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This Sunday, Our Lord teaches us how to recognize pure and undefiled religion when we see it…
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this:” St. James says in the Second Reading. Then he fills in the blank. But how would we fill in the blank if we didn’t have this reading? After five weeks of Gospel readings from John 6, the Eucharistic discourse of Jesus, the Church offers an important qualification in the readings for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B. Aft...
Pope Francis Agrees to Appointments of Two Bishops Chosen by Syro-Malabar Church for India…
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Aug 30, 2024 / 13:40 pm The Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church, an Eastern Catholic rite in full communion with Rome, appointed two new bishops for Changanacherry and Shamshabad in India on Friday. The appointments come after years of internal tensions among Syro-Malabar Church leaders regarding a synodal, unified liturgy of the ancient Oriental Church. I...
Live Action President Lila Rose: ‘Trump Is Losing Pro-Life Votes’ With Shift to Pro-Abortion Rhetoric…
Live Action president Lila Rose is increasing her criticism of 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — arguing that his recent statements are alienating pro-life voters such as herself. “Given the current situation, we have two pro-abortion tickets,” Rose said in a post on X on Thursday, Aug. 29. “A Trump win is not a pro-life win right now,” she continued. “Pro-lifers will need to cha...
Fr. Thomas Rosica accused of sexually assaulting a younger priest before Toronto’s 2002 World Youth Day…
Rosica faces sexual assault lawsuit Skip to content Well-known media figure Fr. Thomas Rosica has been accused of sexually assaulting a younger priest during the lead up to the Church’s 2002 World Youth Day in Toronto, Canada. Fr. Thomas Rosica. Credit: Chris Adamczyk, Manager, Marketing and Communications, Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation – Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation. ...
It’s the Place of a Husband to Forge Peace in the Home…
A husband and father struggles to discover his place in the home. What exactly is his mission and how does he go about achieving it? A proper notion of peace, and of home, can offer clarification. Augustine’s definition of peace is my all-time favorite definition. Peace is the tranquility of order. These words speak to something deep within us. We are made for tranquility. But not just any. The ‘o...
‘Sinicization’ is not inculturation…
“Inculturation” has been a Catholic buzzword for over a half-century. It’s not the most elegant neologism, smacking as it does of sociologese. Still, it expresses a truth of Catholic missionary practice two millennia old: the Church uses whatever appropriate materials are at hand in a given culture to make the Gospel proposal come alive in that milieu. The parables of Jesus are the biblical warran...
The Pearl of York, Why It Matters, and Canned Heat…
The Pearl of York, why it matters, and canned heat Skip to content Happy Friday friends, And a very happy feast of St. Margaret Clitherow to you all, whether you celebrate or not — because everyone should. For those of you unfamiliar with the Pearl of York, a martyr for the faith under the brutal reign of Bloody Queen Bess, her’s is a beautiful story. She converted to Catholicism as an...
Spain’s Iconic La Sagrada Familía Finally Has a Completion Date…
Architecture By Julia Hammond Read time: 5 minutes At one time in history, there was nothing extraordinary about a building project dragging on for many years. Places of worship could take centuries to complete. For instance, the Cologne Cathedral — once the world’s tallest building — took 632 years to finish, while construction of the Duomo in Milan was a mammoth 579-year affair. In modern times,...
Life changed when a nun returned to her habit after many years in ‘ordinary’ clothing…
Wednesdays are always my busiest days, when it comes to life at my computer keyboard. First of all, there is my “On Religion” column deadline. That’s been carved into my calendar for almost 36 years. This is also the day when I work with the Lutheran Public Radio team to research and produce the weekly “Crossroads” podcast. We’ve been doing that for over a decade. Right now, you can toss in lots o...
The Vatican rumor mill is already turning about a possible consistory. Here are 6 US bishops who could soon be named cardinal…..
If 2024 turns out like most years of Pope Francis’ decade-long reign, the Catholic Church will soon be getting a new slate of cardinals. And if Pope Francis does call his 10th consistory before 2024 ends, it’s reasonable to think that an American could be among those to receive a “red hat.” Since becoming pontiff in March 2013, Francis has created new cardinals in every full calendar y...
African Archbishops on Western Nations: ‘They Are Sending Us Missionaries of Evil’…
The West used to send Africa the Gospel. Now, African Church leaders are warning that Western nations and individuals are spreading a far different message throughout the continent, in what they describe as a warped form of proselytization. From Kenya to Cameroon, Ghana to Tanzania, local archbishops tell the Register that Western aid workers, government officials and even tourists are advancing s...
Veils in Church: Style, Threat, or Testimony?
By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio – articles – email ) | Aug 27, 2024 A very well-informed friend sent me a link to an article on the increased numbers of young Catholic women wearing veils in Church. I have certainly noticed this among Hispanic women in my own parish, for whom this is still a tradition, and among those characterized by a kind of piety that cherishes—and I do not mean “brandishe...
