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Bridgeport’s Msgr. Tom Powers Named New Rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome…
Harman, who will end a six-year term as rector at the end of June, called the appointee a “talented, generous, faithful, and holy priest.” Since 2015, Powers has been back in Connecticut, where he serves as vicar general and moderator of the curia, and as a parish pastor, in the Diocese of Bridgeport. Before his ordination in 1997, Powers was a financial consultant with Anderson Consulting in New York. “Although serving as the next rector of the Pontifical North American College was neither something I ever expected nor sought, I am very grateful to be asked to take on this important role,” Powers said. “In accepting the appointment, I ask the Lord to grant me the grace to fulfill this role faithfully, and I entrust myself to Our Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Humility.” Bishop Frank Caggiano...
Pope’s Wednesday Audience: “An old age spent awaiting God’s visit will not miss his passage”…
Pope Francis today cited the elderly examples of Simeon and Anna, who waited to see the Lord at the Presentation in the Temple (Luke 2:22-38). The Holy Father talked of the patient and persistent pair during his General Audience in Paul VI Hall as he continued his catecheses on old age. “Their reason for living, before taking leave of this world, is to await God’s visit.,” the Pope said. “They were waiting for God, that is, Jesus, to visit them. “Simeon knows, by a premonition of the Holy Spirit, that he will not die before seeing the Messiah. Anna attends the temple every day, devoting herself to his service. “Both of them recognize the presence of the Lord in the child Jesus, who fills their long wait with consolation and reassures them as they bid farewell to life. This is a scene of en...
From Dr. Matthew Minerd, here’s a clear overview of Catholic ‘just war’ teaching and the war in Ukraine…
The war in Ukraine has awakened the world to the horrors of war and humanitarian plight. Attached to this “awakening” are deep questions of moral theology and Catholic social teaching. To assist our readers to navigate these questions, I reached out to Dr. Matthew Minerd, professor of philosophy and moral theology at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Pittsburgh. Dr. Minerd kindly submitted written responses to several questions. Below are our questions and answers: As a moral theologian, could you give a brief overview of the Catholic social teaching on war? What are the basic elements of just war theory? And where does this teaching stem from in the Catholic theological tradition? To be clear: The Catholic Church, not merely as a question of theological...
Military preparedness is not a sin…
By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio – articles – email ) | Mar 29, 2022 The editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication, Andrea Tornielli, has deplored the tendency “to contextualize and downplay” Pope Francis’ statements against war. His remarks distinguish between the right of Ukraine to resist armed aggression and the larger need to turn away from a competitive arms race that absorbs massive amounts of money which, therefore, cannot be spent “on families, healthcare, work, hospitality, to fight poverty and hunger.” It is certainly important to recognize the difference between a particular war and the arms race. But Tornielli’s recognition remains naive and distorted, and in fact the case of Ukraine offers a valuable illustration of the problem. Doubtless everyone would prefer ...
Pope Expresses ‘Sorrow and Shame’ for Catholic Role in Abuse Against Canadian ‘First Nations,’ Announces Plans for July Trip to Canada…
“It is chilling to think of determined efforts to instill a sense of inferiority, to rob people of their cultural identity, to sever their roots, and to consider all the personal and social effects that this continues to entail: unresolved traumas that have become intergenerational traumas,” he said. He condemned the colonization which broke the Indigenous peoples away from their native land and ways of life, stating that “in this way, great harm was done to your identity and your culture, many families were separated, and great numbers of children fell victim to these attempts to impose a uniformity based on the notion that progress occurs through ideological colonization, following programs devised in offices rather than the desire to respect the life of peoples.” The pope said that lear...
If we keep up a conversation with Jesus and are responsive to the graces of the Holy Spirit, He will always plead our cause…..
By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky ( bio – articles – email ) | Mar 29, 2022 In the rough and tumble of political elections, politicians use opposition research to help craft their campaign strategies. There may be nothing offensive in bringing to light an opponent’s record. But the revelations may violate the Eighth Commandment, when deliberate distortions or unnecessary disclosures unjustly smear an adversary. In Robert Penn Warren’s book, All the King’s Men, the Huey Long figure uses opposition research to uncover dirt on his opponents. Willie Stark ominously observes, “Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption, and he passeth from the stink of the didie [baby’s diaper] to the stench of the [funeral] shroud. There is always something.” Indeed. We are all sinners, and our personal st...
The 50 most filmed streets in the United States…
When choosing which neighborhood to buy your home in, you could end up living on a street that made it to the silver screen. That’s why American Home Shield has analyzed location data from IMDb to uncover the most filmed streets in the United States. America has sold itself to the world through the cinema screen. And, for half a century, location shooting has been the common way of doing so, even in the big studio world of Hollywood. But, while a powerful location can turn a pedestrian movie into a runaway classic, many of the same places get used again and again. In fact, our study found that nine out of the ten most filmed streets are in NYC or LA. And 44 out of the top 50 are in the states of California or New York. However, we also found that many other cities have their own superstar ...
Why the middle one-third of France is almost empty…
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Archdiocese of Denver investigates supposed miraculous blood on St. Michael statue, finds it ‘similar to red nail polish’…
“Upon arriving at the house and entering the room where the statue was reportedly located, the archdiocesan team was told that someone had taken the St. Michael statue. There were no apparent signs of forced entry to the property.” After conducting an interview with Martinez about the alleged bleeding from the statue, she provided the team with several cotton swabs that she said had been used to clean the dark liquid which appeared to resemble blood from the statue. The archdiocese said that “A chemical analysis was conducted of the dried liquid on the cotton swabs using the Kastle-Meyer method for presumptive positive blood samples. The test definitively showed that the red liquid obtained from the statue was neither human nor animal blood. The appearance of the substance on t...
Cardinal Marx: ‘The Catechism Is Not Set in Stone. One Is Also Allowed to Doubt What It Says’…
The Catechism, which Pope John Paul II described as “a sure norm for teaching the faith,” says: “Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that ‘homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.’ They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.” “The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.” It continues: “Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be...
These elite American super-cities are bleeding people. Are there any religion ghosts in this big story?
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Have we lost our hunger for the Bread of Life?
There is a moment in Holy Mass to which, I suspect, not a few of us older Catholics these days are drawn. It comes during the First Eucharistic Prayer, that most ancient and august expression of Catholic worship, when the priest, addressing God directly, asks that He remember all those who have come together to pay homage to Him. After all, it is primarily for their benefit, i.e., the ones “whose faith and devotion are known to You,” that they’ve come to Mass in the first place. “For them,” the priest says, “we offer You this sacrifice of praise or they offer it for themselves and all who are dear to them….” It is a moving petition put to Almighty God, one that the Church has used since the Roman Rite was first set in stone back in the fourth century, and one would not dream of trying to i...
