– Carlos M Frota Europeans are living in troubled times, as we all know. Countries are feeling unsafe, old political elites are perplexed, social movements are pushing for new forms of participation in the political arena, and young ideologues are…
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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AT THE SERVICE OF SOCIETY (4) – Parents’ role in Catholic Schools
Kevin and Bridget Murphy pray with their nine children (from the Catholic Messenger, Davenport, Iowa) – Fr Leonard E Dollentas An eleven-year-old boy was failing in math. His parents tried the best tutors in town to teach him but to…
CHURCH FATHERS (47) – Saint Isidore Of Pelusium
– Anastasios This saint is not well known as other Church Fathers, so it will be good to say a few things about his life. He was born in Alexandria around 370. He gave away everything he had to the…
CHURCH FATHERS (46) – Theodoret of Cyrus
Theodoret of Cyrus (393-458) was from an illustrious family in Antioch. His teacher was Theodore of Mopsuestia and one of his classmates was the controversial Nestorius. He would study rhetoric with Saint John Chrysostom. As a young person he followed…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (22) – What is the historical-critical method?
– José Mario O Mandía On 30 September 1943, Pope Pius XII issued the Encyclical “Divino afflante Spiritu” (“Inspired by the Holy Spirit”) which welcomed the use of textual criticism to examine not only the contents of the Bible but…
WHO IS MY LORD? – 10th March 2019, 1st Sunday Of Lent
Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 – Pope Benedict XVI Reflecting on the temptations to which Jesus was subjected in the wilderness invites each one of us to answer a fundamental question: What really counts in my life? In the…
ASK THE LITURGIST (23) – Announcements at the end of the Mass … and not from the ambo
– Enrico Finotti Parish advices are often excessive and boring. Do they have to be done? The rubrics allow that in the ending rites, before giving the blessing, brief announcements can be given (IGMR 90). The indication is of maximum…
CARDINAL PELL AND THE PASSION OF CHRIST
– Maria Kwak Like Jesus, his Master, Cardinal Pell is under trial. The Gospel of John reports Pilate’s verdict: “I find no guilt in him.” Then he washes his hands in front of the crowd. But the crowd continues to…
FROM GAMBLING TO CHARITY WORK – St John of God
From the time he was eight to the day he died, John followed every impulse of his heart. At eight years old, John heard a visiting priest speak of adventures that were waiting in the age of 1503 with new…
GOLD IN THE FURNACE – The value of suffering
– Aurelio Porfiri A few days ago someone said on television that suffering allows a growth of knowledge. I think there is a lot of truth in this statement, because in fact when we suffer we see things in a…