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Though a minority in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the Catholic Church is respected by the local people and government authorities thanks to its involvement with the poor
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Editor's Corner, News |
I was in the Niagara region for a wedding last weekend, and, cycling around, I came across this statue of George VI. I liked the ring of ‘King of Canada’, but even more so the notion of a gentleman. A gentleman king, which is not far from Plato’s notion of a philosopher king. Cardinal Newman[…]
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Read MoreBefore rising before the gathered at St. Michael’s Cathedral-Basilica as priests, each of four men accepted a chalice from Cardinal Thomas Collins. The chalice was a gift to Toronto Bishop Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel from Pope Pius IX in the 18…
Read More“Holiness does not consist of a few heroic gestures, but of many small acts of daily love,” Francis tells 45,000 worshipers gathered for the outdoor canonization ceremony at the Vatican
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Featured, Mary, May Month of Mary, News, Our Lady of Fatima |
Most Catholics know that the month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Perhaps your parish holds a May Crowning, a lovely ceremony where children—usually young girls—adorn a statue of Mary with a wreath of flowers while the congregation sings a Marian hymn. And of course the greatest Marian apparition of modern times, […]
Pope Francis meets with members of Chemin Neuf Politics Fraternity at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, May 16, 2022. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, May 16, 2022 / 08:20 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Monday urged young Christians engaged in politics t…
I couldn’t be more grateful for the 157 people who donated to OnePeterFive these past two weeks. I pray that Our Lord blesses you abundantly for your generosity. I’m also grateful to all those who were unable to donate, but […]
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Read MoreAs Australians go to the polls next weekend to elect their National Government for the next three years, Catholic priest says the Church must speak out and “believers” must vote
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The 8th annual Warriors to Lourdes pilgrimage on May 10-16, 2022. / Tamino Petelinsek/KofC.
Lourdes, France, May 16, 2022 / 07:30 am (CNA).
The “invisible” wounds of war are at the heart of the eighth annual Warriors to Lourdes pilgrimage, taki…
Posted by bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, Jerusalem, journalism, lead, News |
Jerusalem’s Christian churches came together to condemn the scenes of Israeli police beating mourners during the funeral of a Palestinian-American journalist.
Read MoreOur civilization is crumbling from within, and one of the reasons is no-fault divorce. Many celebrities seem to mock marriage, with multiple extravagant weddings, tabloid-reported affairs and public court battles for custody of children. Perhaps their struggle is greater than the average person’s, as they try to balance fame, demanding careers and their private lives. Nevertheless, what started in Hollywood forty years ago is the norm today in many communities.
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Bishop Krzysztof Zadarko, chairman of the Polish bishops’ council for migration, tourism, and pilgrimages. / Episkopat News.
Koszalin, Poland, May 16, 2022 / 05:08 am (CNA).
A Catholic bishop has questioned why Poland is not receiving more supp…
Vatican types are constantly scrutinizing Pope Francis’ actions to see if they are in continuity with his predecessors’ or a break with the past
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Featured, News, Saints, St Isidore the Farmer |
St. Isidore the Farmer was a lay person (and farmer!) who lived an ordinary life in Spain and died in 1130. I have long loved his story, because he is an example of what a desire for holiness can look like in ordinary, mundane, life. St. Isidore desired holiness and wanted to go to daily […]
Posted by bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Angels, Featured, News, Peter Kreeft |
Like many cradle Catholics, I grew up praying the Guardian Angel prayer daily with my family. It was my favorite prayer because it was the shortest (and therefore the easiest to learn), the most sing-songy (which filled my poet heart), and the most lucid to my imagination. Every time I said the words “Ever this […]
Posted by bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
The unborn child is strange and familiar at once. Set aside all the muddle of your fears and desires, your resentment, your self-opinion, your politics, whatever. Look at that child. That was you, that was me.
Posted by bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Cardinal Charles Bo, Cardinal Joseph Zen, China, Chinese bishops, Chinese Catholics, Church in Asia, federation of asian bishops' conferences, Hong Kong, lead, News |
One of Asia’s top Catholic cardinals said the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen is a cause of concern “about the situation for human rights and threats to religious freedom in Hong Kong.”
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