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The Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life has published a press kit and pastoral kit for the 2nd World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly.
The World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly (background) falls on the fourth Sunday of July, near the m…
Read MoreThe Holy See Press Office has confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Kazakhstan in September, to take part in the 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
The confirmation came in a joint communiqué marking the 30th annive…
Read MoreThe Pope’s June 2022 prayer intention, disseminated by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer), is We pray for Christian families around the world; may they embody and experience unconditional love and advance in holine…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Because the Holy Ghost inspired all the poetry of the Psalms, and because the three canticles in the Gospel of Luke are each preceded by the phrase “filled with the Holy Spirit,” Pentecost is the perfect time for a poetry reading party.
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | Church in Asia, Consistory, Dalit Christians, India, lead, News |
Archbishop Anthony Poola of Hyderabad, the capital of southern India’s Telangana state, was among the 21 new cardinals announced by Pope Francis May 29.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | Basilica of St. Mary Major, lead, Marian devotion, News, Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis, rosary, Russia, Salus Populi Romani, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Vatican |
Pope Francis Tuesday closed the month of May with a special rosary for peace in the world as the war in Ukraine drags on, causing not only incalculable death and destruction, but also creating splinters throughout global Orthodoxy.
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Bishop Gebhard Fürst of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany. / Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.
Stuttgart, Germany, Jun 1, 2022 / 02:45 am (CNA).
A Muslim politician and at least one Protestant politician have received Communion at Masses celebrated …
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Justin, martyr
Reading I Acts 20:28-38
At Miletus, Paul spoke to the presbyters of the Church of Ephesus:
“Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock
of which the Holy Spirit has appointed y…
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, C. S. Lewis, conservatism, Elon Musk, Homosexuality, News, The Dispatch, Tom Cruise, Traditional Latin Mass |
Conservative Homosexuals – Out homosexuals have insinuated themselves into the halls of conservative think tanks and publications. Are Gays Replacing Christians in the Conservative Movement (Crisis Magazine) Why McElroy? – Beyond particular…
Read MorePope Francis has appointed new members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), including three Americans: Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago; Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the prefect of the dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life; and Archbisho…
Read MoreAt this weekly public audience on June 1, Pope Francis called for recognition of a “magisterium of frailty” in the elderly, thought which “old age is able to remind us in a credible way of the whole span of human life.”
The Pon…
In preparation for a meeting of their plenary council, the Australian Catholic bishops are circulating proposals that would include authorizing lay people to preach at Mass and expanding the use of communal Penance services.
Both proposals would break…
Pope Francis denounced the blockade of wheat exports from Ukraine during his Wednesday public audience on June 1.
The Pope expressed dismay at the blockade of harbors in Ukraine, stopping the wheat exports, “on which the lives of millions of peo…
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, the prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, is in Romania this week, to meet with leaders of the Byzantine-rite Romanian Catholic Church, “to express gratitude for what is being done to welcome refugees from th…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | D-Day, Donald Trump, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Joe Biden, News, The Dispatch, World War II |
With a gracious assist from former Kansas governor Sam Brownback, I had the privilege of a personal tour of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene this past March. And I couldn’t have had […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | Fun Stuff, News, ProLife & Family Issues |
If you vote in Michigan be SURE to vote NO on Proposal 3 which is the most wicked legislation ever devised, which will kill babies up until the moment of birth, and remove all protections for those who defend life.
The post Who Was the 1st Person to R…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, General, In the Spotlight, News |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Stephen Pohl. Rising Wind Rising wind Falling fire Life abiding Soul’s desire Word speaking Babel cure Earth renewing Spirit pure Claim us Cleanse us Make us Yours Stephen Pohl writes from Baltim…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | Faith, News, Saints, Spirituality |
As you get ready to harvest your garden for the summer and reap its fruits, learn more about an unknown saint who is the patron saint of gardeners. He is especially popular with those who develop private or community gardens to serve neighborhoods and …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | In the News, News |
Francis has effectively ended the function of the College as a regular advisory body, and he has broken the representative…
The post Pope has remade the College of Cardinals appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2022 | In the News, News |
The Vatican’s longtime investment banker, Enrico Crasso, has testified that he repeatedly voiced concerns about a fund that was investing…
The post Banker: I warned the Vatican appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
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