– Enrico Finotti What catechumenal rites can be assumed in the initiation of children already baptized? It is necessary to distinguish clearly between the real Catechumens, who have not yet been baptized, from the already baptized children who still lack…
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FROM HEALING TO FAITH – 13th October 2019, 28th Sunday In Ordinary Time (C)
GOSPEL: LUKE 17:11-19 – Fr Fernando Armellini SCJ Claretian Publications, Macau We can run the risk of reducing the message of today’s Gospel to a lesson of good manners, to remember to say thank you to those who help us. Ten lepers of…
CHURCH FATHERS (75) – Saint Ennodius
– Anastasios Being a Bishop is certainly a very difficult role. In 1980, Saint John Paul II told the Bishops of Kenya: “Venerable Brothers, the episcopal ministry is a ministry at the service of life, bringing the power of the Resurrection…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (51) – Are creation and evolution contradictory beliefs?
– Rev José Mario O. Mandía Sacred Scripture tells us about how, in a span of six days, God created the visible world. CCCC, no 62 (cf CCC 337-344) explains that “Through the account of the ‘six days’ of creation…
ASK THE LITURGIST (40) – Celebration of Confirmation
– Don Enrico Finotti The celebration of Confirmation on the day of Pentecost is certainly the ideal, but this coincidence is rare for us. Sometimes the sacrament is celebrated in feasts that are not at all suited to its own…
SAINT JOHN LEONARDI – To Oppose the Weeds He Chose to be Good Wheat” (Pope Benedict XVI)
Saint John Leonardi was born in 1541 in Diecimo, in the province of Lucca, Italy. He was the youngest of seven children and was raised in his Catholic faith. His family was industrious and John was the same. Throughout his…
WE ARE SPIRITUALLY ANEMIC – Why abandoning Sacramental life is the root of all problems in the Church
– Fr Bill Peckman (Church.pop) Every single problem the Church has all flows from one central issue: Our spiritual health is lacking. In most places in the western world, Mass attendance is well below 40 percent. In other words: 60…
OPINION – Teenagers no more ? …
– Carlos M. Frota Are teenagers becoming adults too early in their lives, to take action there where adults are failing? This is the starting thought guiding me in writing this commentary. The Greta Thunberg story can help answer this…
AGING WELL TODAY (3) – Treating the elderly with respect
– Fausto Gomez OP In some cultures, the elderly are generally treated with a special respect and even reverence. Likewise in the Bible. Moses says to the people: “You shall rise before the aged, and defer to the old” (Lev…
HOW TO TRAIN CHURCH CHOIRS (6) – Selecting music for the Ordinarium Missae
– Aurelio Porfiri It is necessary to go a little deeper into the parts of the Mass. Because the liturgical rite has so many layers and so many musical differences that we need to go into details if we want…