Author: S&P
Pope John Paul II and ‘Witness to Hope’ 25 Years Later…
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Our Life Is So Worth Being Kind…
Why are some people kind? This question is especially though of course not exclusively pertinent in forming the young. I think we take kindness for granted, forgetting both its central importance and the need to cultivate it, in self and others. “We are for the most part unhappy, because the world is an unkind world.” So wrote Fr. Frederick Faber, a noted author and close collaborator with John He...
Venezuelan dictator Maduro declares Christmas to kick off on Oct. 1…
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The world’s attention on Venezuela has been focused in the last weeks on the fallout from a highly contested presidential election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won, the ensuing persecution of critics and the arrest warrant against the former opposition presidential candidate. But as political tensions escalate, President Nicolás Maduro decide...
Are missionaries agents of colonialism?
By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio – articles – email ) | Aug 30, 2024 Recent observations by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle suggest that the charge that Christian missionaries are agents of colonialism has not yet been laid to rest (see Cardinal Tagle defends missionaries). In reality, this is an accusation typically made by those who are themselves “colonializing” by trying to turn the third-world...
Devastating Arson Attack Hits Catholic Church in France; Blessed Sacrament Rescued by Parish Priest…
By Solène Tadié Budapest, Hungary, Sep 4, 2024 / 07:00 am The historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, was ravaged by arson on the night of Sept. 2. The suspect, a multi-recidivist who has attempted to set fire to numerous places of worship in the past, was apprehended a few hours after the blaze was brought under control. Acco...
Yale Divinity School students forced to read from witch’s ‘spell’ at orientation…
OPINION: Yale’s orientation coerced students to participate in ‘spell’ Yale’s Divinity School coerced students to read from a “spell” written by a “witch” as part of its Before the Fall Orientation. The three-day orientation between Aug. 21 to 23 saw a series of talks and activities preparing incoming students for the year ahead, interspersed with small group discussions. One of these small group ...
All Things Well: A Reflection on the Upcoming 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time…
Readings:Isaiah 35:4–7Psalm 146:7–10James 2:1–5Mark 7:31–37 The incident in today’s Gospel is recorded only by Mark. The key line is what the crowd says at the end: “He has done all things well.” In the Greek, this echoes the creation story, recalling that God saw all the things He had done and declared them good (see Genesis 1:31). Mark also deliberately evokes Isaiah’s promise, which we hear in ...
Catholics need to know fight for unborn is shifting ‘ominously’ into international law as UN scolds Poland…
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Bearing the Wounds of Christ: 7 Traits Shared by Padre Pio and Other Stigmatists…
The date: Sept. 20, 1918. The place: Our Lady of Grace Chapel, the church of the Capuchin friars at San Giovanni Rotondo, located in the Italian province of Foggia. There alone in front of a crucifix of the suffering Christ was a suffering, humble, pious friar named Francesco Forgione (1887-1968), named after St. Francis of Assisi, another suffering, humble, pious friar — who in the ye...
IVF is wrong, and so is this ramen…
IVF is wrong, and so is this ramen Skip to content Pillar subscribers can listen to JD read this Pillar Post here: The Pillar TL;DR Hey everybody, Today is the feast of St. Gregory the Great, and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post. Yesterday was a holiday, of course, and I spent it with my family enjoying the waning summer hours at the local pool. My kids were among the very last to get out of...
You have to do more than desire knowledge. You have to desire the right kind of knowledge, in the right way…..
(Image: Tamarcus Brown / Unsplash.com) School is starting, and we need to keep students from curiosity. Curiosity? It sounds bad to modern ears, but ancient and medieval thinkers considered it a vice—a dangerous intellectual habit. You can hear that judgment in the old saying, “Curiosity killed the cat.” You can also see it in horror movies where people decide they must investigate the s...
What is good for us?
22nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeBy Fr. Victor Feltes Jesus said to the crowd, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.” Jesus speaks to the Old Covenant’s rules about the ritual purity of objects and foods. With the arrival of his New Covenant those ordinances passed away. “Thus,” St. Ma...
