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Indian police arrest ten people for attacking church

The arrested, including some pro-Hindu leaders, were remanded into judicial custody, police said The inside of Sacred Heart Church in Narayanpur district of India’s Chhattisgarh state, which was attacked on Jan. 2 after a clash between indigenous people following animist religion and those following the Christian faith. (Photo: supplied) Published: January 05, 2023 11:28 AM…

Indian police arrest ten people for attacking church

Homily of Pope Francis at Pope Benedict XVI Funeral Mass – YouTube

“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” (Lk 23:46). These were the final words spoken by the Lord on the cross; his last breath, as it were, which summed up what had been his entire life: a ceaseless self-entrustment into the hands of his Father. His were hands of forgiveness and compassion, healing and […]

Homily of Pope Francis at Pope Benedict XVI Funeral Mass – YouTube

For Pope Benedict, Love is the Key to Evangelization

As reported by Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the last words of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI were “Lord, I love you.” These final words uttered by Benedict were an authentic testimony to the Christian theology of love that was a constant theme in his Magisterium. In his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, for example, he offered a […]

For Pope Benedict, Love is the Key to Evangelization

NO ONE BORN OF GOD COMMITS SIN…

1 John 3:7-107 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, as he is righteous.8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.9 No one born of […]

NO ONE BORN OF GOD COMMITS SIN…

Pope Francis: Benedict XVI brought us to ‘encounter with Jesus’

The Church commonly calls someone in this role a “spiritual director,” but Pope Francis said he prefers the name “spiritual companion.” “Discernment is an art, an art that can be learned and which has its own rules,” he said. “If learned well, it enables spiritual experience to be lived in an ever more beautiful and […]

Pope Francis: Benedict XVI brought us to ‘encounter with Jesus’

Benedict XVI will be buried about 100 feet from St. Peter

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be buried under St. Peter’s Basilica, in the former tomb of John Paul II, Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, confirmed January 2, 2023. This location in the Vatican grottoes, near the tomb of the Apostle Peter, has been empty since the Polish Pontiff’s remains were transferred to […]

Benedict XVI will be buried about 100 feet from St. Peter

The Holy Name of Jesus

The month of January (Overview – Calendar) is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus. “In the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth and under the earth” (Phil 2:10). Christ’s name is chosen in heaven, and the Angel Gabriel announces it when he informs the Blessed Virgin of […]

Divine Office | Two bodies, but a single spirit

In today’s Office of Readings we encounter a reading from a sermon by St. Gregory Nazianzen (329 – 390 A.D.).Gregory Nazianzen, “Gregory of Nazianzus”, was the son of Gregory, Bishop of Nazianzus, a Christian convert. (Nazianzus is a small town in Cappadocia, now the village of Nenizi in the Turkish province of Aksaray).He is one of three men we call “the Cappadocian Fathers”. These three were active after the Council of Nicaea, working to formulate Trinitarian doctrine precisely and, in particular, to pin down the meaning and role of the least humanly comprehensible member of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit (credit: Universalis.com).For a reflection, “Two bodies, but a single spirit,” please click on the image.Peace be with you!

Divine Office | Two bodies, but a single spirit

Retired Taiwanese archbishop dies at 94

Archbishop Joseph Ti-Kang led dioceses in Taiwan for 29 years Retired Archbishop Joseph Ti-Kang of Taipei (Photo: MEP) Published: January 02, 2023 10:45 AM GMT A China-born archbishop, who led the Taiwanese archdiocese of Taipei for 15 years, died on Dec. 29 because of a cerebral hemorrhage, church sources said. He was 94. Retired Archbishop Joseph Ti-Kang […]

Retired Taiwanese archbishop dies at 94

Happy New Year, happy new news service: the debut of OSV News

At the end of 2022, before the ball fell, an important piece of news dropped: the launch of OSV News.  You may remember the announcement from several months ago: One of the oldest and most trusted names in Catholic media in the United States, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. (OSV) announced today that it will launch […]

Happy New Year, happy new news service: the debut of OSV News