BONN, Germany (CNS) – Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, defended the plan for “ecumenically mindful” reception of Communion in Catholic and Protestant services during Germany’s ecumenical congress from May 13-16. The bishop told KNA, Germany’s Catholic news agency, on May 11 that the services planned for May 15 were not about … Read More about German bishop rules out general invitation to Communion at congress
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Consider the cockroach and be wise
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Marian College takes shield
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CDF prefect cautions US bishops on politicians and Communion
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (CNS) – One of Africa’s most senior Catholic leaders has denounced the imposition of “foreign ideologies” across the continent, and urged Africans to seek modernisation without succumbing to Western influences that erode family bonds. “We are observing the spread of a mindset and policies that devalue the … Read More about African cardinal urges resistance to Western ideologies
Baptism is the formal sacramental initiation into the Catholic Church. In the Catholic Church, we baptise small babies to ensure they are welcomed into the Church and cleansed from original sin as soon as possible. In other Christian churches, people are fully immersed into water as adults. I went to … Read More about Baptism
ROME (CNS) – Italian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Gianluigi Torzi, an Italian broker who served as the middleman in the Vatican’s majority stake purchase of a property in London’s posh Chelsea district. According to court documents, Italy’s finance police requested the warrant after an investigation into Torzi and … Read More about Italy issues arrest warrant for broker in Vatican property deal
The Good Samaritan parable is one of the most loved Gospel stories. This is a story I have taught many times in Religious Education classes. It is a story that I often reflect upon in my own prayer. The parable is told in Luke 10:29– 37: A man going from … Read More about The challenge to prioritise people over policy
by PAT McCARTHY The New Zealand group of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, whose membership has expanded from Auckland to Hamilton and Palmerston North dioceses, made a long-awaited visit to Hamilton on March 14, the fourth Sunday of Lent. The visit — twice postponed because of … Read More about Celebrating Iraqi refugee family resettlement
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the request for ordination are all possible outcomes of a major symposium being planned by the Vatican in February, 2022. “A theological symposium does not claim … Read More about Major Vatican conference on priesthood scheduled for 2022
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