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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 | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 8, 2020 | Immaculate Conception, News, Pope Francis, Salus Populi Romani, second, Vatican, Virgin Mary | 0 |
On Tuesday’s feast of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis made a surprise visit to Rome’s Piazza di Spagna to pay homage to the Virgin Mary, and to the basilica of St. Mary Major, where he celebrated a private Mass.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 21, 2020 | Cei, Church in Europe, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Italian bishops, Italy, lead, News, Popular devotions, Salus Populi Romani, Virgin Mary | 0 |
Even in times of strict quarantine when prayer is not a legitimate enough reason to leave one’s house, in Italy expressions of popular piety and devotion are still driving the Catholic Church’s spiritual reaction to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, at times at the explicit request of the faithful.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 31, 2020 | 2020, Blessed Sacrament, Blessed Virgin Mary, Columns, ex opere operato, Michael Pakaluk, News, Petrine papacy, Pope Francis, Quis est homo qui non fleret? Who among us could fail to be deeply moved?, Salus Populi Romani, St. Pope John Paul II, The Catholic Thing, the Rock, Ubi Petrus, ubi Petrus ibi ecclesia, urbi et orbi, where Peter is there is the Church | 0 |
Michael Pakaluk on the pope’s Urbi et Orbi exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: If Peter adores, the Church adores. If Peter implores, the Church implores.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 29, 2020 | Benedict XVI, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Indulgences, lead, News, News Analysis, papal resignation, Pope Francis, Salus Populi Romani, St. John Paul II, St. Peter's Basilica, Television | 0 |
In one fell swoop Friday night, Francis not only delivered what seems destined to become the most iconic image of the pandemic, he effectively shut down what had been a mounting undercurrent of criticism about the supposed “invisibility” and “silence” of the Church.
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