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The vast majority of Christians believe that baptism is a means of salvation—Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, and even some Calvinists. Only Baptists and those springing from the radical side of the Refo…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 27, 2022 | Italian politics, lead, Matteo Salvini, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis |
Polls show a commanding advantage for the center-right coalition led by the Fratelli d’Italia party under Giorgia Meloni.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 27, 2022 | Cardinals, Church in Asia, Consistory, Consistory for Creation of Cardinals, Dalits, India, lead, News, Pope Francis |
Cardinal-elect Anthony Poola of Hyderabad, India’s first cardinal from the traditionally marginalized Dalit community, has said he wants to be a “missionary of compassion” for his people, especially youth and the poor.
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This morning, Deo volente and despite United Airlines, your correspondent is more or less standing, jetlagged but alert, in Rome. It’s an odd time to be here. Ferragosto (named after the August Feast of the Assumption) is Italian vacation time. Virtually everyone is away and many shops, pharmacies, and even restaurants are closed or on reduced schedules. But this year, Pope Francis – who doesn’t take vacations – has decided that over the next five days he will hold an “ordinary consistory” to make 20 new Cardinals, visit L’Aquila (the burial place of Celestine V, the last pope prior to Benedict XVI to abdicate), and preside over a couple of days of discussions by the world’s Cardinals – an “extraordinary consistory” – about the future of the Church and the world. Read more.
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Read MoreBENEDICT XVI ANGELUS Courtyard of the Papal Summer Residence, Castel Gandolfo Sunday, 30 August 2009 (Video) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Three days ago, on 27 August, we celebrated the liturgical Memorial of St Monica, Mother of St Augustine, considered the model and patroness of Christian mothers. We are provided with a considerable amount of information[…]
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Read MoreGospel Verse, Jn 13:34:I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you. St. Monica (333-387) was born in Tagaste, northern Africa and died in Ostia, near Rome. Monica was a Christian, but her husband Patricius was a pagan and a man …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 27, 2022 | Europe, foreign policy, just war principles, Nato, News, Russia, The Dispatch, Ukraine, United States |
There is an occupational danger for a priest living close to Washington, DC. A predisposition for politics and foreign affairs can eclipse his religious mission. Of course – as Abraham Lincoln (or was it Mark […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 27, 2022 | Cardinals, Consistory, News, Pope Francis, The Dispatch, Vatican |
All eyes are on Rome and the extraordinary and ordinary consistories of cardinals this weekend – and one gets why – but the doings scheduled to take place in the eternal city on Saturday and […]
Read MoreFor Brian and Katy, After the death and birth of your daughter Agnes, Born 8.22.22, Died 8.23.22. But…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 27, 2022 | Book of Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Gospel of Luke, James Houston, Jesus Christ, Luke Timothy Johnson, News, Pharisees, Saint Paul, Sirach, The Dispatch, wisdom |
Readings: • Sir. 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 • Psa. 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11 • Heb. 12:18-19, 22-24a • Lk. 14:1, 7-14 “Humility,” the Evangelical theologian James Houston once wrote, “is moral realism.” That simple definition stuck with […]
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20:57 – What can we learn from how the crusaders governed?
28:47 – What was the impact of the order to destroy the Holy Sepulchre?
37:48 – Can you elaborate on the idea that Christian, Muslims, and Jews civilians lived in harmony…
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 26, 2022 | Feature2, Feature3, justice and peace, Local Church, News |
The prelate said: “One of the most difficult things for me was seeing a three-year-old child… who was wounded during shelling”.
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15:20 – How can I best respond with love to an atheist and non-binary sibling?
21:38 – Can a Catholic vote in favor of restrictions on abortions that do not outright ban it?
24:48 – How do we balance an absolutist vi…
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 26, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
The National Catholic Register reported this month that one Catholic school’s decision to begin every day with Mass has transfor…
Members of Actívate (Get Active) deliver more than 33,000 signatures to the Mexican Ministry of the Interior (SEGOB) and the attorney general’s office Aug. 24, 2022, demanding justice for two Jesuit priests murdered in June. / Photo credit: Get …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 26, 2022 | Local News, News |
Twin Cities pro-life leaders decried an Aug. 23 consumer alert issued by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison criticizing the state’s crisis pregnancy centers, with one leader calling it “horribly disingenuous and harmful.”
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