2013-05-23 Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) On Thursday evening, Pope Francis joined the Bishops of Italy as they gathered in Saint Peter’s Basilica for their 65th General Assembly. The gathering began with opening remarks by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, the President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, followed by the Liturgy of the Word
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Dear Brothers in the Episcopate,The readings we have heard make us think.
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"Who Are We Before God? What Are Our Challenges?" – Francis Meets the Bishops
Yesterday we published a shocking story about an elder abuse case in Peterborough, whereby a son was able to uncover the abuse of his mother by secretly placing a camera in his mother’s room and recording the abuse.
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Pope Francis has called on all Catholics to pray for the Church in China on Friday, May 24th. The day is officially known as the World Day of Prayer for China, and is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, who is venerated at the Shrine of Sheshan in Shanghai.
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Holy Spirit,Divine Consoler,I adore you as my true God,with God the Father and God the Son.I adore You and unite myself to the adorationYou receive from the angels and saints.I give You my heartand I offer my ardent thanksgivingfor all the grace which You never cease to bestow on me.O Giver of all supernatural gifts,who filled the soul of the Blessed Virgin Mary,Mother of God, with such immense favours,I beg You to visit me with Your graceand Your love and to grant me the gift of holy fear,so that it may act on me as a check to prevent me from falling back into my past sins,for which I beg pardon.Grant me the gift of piety,so that I may serve You for the future with increased fervor,follow with more promptness Your holy inspirations,and observe your divine precepts with greaterfidelity.Grant me the gift of knowledge,so that I may know the things of God and,enlightened by Your holy teaching, may walk,without deviation, in the path of eternalsalvation.Grant me the gift of fortitude,so that I may overcome courageously all the assaults of the devil,and all the dangers of this world which threaten the salvation of my soul.Grant me the gift of counsel,so that I may choose what is more conducive to myspiritual advancementand may discover the wiles and snares of the tempter. Grant me the gift of understanding,so that I may apprehend the divine mysteriesand by contemplation of heavenly things detach my thoughtsand affections from the vain things of this miserableworld.Grant me the gift of wisdom,so that I may rightly direct all my actions,referring them to God as my last end;so that, having loved Him and served Him in this life,I may have the happiness of possessing Him eternally in the next.Amen
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The Catholic Church in France suffered greatly in the eighteenth century. During the French Revolution, the worship of God was forbidden, Sunday and holy days were abolished.
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Information: Feast Day:May 16Born:1247, Tuscany, ItalyDied:February 22, 1297, Cortona, ItalyCanonized:May 16, 1728 by Pope Benedict XIIIPatron of:gainst temptations; falsely accused people; hoboes; homeless people; insanity; loss of parents; mental illness; mentally ill people; midwives; penitent women; people ridiculed for their piety; reformed prostitutes; sexual temptation; single laywomen; third children; tramps They were stirring times in Tuscany when Margaret was born.
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Is that a mantelletta?… and look at the silver ware!SOURCE A three-year-old Colombian boy has garnered attention across the internet for a video in which he dons priestly garments and “celebrates” Mass, reciting the liturgy from memory.Samuel Jaramillo, who is an orphan, lives with his grandmother and an aunt in the city of Medellin
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Information: Feast Day:May 13 Throughout the Old Testament God, in His great mercy, chose prophets to call His people back to Him. In recent times God is sending His Mother
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2013-05-12 Vatican Radio Pope Francis canonized over 800 new saints on Sunday, during Mass in St Peter’s Square: Antonio Primaldo and his companions, martyrs of Otranto in Italy; Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya y Upegui, virgin and foundress; and Maria Guadalupe García Zavala, co-foundress. Below is a Vatican Radio translation of his homily which he delivered partly in Italian and partly in Spanish.********************************Dear brothers and sisters!In this seventh Sunday of Easter we are gathered to celebrate with joy a feast of holiness
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Pope Francis celebrates Mass, proclaims new saints (full text)
Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese,10 May 2013 Foster carer and mother of two Liz Williams Meet Liz Williams, mother of two and foster mother to many more.
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Click here for the report: Pope Francis to canonize Mother Laura Montoya, first Colombian saint Laura Montoya Upegui was born on 26 May 1874 in Jericó, Antioquia, Colombia, the second of three children to Juan de la Crux Montoya and Dolores Upegui. When Laura was only 2 years old, her father was killed defending his Country, and the family was left in extreme poverty after all their goods were confiscated.
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IntroductionEvery age has its stories of heroic men and women whose faith challenges them to reach out in heroic love and service to alleviate the sufferings of their brothers and sisters.This is the story of one such hero. He was born Joseph De Veuster, a Belgian farm boy
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“We think we need to work more and more; but, what we need to do is pray more”(Dorothy Pilarski)”Our greatest work is our desire, our goal to be like Jesus. It’s work
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Photo Credit: Lel4nd on Flickr (Creative Commons)There’s a question I dread to answer each year.
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So, as I have said in the past, once a month I try to rent a car and take my mom out for a drive to somewhere or other,. We have been visiting old churches, waterfalls around the city of Hamilton, battlefields from 1812 and, sometimes, just driving through the countryside looking for something for her to draw
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May is Mary’s month, which often commences with the annual “May Crowning” at Catholic parishes and schools around the world. Today, Ellyn von Huben offers her signature hilarity and graceful reflection on this timely Catholic tradition
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Letter #69: Mary, and the Deceiver
Francis, Mary, and the DeceiverPope Francis returned to the Basilica of St. Mary Major this evening for the second time since he became Pope — the first time was at 8 a.m
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Letter #69: Mary, and the Deceiver