Two waves of air strikes targeted training camps and weapon storage areas: Egypt has bombed [Muslim Brotherhood] ISIS targets in Libya in response to the murder of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians. According to Egyptian state television, two waves of air strikes targeted training camps and weapon storage areas. ISIS Is Completely Fabricated: Muslim Brotherhood Are…
Conversion and confession, justice and pastoralness, liberty and truth – all concepts of ecclesial doctrine that risk remaining abstract if not applied to the concrete reality of people, to their wounds and to their sins. Then there’s the question: must the Church adapt herself to the exigencies of the times, to the divorced who seek…
The saint of Lourdes … the saint of penance … the saint of poverty … Our Lady’s child visionary is also to many the saint of family. Born January 7, 1844 at a time of prosperity for her family, her parents and younger siblings lived in an environment of deep love and devotion for each other.…
Dear Brothers, I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are…
Christmas, 1776. Summer had begun with strong declarations of noble ideals, but by winter the cause of liberty seemed to be at low ebb. Having suffered defeat after defeat, many had all but given up hope. It looked like freedom would succumb yet again, as it had throughout history, to the forces of authoritarianism and…
Old Testament Prophecies of Jesus Christ that were fulfilled in the New Testament Jesus is eternal in His existence Micah 5:1-2 (NIV) Marshal your troops, O city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel‘s ruler on the cheek with a rod. 2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are…
