Theme of Pope’s general audience: ‘St. Joseph, Jesus’ foster father’ (CWN)
At his January 5 general audience—the sixth in a series of Wednesday audiences on St. Joseph—Pope Francis reflected on St. Joseph as the foster father of Jesus.
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At his January 5 general audience—the sixth in a series of Wednesday audiences on St. Joseph—Pope Francis reflected on St. Joseph as the foster father of Jesus.
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Issues of social justice are not at the forefront of the problems we confront. It is, rather, for want of truth that the world suffers.
Drawing on his newest book — The Early Church Was the Catholic Church — Joe Heschmeyer describes what the very earliest Christians believed was happening in the celebration of the Eucharist. Did they see it as a sacrifice or just a memorial…
Read MoreReadings for the Memorial of Saint John Neumann, bishop [In the Dioceses of the United States]
Reading I 1 Jn 4:11-18
Beloved, if God so loved us,
we also must love one another.
No one has ever seen God.
Yet, if we love one another, Go…
The 30th World Day of the Sick will take place on February 11, the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes. Dated December 10 and released January 4, Pope Francis’s message for the day is entitled “’Be merciful, even as your Father is mercifu…
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While history is always full of surprises, including happy ones, I must confess that I’m not full of Pentecostal joy as I consider the next 12 months. World politics are likely to be grim. The […]
Read MorePope Francis today received a document signed by almost 6,000 German Catholics, expressing opposition to the “Synodal Path” being pursued by the German episcopal conference.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 5, 2022 | Boston College, Church in the US, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, Interviews, lead, News |
Crux spoke with Philip Landrigan, the director of the Boston College Global Public Health Program, about the COVID-19 pandemic, the way forward, and specifically the Omicron variant.
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British Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, is expected to visit Lebanon in February.
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Over 18,000 people supported a proposal to include a debate on religious freedom and conscience rights in the process of writing Chile’s new constitution.
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This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Anna Key. No. 86 Fleeing the cruel reign of Herod, the noble kings, through high divine reason outside their blind human understanding, went out to find, beyond their native kingdom, the true pat…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 5, 2022 | Featured, Media, Media & Culture, News, Patrick Peyton, rosary, Saints, Sophia Excerpts |
The impact that “the Rosary Priest” had was immense, and even in death he is positioned as a saintly ambassador for family prayer. Peyton’s worldwide Rosary Rallies and his far-reaching media work all stemmed from a childhood devotion and making good on a promise made to the Virgin Mary to make her known and loved to millions around the globe.
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I finally turned off my phone at 4 AM. I was awake, as usual, with our infant son, Auggie, and the only way I knew to pass the time in the dark was to scroll the news, however dreadful and deafening it was to my heart and soul—and to the world. Auggie is labeled a […]
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Michael Pakaluk: “Begat” doesn’t convey the fullness of the original Greek; “to generate” causes new life in the likeness of the generator.
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Some faithful devoted to the Traditional Latin Mass are mobilizing to convince the pope to temper his restrictions arising from…
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We kick off the new civil year by honoring two of America’s “greats”: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (January 4) and…
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Read MoreIt is necessary, therefore, to preserve the series of generations descending from Shem, for the sake of exhibiting the city of God after…
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As immigration to Spain has boomed, mostly from Latin America, the country’s traditional faith has declined. This is partly due…
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His fellow Democrats call him a traitor (and worse) and the leaders of his party have pressured him to resign. What…
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Read MoreJohn Nepomucene Neumann was born in Bohemia. While in the seminary he felt a desire to help in the American missions. After coming to the United States he was ordained in New York in 1836. Entering the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, he worked …
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