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by bcadmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Bishop Appointment, China, Chinese bishops, Chinese Catholics, Church in Asia, Evangelization, lead, News, Propaganda Fidei, provisional agreement, Vatican, Vatican-China | 0 |
An official who works in the Vatican office overseeing so-called “mission territories” in Asia, Africa, and throughout the developing world has said the church must be “realistic” in engaging governments of countries such as China or Vietnam.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Catechesis, Education, Evangelization, Features, Ignatius Press, interview, Mark Brumley, News, Word of Life | 0 |
Mark Brumley has worked at Ignatius Press since 1995, and has been President of the San Francisco-based publishing house since the early 2000s. He describes himself as a “double convert”, as he was largely unchurched […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 10, 2022 | Evangelization, News, Opinion, Pope Francis, synodality | 0 |
I will not follow this new synodal listening blueprint, and I will not oblige Pope Francis’ reproach of Catholic proselytization. I will listen to God. And I will hold fast to Christ’s words of the Great Commission.
by bcadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | Archdiocesan synod, Evangelization, News, Pastoral Letter, Practicing Catholic | 0 |
Celebration of the Nov. 20 feast of Christ the King will mark the release date of Archbishop Bernard Hebda’s pastoral letter following a three-year Archdiocesan Synod process. And with the letter will come the need to start putting plans into action.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 27, 2022 | Evangelization, Featured, Humility, In the Workplace, joy, News, piety, sign of the Cross, Surrender & Strength, Virtue, witness | 0 |
I have written before about the public witness of the sign of the Cross. Countless business meals have turned into faith discussions, perhaps because of the simple act of making the sign of the cross and blessing the meal. I don’t know whether I see th…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2022 | compassion, Evangelization, fallen away Catholics, Featured, judgment, listening, Living the Faith, News, Surrender & Strength, understanding | 0 |
Are we only called to share our faith with the faithful? Evangelize the evangelized? No, we are supposed to share the joy of our faith with everyone. Sometimes, that means Catholics who have fallen away from the practice of their faith.…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 11, 2022 | Evangelization, lead, Liturgy, News, Pope Francis, Reform, Second Vatican Council, Vatican, Vatican II | 0 |
During a special Mass commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the historic Second Vatican Council, Pope Francis called the event an act of love toward God and a remedy to the acute polarization afflicting the modern church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 11, 2022 | Evangelization, lead, News, Pope Francis, Second Vatican Council, Synod of Bishops, synodality, Vatican | 0 |
As the Catholic Church marks 60 years since the start of the historic Second Vatican Council, Pope Francis is launching a reflection that will set the tone for discussion during two major events over the next few years.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 6, 2022 | charity, Evangelii Gaudium, Evangelization, Faith, Featured, happiness, holiness, Jesus Christ, joy, Joy of the Gospel, Living the Faith, News, Pope Francis, Surrender & Strength, The Church | 0 |
When I give talks around the country or sometimes in correspondence with readers of my books or blog posts on Integrated Catholic Life, I am often asked what I mean when I encourage others to “be joyful” and share the “light of Christ” with others. I …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 29, 2022 | Benedict XVI, Christopher Dawson, discipleship, Evangelization, Faith, Jesus Christ, News, Nones, Science, The Dispatch | 0 |
“All religions,” writes Pope Benedict XVI in the first volume of Jesus of Nazareth, “try in one way or another to lift the veil of the future. They seem important precisely because they impart knowledge […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | apathy, cafeteria Catholicism, Catholic Church, courage, Devil, engage, Evangelization, example, Featured, Living the Faith, lukewarm, lukewarmness, News, Prayer, pride, Surrender & Strength, witness | 0 |
Last week, we looked at an isolated little town of our own making called Apathy-ville. We looked at how we got here, and why we are called to reject apathy in favor of fortitude and action. “Really, most of us live below the level of our energy. And in…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 21, 2022 | Cardinals, China, Dominus Iesus, Evangelization, Germany, News, Russia, The Dispatch, Veritatis Splendor | 0 |
At the “information meeting” of the College of Cardinals this past Aug. 29-30, there was considerable agreement that evangelization is Catholicism’s prime imperative for the 21st century — a consensus understandably gratifying to the author […]
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