We might be tempted to ask rhetorically if there was ever a time in the Church when divisions in factions, disagreements between groups was ever so bad as now? On the 2nd Sunday of Advent we hear from Paul’s letter to the Romans. There had been sizeable Jewish community in Rome because of both 2nd…
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Pope Francis confessing in St. Peter’s Basilica. / L’Osservatore Romano CNA Newsroom, Dec 10, 2023 / 11:15 am (CNA). A 91-year-old Franciscan has spoken about his time as confessor to Pope Francis and stressed the enduring and essential role of the sacrament of reconciliation. Brother Otmar Egloff served for several years as chief confessor at…
Pope Francis delivers Angelus message on Dec. 10, 2023. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 10, 2023 / 10:40 am (CNA). Pope Francis highlighted the importance of listening to God by embracing the example of John the Baptist, “the voice of one crying in the desert” during his Angelus message on the second Sunday of…
[“Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII,” Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1854. Note: St. Joan of Arc was a true warrior for Christ in the face of seemingly impossible odds.] Tough case. It’s been going on for a long time although with alot of progress, but still….a long time. The demons have been regularly…
Black Elk, daughter Lucy Black Elk and wife Anna Brings White. / Credit: Public Domain Detroit, Mich., Dec 10, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). Nicholas Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota Sioux warrior, visionary, and Catholic catechist, is known worldwide but has been misunderstood for decades, according to two Jesuit priests who have emphasized Black Elk’s…
Cardinal Robert Sarah, former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA ACI Africa, Dec 10, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). The emphasis of cultural elements over Christian ones during liturgical celebrations is a distortion of the paschal mystery that defines the liturgy, Cardinal Robert Sarah has said. …
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Patrick Norton stands near Sister Annella Zervas’ grave, October 2022. / Credit: Patti Armstrong St. Paul, Minn., Dec 10, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pointing toward the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at the Saint Benedict Monastery cemetery in St. Joseph, Minnesota, 61-year-old Patrick Norton recounts the day 13 years ago when he was painting…
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