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Posted by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Catholic News Service, News, Padre Pio, Vatican |
St. Pio of Pietrelcina did not boast of his fame or holiness but instead showed that God “chooses the weak to confuse the strong,” said Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Associated Press, Authors, Church in UK and Ireland, England, News, Obituary |
Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning fiction in the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” trilogy of historical novels, has died, her publisher said Friday.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Associated Press, cathedral, Church in the US, France, Medieval history, News, relics |
A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine to find a KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure.
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Chloe Cole in her AirBnb in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 21, 2022. A self-described “former trans kid,” she de-transitioned after undergoing years of puberty blockers and an irreversible double mastectomy at the age of 15. / Edie Heipel/CNA
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Read MoreFrancis’ concerns and frustrations over the war in Ukraine; his upcoming appointment of new Roman Curia chiefs; and an awkward moment with his theological critics
Read MoreA hard-right government may attack his core message
Read MoreOn September 25, the Church observes the 108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, a commemoration instituted by St. Pius X. Pope Francis’s message for the day, issued on May 9, is entitled “Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees.&r…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Assisi, economy, Economy of Francis, lead, News, Pope Francis, St. Francis of Assisi, Vatican, Young People, Youth |
Pope Francis made a daytrip to Assisi Saturday to meet with young economists and changemakers, signing a pact with them outlining a joint vision for a peaceful and just economy that is more equitable and respectful of the poor and the environment.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Catechism of the Catholic Church, God the Father, Jesus Christ, Lazarus, News, parables, Pharisees, prophet amos, Sermon on the Mount, st jerome, St. Thomas Aquinas, The Dispatch |
Readings: • Am 6:1a, 4-7 • Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 • 1 Tm 6:11-16 • Lk 16:19-31 As we hear the various parables from the Gospel of Luke, it is good to keep two things […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Art & Culture, Featured, In a Nutshell, News, Weekly Headlines |
The theme of Bridesmaid Revisited is the operation of divine grace on a group of diverse but closely connected characters.
Reading 1 ECCL 11:9—12:8
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young
and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart,
the vision of your eyes;
Yet understand that as regards all this
God will brin…
Posted by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Apologetics, Biblical Exposition, News, Sacraments & Sacramentals |
Leonard Alt debates an anti-Catholic named Phil. He writes: I have a choice: I can listen to the Evangelicals who confuse the blood of animals, with the blood of Christ and choose not to eat the Flesh and drink the Blood of Christ, or, I can listen to Jesus who said; “Whoever eats my flesh […]
The post Did Jesus Contradict the Old Testament’s Prohibition on Drinking Blood? appeared first on Defenders of the Catholic Faith.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Apologetics, Biblical Exposition, News, Sacraments & Sacramentals |
Leonard Alt debates an anti-Catholic named Phil. He writes: I have a choice: I can listen to the Evangelicals who confuse the blood of animals, with the blood of Christ and choose not to eat the Flesh and drink the Blood of Christ, or, I can listen to Jesus who said; “Whoever eats my flesh […]
The post Did Jesus Contradict the Old Testament’s Prohibition on Drinking Blood? appeared first on Defenders of the Catholic Faith.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Cardinal Joseph Zen, China, democracy, Hong Kong, lead, News, Vatican, Vatican-China |
As the trial of Cardinal Joseph Zen, which was postponed but is set to begin next week, approaches in Hong Kong, a fellow cardinal has weighed in, praising Zen as both an authentic Chinaman and a credible witness to Christ.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Archeology, Church in the Middle East, Exodus, Holy Land, Israel, lead, News |
An unprecedented archeological find in Israel is giving people a glimpse of burial customs during the time of Rameses II, often identified as the pharaoh in the Book of Exodus.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Archbishop Jose Gomez, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Church in the US, lead, National Migration Week, News |
Antonio Mendez came to the United States from Mexico in the 1980s. To this day, he remembers sleeping on the street without the prospect of shelter, hungry, with only a quarter in his pocket.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | 2022, and Walker Percy – also Newman, Anglican Church the middle way, Bishop Robert Barron, Brad Miner, C. S. Lewis, Carl E. Olson "The Sacramental Vision and the Fullness of Faith", Charles Williams, Chesterton, Columns, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Dorothy Sayers, Elizabeth (“Liz”) Lev, Flannery O'Connor, Jessica Hooten Wilson, Knox, News, Stacy Trasancos, T.S. Eliot, The Catholic Thing |
Since entering the Catholic Church in 1997, I’ve occasionally given talks about my conversion from Protestantism to the Catholic Faith….
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Read MoreGospel Verse, Cf. 2 Tim 1:10: Our Savior Christ Jesus destroyed death and brought life to light through the Gospel.The Memorial of Our Lady of Walsingham was reinstated to the liturgical calendar in England in 2000. The Personal Ordinariate of the Chai…
Read MoreWhen the Martyrs’ Shrine community in Midland, Ont. — Jesuits and benefactors — gets together Sept. 24 to celebrate Mass with retired Ottawa Archbishop Terence Prendergast, it will celebrate St. Jean de Brebeuf and his companions in a whole new context…
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