Day: November 23, 2024

WASHINGTON – “I enthusiastically invite Catholics from all around the country to join me in-person or virtually, in praying for an end to abortion and building up a culture of life,” said Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities. The faithful are invited…

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ROME (CNS) — “We don’t have another theologian, it seems to me, that has been as engaged with modernity as Benedict,” said Cyril O’Regan, a co-winner of the 2024 Ratzinger Prize, often dubbed the “Nobel Prize of Theology.” Speaking with Catholic News Service Nov. 21, the eve of having an audience with Pope Francis and…

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Reading Rv 11:4-12 I, John, heard a voice from heaven speak to me: Here are my two witnesses: These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way,…

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We know that Pope St. Clement was Roman, was our fourth pope and was martyred outside of Rome, but this information is about all we know with certainty. According to tradition he was probably a freed man in the imperial household and was baptized by St. Peter. He succeeded Cletus as pope in 91, and…

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It seems that God is not overly fond of cookie cutters. At least He does not employ that sort of technique in creation. Science has confirmed for us that there are no two snowflakes that are identical. This is the … Continue reading → The post A Note of Gratitude Unlike Any Other appeared first…

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