Context is always important. First, where are we in the liturgical year for this 20th Sunday after Pentecost Historically, this is the 5th Sunday after the Feast of St. Cyprian. Obviously, this is a telling of Sundays that existed before numbering them after Pentecost. The great liturgist, Bl. Ildefonso Schuster informs us that The computation…
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Synod on Synodality delegates in small groups listen to Pope Francis’ guidance for the upcoming weeks on Oct. 4, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 16, 2023 / 09:02 am (CNA). As the Synod on Synodality hits the halfway mark for this year, the two Chinese bishops’ experience on the international religious stage…
Above: Portrait of Vladimir Solovyov by Ivan Kramskoy, 1885 Read: What is the Russian Catholic Church? Part I: Introduction Vladimir Solovyov (1853–1900), Russian religious thinker It was in 1888 in Paris that Solovyov published the article “The Russian Idea.” In it, the philosopher asserted that Russian Orthodoxy, in order to overcome its own spiritual crisis,…
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Bishop William Shomali, an auxiliary bishop of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. / Credit: Paul Fifield/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 16, 2023 / 08:25 am (CNA). The auxiliary bishop of Jerusalem on Sunday told EWTN News that the Church in the Holy Land is praying for a “truce” to end the hostilities in the Israel-Hamas war and…
Photo by Allison Girone Flanders: Hello Christopher. It’s been a joy getting to know you via correspondence, and I’m grateful for the official partnership between OnePeterFive and the Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima in promoting the Icon of the Theotokos of Fatima (“In Thee Unity”). Can you tell me and our readers a little…
