1 Sam 16:2,7-9,12-13.22-23; 1 Cor 15:45-49; Lk 6:27-38 – Pope Francis We can ask: What keeps us united? Why are we united? What prompts us to encounter each other? The certainty of knowing that we have been loved with a…
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ST MARGARET OF CORTONA – Finding true love
A penitent of the Third Order of St. Francis, born at Laviano in Tuscany in 1247; died at Cortona, 22 February, 1297. At the age of seven years Margaret lost her mother and two years later her father married a…
NOVENA, EUCHARISTIC ADORATION AND PROCESSION OF “OUR LORD BOM JESUS DOS PASSOS” – Herald of Lent
– Miguel Augusto (*) The Novena of “Our Lord Bom Jesus dos Passos,” and the procession that follows, is much awaited by the local Catholic community. This devotion heralds the approach of the liturgical feast of Lent. The faithful prepared…
ON THE FEAST OF THE CHAIR OF ST PETER – The duty to teach
– Aurelio Porfiri There is a book by Antonio Rosmini that perhaps few people know, partly because the production of the great scholar from Rovereto is huge and it is not possible to know everything. This book is called History…
FORMER AMERICAN CARDINAL THEODORE EDGAR McCARRICK – Holy See dismisses former prelate from clerical state for abuse
(Vatican News) The Holy Press Office has published a statement from the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, concerning the case of Theodore Edgar McCarrick. The Congresso of the CDF, which investigated the accusations, has issued a decree…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis JEFFERSON CITY, MO. SATANIC TEMPLE LOSES ABORTION RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CASE IN MISSOURI (CNA/EWTN News) The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge against an informed consent abortion law from a self-described Satanic Temple adherent who claimed…
GREAT FIGURES OF THE MISSIONARY WORK – Bengal and the Kingdom of the Dragon (40)
– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro In absolute contrast, and in a glazed shop window, to the visitor’s gaze is displayed a huge book of sixty-pounds, the equivalent in paper of a soccer field. Its pages contain a selection of color…
THE 115 YEARS OF SISTER ANDRÉ – “I hope God will take me this year”
– Aldo Maria Valli Today I want to talk to you about a nun. Her name is Sister André, she is French and on Monday 11 February, on the day of the Virgin of Lourdes, she turned into the beauty…
FATHER ARMINDO VAZ, PROFESSOR AT THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL
– Marco Carvalho “What we find in the Bible is a deep dialogue between theology and anthropology” The Catholic Church dedicates the current liturgical year to the Gospel of Saint Luke and the Diocese of Macau has invited a very…
VATICAN MEETING ON PROTECTION OF MINORS – Facing an “urgent challenge of our time”
Pope Francis greets bishops during his weekly audience at St Peter’s Square on October 8, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Franco Origlia/Getty) (Vatican News) Pope Francis, following the recitation of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, 17 February, focused his…