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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, sent a French-language message in the Pope’s name to the 9th World Water Forum, which is taking place in Dakar, Senegal.
Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, the acting Prefect of th…
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Pope Francis records a video message during a meeting with Bishop Stephen Chow. / Courtesy of the Diocese of Hong Kong.
Rome Newsroom, Mar 23, 2022 / 09:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has recorded video messages for Catholics in Hong Kong and in mai…
Posted by bcadmin | Mar 23, 2022 | Holidays/Feast Days, Liturgy & Priesthood, News, Radio & TV Shows, Steve's |
Forty is no insiginficant number in the Bible! That is why we have the liturgical season of Lent for forty days which begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with Easter. Lent is the primary penitential season in the Church’s liturgical year, reflecting the forty days Jesus spent in the desert in fasting and prayer ( […]
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 23, 2022 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, General, In the Spotlight, News |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by P.C. Scheponik. Suncast The sun pours itself like love, warming the newborn leaves on the trees,bathing the soft brown feathers of sparrows that feed in the cracks of concrete alongthe curb of th…
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St. Thomas Aquinas is known by Catholics and non-Catholics alike as one of the greatest (if not the) greatest thinker of medieval times. His steadfast balance of contemplation and preaching led the Church to declare him a Doctor of the Catholic faith. In his masterpiece, The Summa Theologica, Aquinas showcases his style of thinking through the strategy […]
Posted by bcadmin | Mar 23, 2022 | Annunciation, Best of Week, Featured, Mary, News, Old Testament, Prayer & Spirituality |
Behind the Annunciation stand several familiar Old Testament figures like Eve, Sarah, and Hannah. But there is another set of hidden figures who foreshadow Mary’s encounter with the angel. They include a warrior judge, an assassin widow, and a runaway slave. ‘The Lord is with you’ The first thing the angel tells Mary is, “The […]
There are some things that we say and believe when we are suffering that do not really help us but rather make our suffering worse. Here are some of such negative thoughts: “I am suffering because God has abandoned me.” “I am suffering because God is punishing me for all my sins.” We say and […]
Posted by bcadmin | Mar 23, 2022 | In the News, News |
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that he had spoken to Pope Francis on the phone, telling the pope that…
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The relics of St. Bernadette, the Marian visionary, will tour the United States for the first time beginning in South…
The post Bernadette of Lourdes relics to tour U.S. appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
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At the Pontifical College Josephinum, a Columbus, Ohio seminary, we can see all the issues and crises that every American seminary…
The post Ohio’s Pontifical College Josephinum: the good and the bad appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
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We need to follow the teaching of Joseph Ratzinger that what makes the liturgy “ad orientem” is not the posture…
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Randall Smith: Ukrainians defend their country because they believe it’s worth fighting and sacrificing for the common good. Are we?
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Read MoreEntrance Antiphon, Cf. Ps 119 (118):133:Let my steps be guided by your promise; may evil never rule me.Today we have a venerable Lenten Mass. This Mass is best understood by remembering that the ancient catechumens (or prospective converts) used to com…
Read MoreThis letter was sent by Pope Francis to bishops around the world on the occasion of the Act of Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to take place on March 25, 2022, Solemnity of the Annunciation, during the penitential celebration in Saint Peter’s Basilica.
Read MoreThe Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary to be said by Pope Francis on March 25, 2022.
Read MoreContinuing his catechesis at the Wednesday General Audience on the meaning and value of old age, Pope Francis turns his attention to the special vocation of the elderly to hand on to new generations their personal experience of the Church’s faith.
Read MoreEntrance Antiphon, Cf. Ps 119 (118):133:Let my steps be guided by your promise; may evil never rule me.Today we have a venerable Lenten Mass. This Mass is best understood by remembering that the ancient catechumens (or prospective converts) used to com…
Read MorePope Francis will meet on March 28 and 31 with delegations from Canada’s indigenous peoples, the Vatican announced on March 23.
The meetings follow months of public controversy in Canada over the role of the Church in the “residential scho…
Maronite Catholic Patriarch Bechara Rai said that Lebanon must maintain its neutrality in order to “regain its position” in the Middle East.
The Lebanese prelate, who has frequently spoken about his country’s need to guard its indepe…
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