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Jimmy Lai Quizzed Over ‘Seditious Retweet’ in Hong Kong Court…
Jimmy Lai quizzed over ‘seditious retweet’ in HK court Skip to content The jailed Catholic publisher Jimmy Lai returned to court in Hong Kong Monday to give testimony in his trial under the territory’s controversial National Security Law. Lai, who has been in prison since 2020, is accused of colluding with foreign powers and publishing seditious materials. If convicted, he faces life in prison. Ji...
Rejoice, The Lord Is Near — Have No Anxiety At All…
3rd Sunday of AdventFr. Victor Feltes A story is told of an old American Indian speaking to his young grandchild seated at his feet. “Inside of me there are two wolves,” the grandfather explains. “One of these wolves is virtuous: patient, kind, chaste, generous, forgiving, and loving. But the other wolf is vicious: angry, cruel, lustful, greedy, unforgiving, and hateful. These wolves are battling ...
Pope Francis Visits Corsica: ‘Popular Piety Fosters Evangelization and Community’…
Addressing the “Conference on Popular Piety in the Mediterranean” in Ajaccio, Pope Francis highlights the importance of these expressions of faith as a means of fostering evangelization in our increasingly secularized societies and communities. By Lisa Zengarini Far from being an obsolete folkloristic expression, popular piety can be a powerful means for evangelization today, fostering...
This Sunday, He Commands You to Rejoice: 5 Takeaways for Gaudete Sunday…
This Sunday is Gaudete (Rejoice) Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent, Year C. It’s called that for several reasons: “Rejoice” is the first word of the Entrance Antiphon at Mass; the pink candle means we’re more than halfway to Christmas; and the readings stop focusing on the terrible times to come and start expecting the joy that’s nearly here. Here are six takeaways from the readings at Mass, take...
Why Do the Gospels Tell Us So Little About Jesus’ Childhood?
By Clement Harrold December 13, 2024 For believers who take the Word of God seriously, the near-deafening silence on the part of the four evangelists about the so-called “hidden years” of Jesus—those thirty or so years between His birth and the beginning of His ministry—can be a source of disappointment. Wouldn’t it be exciting to hear some anecdotes about the Holy Family’s beach vacation on the S...
The Mystical Art of St. John of the Cross…
SAINTS & ART: From his mystical poetry to his unique sketch of Christ Crucified, St. John of the Cross reveals the beauty of suffering in union with God. John de Yepes came into the world in Spain in 1542, the child of silk weavers. He grew up poor, was apprenticed, and had the fortune partially to attend a Jesuit-run school. Severe in his mortifications, he had visions calling him to religiou...
Pope Francis Set to Visit French Island of Corsica on Sunday — 47th Trip Abroad During Papacy…
On 15 December, Pope Francis’ 47th Apostolic Journey abroad will take him to Corsica, known as the Île de beauté, where he will take part in the Conference on Popular Religiosity in the Mediterranean before meeting with the clergy and faithful of the French island. By Salvatore Cernuzio On the one hand, popular piety, the faith of ordinary people, expressed in pilgrimages, acts of devotion in sanc...
Nancy Pelosi Is Half Right: Her Soul Is Her Bishop’s ‘Problem’…
EDITORIAL: In a recent interview, the former speaker of the House spoke about her strained relationship with her bishop, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. The days are drawing nigh on the end of the political careers of Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, once the two most powerful Catholic politicians in the world. Given the scandal they’ve caused over the years by repeatedly distorting and ...
Catholicism used to give me the creeps. Then I discovered the Church Fathers and my eyes were opened…..
Share via: Creepy Catholics It couldn’t have happened at any other point in my life. Let me explain. For most of my adult life, Catholicism had given me the creeps. As a young man of twenty-nine, fresh into ministry, I was privileged to take a mission trip to Campinas, Brazil. While there, our interpreter was kind enough to show us some of the local sites, including the Metropolitan Cathedral. As ...
‘Dumbed-Down Catholicism Was a Disaster’: The Atlantic Profiles Bishop Robert Barron and Word on Fire…
This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. When Nick Chancey was a boy in West Virginia, he didn’t have much time for Christianity. He spent the occasional Sunday hiking into the woods with his father to offer a cup of milk and a handful of quarters to forest fairies. His dad kept a small Buddhist statue at home, and dabbled in Native American spiritu...
‘Blue Bloods’: The Most Catholic Network TV Series Bids Farewell…
The most Catholic show on network television has its finale tonight, 14 years and 283 episodes after its premiere in September 2010. Blue Bloods has had an extraordinary run in a time when network television has been hemorrhaging audiences. Blue Bloods is not only a police drama. It’s a family drama about a police family. Tom Selleck stars as Francis (Frank) Xavier Reagan, the Irish Catholic polic...
Christmas Calls for Tradition and Creativity…
The story is told of the family that year after year, regardless of the neighbors raising questions, was true to their tradition of cutting the leg of a pig a little shorter than normal butchering practice. Eventually it came to light that their particular practice had no basis other than the diminutive size of some ancestor’s pot—a pot long out of use. The practice of traditions–including at Chri...
