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Called “Abuna” or “the faÂther’ of Ethiopia, sent to that land by St. Athanasius. Frumentius was born in Tyre, Lebanon. While on a voyage in the Red Sea with St. Aedesius, possibly his brother, only Frumentius and Aedesius survived the shipwreck. Taken to the Ethiopian royal court at Aksum, they soon attained high positions. Aedesius…
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Reading 1 EPH 4:7-16 Brothers and sisters: Grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore, it says: He ascended on high and took prisoners captive; he gave gifts to men. What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended into the lower regions of the earth? The…
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Pope St. Evaristus, one of the early bishops of Rome, served as pope from around 99 AD to his martyrdom in approximately 107 AD. He was the successor of St. Peter and played a significant role in the growth of the early Church. Little is known about his early life, but tradition holds that he…
The Christian Mortgage concept is built on the basis of Christian faith and principle. Various institutions around the world follow Christian Mortgage principles to shape their terms and conditions. According to Catholic social teaching a mortgage is the provision under which people is permitted to utilize the merchandise of the globe. It signifies that no…
WASHINGTON – As the Catholic Church commemorates the World Day of the Poor on November 17, dioceses across the United States will take up the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) annual collection for their anti-poverty program, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). #iGiveCatholicTogether also accepts funds for CCHD. Founded in 1970, CCHD focuses on…
WASHINGTON – “The Catholic Church teaches that religious freedom is a basic human right, which has even been called the ‘synthesis and summit of all other fundamental rights,’” said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan and Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades. The bishop chairmen cited the Vatican’s International Theological Commission as they underscored the importance of religious freedom…
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On December 16, there is named in the Roman Martyrology and in certain Irish calendars a Saint Bean in Ireland, who had been confused with the St. Bean whose feast is still observed in the Scottish diocese of Aberdeen, but on October 26, as founder of the bishopric of Mortlach in Banff which was the…
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Michael Haynes has an exclusive interview with British Lord David Alton, published at Life Site, concerning the recent renewal of the secretive Sino-Vatican agreement that had already been criticized by Cardinal Zen, human rights activists, and China experts. Exclusive: British … Continue reading → The post Lord David Alton Condemns Renewal of Sino-Vatican Agreement appeared…
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