Bangladesh bishops say ‘no’ to government financial support After the government of recently elected Prime Minister Tarique Rahman of Bangladesh announced on March 14 that it would offer a monthly allowance for priests, the Bangladesh Catholic Bishops’ Conference has officially decided to decline it, according to Crux. “We humbly decline to accept the proposed allowance…
Pope Leo XIV met with young people and catechumens of Monaco at the Church of Saint Devota, the third public engagement of his one-day trip to the micro-state on March 28. After listening to the testimonies of several young people, Leo XIV spoke of the figure of Saint Devota, the patroness of Monaco, describing her…
During his meeting with Catholics in Monaco, the second appointment of his whirlwind trip to the small country, Pope Leo XIV warned about the risks of reducing faith “to custom” and called on the faithful to be like Christ, defending the poor and marginalized against individualistic secularism. The pontiff supported his reflections in the document…
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Pope Leo XIV addressed Monaco at the outset of his brief one-day visit there on March 28, telling the tiny micro-state that the “gift of smallness” and a “living spiritual heritage” lets the country “serve the cause of law and justice.” The Holy Father touched down in the city-state at 9 a.m. The brief journey…
What is real? What is reality? What is virtual reality? How real is virtual reality? How often do we think of these questions? Do we think of these questions? Do we think? Do we? These questions spring to mind because I’ve been spending some time with the great contemporary Catholic philosopher Peter Kreeft—not in person,…
Part I: the ‘Seven Arrows’ icon Part II: the ‘Softener of Evil Hearts’ icon This is the concluding part of an essay on the wonder-working icons of the Sorrowful Mother of God who has manifested herself more than once in the most difficult periods of Russian history, always appearing as a guide and point of…
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Editor’s note: text is taken from The Liturgical Year, authored by Dom Prosper Gueranger (1841-1875) Today, we begin, as does the holy Gospel, to number the days which precede the Death, the Sacrifice, of the Lamb of God. St. John, in the 12th Chapter of his Gospel, tells us that this is the Sixth day…
Above: the Raising of Lazarus by Jean Jouvenet (1644 – 1717). 1. After our Lord’s raising of one to life, who had been four days dead, to the utter amazement of the Jews, some of whom believed on seeing it, and others perished in their envy, because of that sweet savor which is unto life…
