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Are you a devoted Christian who enjoys spending your time helping others? If you are, you may volunteer through your church, as well as with a number of other Christian organizations. If you do, have you ever thought about staring your own Christian program? Even if you have one of the greatest ideas in the…
What is it with European progressives insulting Africans? The recent offensive comments of Father Timothy Radcliffe were not the first such incident. (Father Raymond J. de Souza/National Catholic Register) — Father Timothy Radcliffe’s suggestion of foreign influence on African bishops … Continue reading → The post Father Radcliffe’s Synod Comments on Africa Echo Cardinal Kasper…
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October is a time when we delight in telling spooky stories. As the days get shorter and nights get cooler, it’s only natural that our imaginations would turn to things like death and the afterlife. This is true even in our modern age of skepticism and consumerism when we’d rather not have to think about…
Reading 1 Eph 2:19-22 Brothers and sisters:You are no longer strangers and sojourners,but you are fellow citizens with the holy onesand members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets,with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.Through him the whole structure is held togetherand grows into a temple sacred in…
Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose…Simon who was called a Zealot. (Lk 6:12-15) Out of all twelve Apostles, perhaps it is Simon—whose feast we celebrate today (along with that of…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Three years after he asked the world’s Catholics to walk together in faith on a synodal journey, Pope Francis said that the church cannot risk becoming “static” but must continue as a “missionary church that walks with her Lord through the streets of the world.” “We cannot remain inert before the…
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After members of the Synod of Bishops approved their final document, Pope Francis announced that he would not write the customary post-synodal apostolic exhortation but would offer the final document to the entire church to implement. “There are already highly concrete indications in the document that can be a guide for…
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St. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Our Saviour. He was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus and his attribute is a club. Images of St. Jude often include a flame around his head, which represent his presence at Pentecost, when he accepted the…
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