The Vatican said Pope Leo XIV’s recovery after surgery is “proceeding as normal” and will last one week. Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, spoke to journalists on Wednesday regarding the pope’s recovery after surgery to remove a lung nodule. “He is having a normal postoperative course…
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Dear Father L. My friend entered the convent and recently I was invited to her profession and donning of her religious habit. As I was seated in front facing the altar , I was privileged to witness the entire ceremony. It was indeed very solemn and touching for me. I was however enthralled with the part of the ceremony where the bishop cut a portion of the hair of the nuns. Why is this, Father? Why Is a nun’s hair cut during religious profession or consecration?
The Herodians were a political group who supported the rule of Herod Antipas and his dynasty. They favored collaboration with the Roman Empire and upheld the Herodian line as the legitimate rulers over Judea. For the sake of national stability, they promoted political compromise.
To celebrate the special Jubilee year of St. Francis, the diocese held a special St. Francis Mass on October 4. After the Mass, Bishop Lee, along with Father Daniel António de Carvalho Ribeiro, distributed St. Francis bread to the parishioners. The bishop specially emphasized that the St. Francis bread has no special spiritual effect, but rather through the act of sharing the bread, he reminds the parishioners to follow the example of St. Francis, who loved God and loved his neighbor.
There is a door we keep closed without knowing it. It is not a door of wood or iron. It is a door in the heart. And behind it are all the people we have decided to do not belong. The ones we have judged unworthy of our attention. The ones we have dismissed as unimportant. The ones we have quietly excluded from our circle, our conversation, our concern.
Caring for children with incurable diseases, safeguarding their dignity, and exploring the contribution that religions can make to responding to human vulnerability were at the heart of the Second Joint Colloquium between the International Center for Interreligious and Interreligious Dialogue of Kazakhstan and the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue of the Holy See, which took place at the National Museum of Astana on October 2nd and 3rd.