Photo Credit: Fr. Stephen Cuyos on FlickrThis Sunday, we celebrate the feast of Pentecost, that day on which the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles
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Five Minute Mass Reflection: Pentecost Sunday (May 19, 2013)
Photo Credit: Fr. Stephen Cuyos on FlickrThis Sunday, we celebrate the feast of Pentecost, that day on which the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles
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Five Minute Mass Reflection: Pentecost Sunday (May 19, 2013)
“This is the Pope’s youth!” The cry that echoed through the streets of Madrid, Spain, during the World Youth Day (WYD) in 2011 revealed the heart of the youth of the Church. Admirers of the teachings of the Supreme Pontiff, rooted in faith and protagonists of the New Evangelization
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Saint Rose of Lima was born in Lima, Peru in April 1586, where she grew up and blazed a trail to sanctity. Her parents, Gaspar Flores and Maria Oliva baptized her with the name Isabel Flores y Oliva, but with the passage of time her beauty led her to be known by the nickname of Rose.
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A great theologian of the 20th and 21st centuries, Joseph Ratzinger assumed the Chair of St.
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The Roman Pontiff is elected by the College of Cardinals and, and once the office is accepted, he becomes the Vicar of Christ on Earth. The Code of Canon Law explains that the pope “has supreme, full, immediate and universal ordinary power in the Church, and he can always freely exercise this power” (Can.331).“By virtue of his office, the Roman Pontiff not only has power over the universal Church, but also has pre-eminent ordinary power over all particular Churches and their groupings.
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“You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church” (Matthew 16:18). “But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail… strengthen your brothers” (Luke 22:32)
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Each pope elected receives the Ring of the Fisherman, the official symbol of the papacy. Also known as the Anulus Piscatoris, the ring is made of gold and features a bas-relief of Peter fishing from a boat, referring to the tradition that the apostles were fishers of men.A new ring is forged for each pope with the gold from the ring of his predecessor
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It was a scandal to many Catholics that the arch-dissenter Gregory Baum was invited to speak at Regis College, Toronto, on January 17, 1996. The scandal was amplified when it was announced that he would also speak at the Newman Centre in Toronto on May 13, 1996.
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Monday – July 22, 20138:45 Departure from Rome Ciampino Airport to Rio de Janeiro.16:00 OFFICIAL RECEPTION at Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport 17:00 PAPAL WELCOMING CEREMONY at the Jardim do Palácio Guanabara (“Gardens of Guanabara Palace”).
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Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Francis for WYD Rio2013
Click for Photo CreditWhen I think of my first experiences of prayer, I vividly remember praying at specific moments to get out of trouble because I had done something wrong or broken something as a child.
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Bratislava, April 7th, 2013 – Slovak youth can now sing the WYD 2013 hymn in their own language. The song was presented in February during the event “A Noite Brasileira” (The Brazilian Night).
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