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Pope rebounds after Friday fever, offers Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica

After clearing his schedule of public meetings and audiences Friday morning due to what the Vatican described as a fever, Pope Francis appeared to have rebounded quickly, presiding over Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday.

Pope rebounds after Friday fever, offers Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica

Pentecost: Speaking in Tongues

The Christian world celebrates Pentecost; this is a celebration which comes fifty days after Easter. The name Pentecost is derived from the Greek word Pentecoste, which means fifty. Pentecost was originally celebrated by the Jews to remember the day the law was given to Moses on Mount Sinai. The Jews also refer to this celebration […]

Pentecost: Speaking in Tongues

Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

Dr Jeanette Pinto – The Feast of the Pentecost happened fifty days after Easter or the Resurrection when the other followers of Jesus Christ were celebrating the Feast of Weeks in Jerusalem. It happened like this. Firstly, the Apostles were all in one accord in one place. Secondly, there came a sound from heaven as […]

Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

Papacy: 10 Quotes That Show It Is Ancient

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When I first started taking the idea of Catholicism seriously it was natural to look into the papacy. I’d wonder how if the word “pope” isn’t in the Bible, why does this man have so much power?

At first, I thought it was a power play and Catholics let the old man in Rome tell them what to do (no disrespect intended). But after digging into the practice of the Early Church I was stunned to see that the papacy is ancient and was practiced. Here are ten of the quotes that I came across.

Quotes About The Papacy

The blessed apostles, then, having founded and built up the Church, committed into the hands of Linus the office of the episcopate. Of this Linus, Paul makes mention in the Epistles to Timothy. To him succeeded Anacletus; and after him, in the third place from the apostles, Clement was allotted…

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Why St. Augustine of Canterbury is celebrated as the “Apostle of the English”

One of the most popular “St. Augustines” in the English speaking world is St. Augustine of Canterbury, often called the “Apostle of the English.” Born in the 6th century, St. Augustine was handpicked by St. Gregory the Great to be one of his missionaries in distant lands. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, “A rumor had […]

Why St. Augustine of Canterbury is celebrated as the “Apostle of the English”

Pope names first ever apostolic nuncio to Sultanate of Oman

Pope Francis has appointed French Archbishop Nicolas Thévenin, who is already the nuncio to Egypt, as apostolic nuncio to the Sultanate of Oman. The Holy See Press Office made the announcement on May 22, 2023. The Holy See and the Sultanate had announced last February the establishment of full diplomatic relations.  This is the first […]

Who was Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, whose body is now the center of attention in Missouri?

A Catholic education and lifelong vocation Growing up under segregation, Mary Elizabeth was once taunted with the nickname “chocolate drops” as she ran through a white neighborhood on her way home from school, and although she also was ridiculed as the lone Catholic among Baptist and Methodist peers, she refused to harbor resentment for her […]

Who was Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, whose body is now the center of attention in Missouri?

3 Hebrew words every Christian should know

Most likely, Jesus spoke Aramaic as his primary language, as it was the common language spoken in the region of Palestine during the 1st century. A Semitic language, it is closely related to Hebrew and remains in use nowadays by Christian and Jewish communities in Iraq, Syria, Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and even in Russia. […]

3 Hebrew words every Christian should know

Report: Church in Germany faces major decline in numbers, revenue

The Catholic Church in Germany will be forced to give up a third of its properties in the face of dwindling membership and revenue, according to a new report. Many buildings face demolition unless converted to other uses. “It’s a fact that church attendance has strongly (been) reduced, with a significant and steady decline in […]

Report: Church in Germany faces major decline in numbers, revenue

As artificial intelligence concerns grow, there’s hope for the future

Artificial intelligence (AI) used to be nothing more than the stuff of wildly creative science fiction.  If we did imagine such a thing, we pictured benign and helpful AI like sweet R2-D2 from Star Wars. But as time went on and AI began to be a real possibility, there were darker forebodings. For example, the […]

As artificial intelligence concerns grow, there’s hope for the future