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Readings for the Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, religious
Reading I Jon 1:1–2:1-2, 11
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jonah, son of Amittai:
“Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it;
their wickedne…
“Every October in the United States the Church celebrates this value through a month-long Respect Life Month observance with the first Sunday of October being Respect Life Sunday,” write the members of the Diocese of Lexington’s LGBT …
Read MoreThe Vatican has released a schedule for the October 9-10 opening of the two-year synod on synodality.On October 9, Pope Francis will deliver an address, preceded by a meditation given by Father Paul Béré, SJ (a theologian from Burkina Faso wh…
Read MoreIn the most prominent article in its October 2 edition, L’Osservatore Romano’s editors lamented the situation of starving Afghans, who are not permitted by the Taliban to leave for neighboring Pakistan. “Thousands of people, in need o…
Read MoreThe Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development has announced a 40-day prayer campaign to lead to the next phase of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform.Pope Francis devoted his second encyclical, Laudato Si’ (2015), to care for our com…
Read MoreBook cover of "Behold the Handmaid of the Lord," by Marian theologian Father Edward Looney, published by Ave Maria Press. / Ave Maria Press
Denver Newsroom, Oct 4, 2021 / 01:00 am (CNA).
Very few dispute (I may be one of them, since I …
Posted by bcadmin | Oct 4, 2021 | Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Fabrizio Tirabassi, Gianluigi Torzi, lead, London deal, News, Raffaele Mincione, Vatican, Vatican finances |
While Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu might be the most high-profile of those indicted by the Vatican over a shady London real estate deal, a group of four Italian laymen, both inside the Vatican and out, are the real architects of the scheme.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 4, 2021 | Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Australia, Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green, Bishop Richard Umbers, Catholic Church, Church in Oceania, lead, News, Plenary Council, Pope Francis, Synod of Bishops |
Long before “synodality” became the buzzword of this pontificate, the Catholic Church in Australia was getting ready to launch its own major synodal moment.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 4, 2021 | COVID-19, lead, News, Pope Francis, Swiss Guards, Vatican |
Three members of the Vatican’s fabled Swiss Guard have abandoned the small force due to refusal to comply with a recent mandate to possess either a COVID-19 vaccination certificate or the results of a negative COVID test.
Read MorePope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Sept. 29, 2021. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Oct 4, 2021 / 00:00 am (CNA).
While papal observers may sometimes adopt differing interpretations of Pope Francis’ statements on co…
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 4, 2021 / 00:00 am (CNA).
Women need abortion to succeed, according to a recent U.S. Supreme Court brief filed by more than 500 female athletes. But not all women agree. In another b…
Posted by bcadmin | Oct 4, 2021 | Featured Highlights, News, Saints |
BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 27 January 2010 Saint Francis of Assisi Dear Brothers and Sisters, In a recent Catechesis, I illustrated the providential role the Orders of Friars Minor and the Order of Preachers, founded by St Francis of Assisi and St Dominic de Guzmán respectively, played in the renewal[…]
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 4, 2021 | Features, Film & Music, interview, News |
Dan Bielinski is the founder and lead producer of Canticle Productions. He has also acted in numerous films and co-starred in the HBO series The Leftovers. His most recent film The End of the Rope is based on […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 4, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, meekness, News, Sophia Excerpts, St. Francis of Assisi |
Christ went on to tell His doubtless spellbound listeners about a large legacy and who was to receive it. Some people were to inherit the land, to possess the earth. Their identification must certainly have been startling to that large congregation on the hillside. Meekness then, even as now, was not generally considered to be […]
A Scalabrinian missionary, Sister Etra Modica, has been named grand chancellor of the pontifical Urbaniana University, becoming the first woman ever to hold that post. Cardinal Luis Tagle, the prefect of the Congregation for Evangelization, made the ap…
Read MoreThree members of the Swiss Guard have left the Vatican unit, refusing to accept an order to receive the Covid vaccine. Another three members have been suspended without pay until they complete the vaccination process.
Read MoreForbes magazine provides a primer on the issues involved in the Vatican financial-misconduct trial. Citing an unnamed Vatican source, the magazine says that Pope Francis received a dossier five years ago that pointed to a diversion of funds by Cardinal…
Read MorePope Francis is sending $75,000 in relief aid to the Diocese of Malakal, South Sudan, to help the victims of flooding in August that left 12,000 people homeless. He is also sending $58,000 to Caritas Hellas to help the victims of fires that destroyed h…
Read MorePauline Jaricot, the French lay woman who founded the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, will be beatified in May 2022, French Church officials have announced. Last year Pope Francis approved a decree attesting to a miracle attributed to her int…
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