the world. It must spread, be fruitful like a tree giving shade to the birds and […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 26, 2021 | Books, Books and Art, Featured, Fulton J. Sheen, News, Sacraments |
I’ve often been asked which Catholic books I have in my home. I must admit that years ago my response would have been: “I have a few Bibles and a few books on lives of the saints”, but that was it. And most were acquired as gifts marking sacramental or special occasions. Perhaps like so […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 26, 2021 | 2021, Aggiornamento, Apostolic Succession, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, democracy of the dead, G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy, Grandparents Great-Grandparents and the Great Tradition, Jesus Christ, News, Pope Francis, Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, ressourcement, Robert Royal, Robert Royal course Dante's Paradiso, The Catholic Thing, The God That Did Not Fail: How Religion Built and Sustains the West, Traditionis custodes, Vatican II, World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly |
Robert Royal: The pope’s initiative, The World Day of Grandparents, celebrating tradition, stands in contrast to his recent ‘motu proprio.’
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Pope Francis’ homily was read by Archbishop Rino Fisichella during a Mass for around 2,500 elderly people and grandparents, together…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 26, 2021 | Commentary, News |
From whence comes the severe and revolutionary action of the Holy Father against the Extraordinary Form of the Mass? Given…
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Police in Portland, Oregon continue to investigate multiple acts of vandalism to Catholic churches after four houses of worship were…
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Christian obedience is never a form of unthinking servility. We have brains for a reason. Christian obedience is an act…
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Read MoreIn his homily on the first World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, Pope Francis insists on the importance of young and old coming together in a covenantal sharing of life. Archbishop Fisichella read the homily prepared by Pope Francis, in which the Holy Father reflected on the Gospel for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, which recounts Jesus’ miraculous feeding of the five thousand with just five loaves of bread and two fish.
Read MoreCardinal Raymond Burke, in his July 22, 2021, statement on the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, asked if the pope could “juridically abrogate” the Traditional Latin Mass. The July 16 motu proprio “Traditionis custodes”, he said, “places restrictions” on the Traditional Mass “which signal its ultimate elimination.” In this 19-point statement Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke called the restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass “severe and revolutionary,” and questioned the pope’s authority to revoke use of the rite.
Read MoreIt was in the home of Joachim and Ann where the Virgin Mary received her training to be the Mother of God. Thus, devotion to Ann and Joachim is an extension of the affection Christians have always professed toward our Blessed Mother. We, too, owe a deb…
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The Catholic Exchange Podcast is honored to welcome back long-time contributor and author Fr. Edward Looney as our guest host. In today’s episode, Fr. Edward Looney interview’s author Anthony DeStefano about his latest illustrated book, Our Lady’s Wardrobe. Mr. DeStefano is the author of A Travel Guide to Heaven, The Grumpy Old Ox, and is […]
The US birth rate for the past 12 months is estimated at 0.35%, the lowest on record. In half of the 50 American states there were more deaths than births. While the decline in births is attributed by economists to the recession caused by the Covid loc…
Read MoreIn informal survey by Crisis magazine—begun before the publication of Traditionis Custodes—pointed to a 71% increase in attendance at the traditional Latin Mass in US parishes during the past two years.
Read MorePope-emeritus Benedict XVI voiced serious misgivings about the lack of lively Catholic faith in Germany, in a new interview. The former Pontiff lamented that “many people participate in decisive positions who do not share the inner mission of the…
Read MoreThe Vatican reported a deficit of €66.3 million ($78.29 million) for 2020, in balance sheets made public on Saturday, July 24.
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