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Tag Archives: New Evangelization
Card-To-Be Dolan addressed the College of Cardinals and Holy Father
From CNA comes a report of what Card-To-Be Dolan of New York said to the College of Cardinals about the New Evangelization. [Read the whole thing here.] My emphases. Vatican City, Feb 17, 2012 / 12:55 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In … Read More
Irish Times: Public decries closure of embassy to the Vatican
I didn’t expect this. From the Irish Times: Public decries closure of embassy to the Vatican By Paul O’Brien, Political Editor Monday, January 16, 2012 TÁNAISTE Eamon Gilmore’s decision to close the Irish embassy to the Vatican was met with … Read More
Bp. Sample on how as a child he was catechized… NOT!
Michael Voris made a video about an interview conducted by Catholic World News with an old friend of mine of many years ago, His Excellency Most Reverend Alex Sample, Bishop of Marquette. Voris has a summary of an important point … Read More
Archbp. Martin: “Irish Catholics are very weak, and that’s the fault of generations of the Church…”
From CNA: Dublin archbishop says lapsed Catholics should admit their non-belief By Benjamin Mann Dublin, Ireland, Dec 14, 2011 / 06:05 am (CNA).- Non-practicing and non-believing Irish Catholics should be honest about their relation to the Church, Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid … Read More
Bp. Etienne: “Secularism is the moral grizzly bear of our day!”
The Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming (covering the whole state), His Excellency Most Reverend Paul Etienne, has a blog. I have posted about his hunting with the Mystic Monk Coffee Carmelites in northern Wyoming. Also in the Diocese of Cheyenne is … Read More
Pope announces a “Year of Faith” for 2012-13
The other day the Holy Father celebrated a Mass a Mass for participants in an event hosted by the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, during which he also used a raised platform to move from one end of the … Read More
Bp. Sample explains his vision for New Evangelization and Sacred Liturgy
My friend Fr John Boyle of the blog Caritas in veritate sums up a convocation of priests in the Diocese of Marquette. His notes about Bishop Alex Sample’s remarks are worth reading in full. Here is an excerpt of the … Read More
Are there big changes coming for the Church in Ireland?
From the Irish Examiner comes something that makes sense. Vatican has ‘dramatic’ plans for Irish Church By Jennifer Hough Saturday, August 13, 2011 THE Vatican is planning “something dramatic” for the Irish Church in the coming months which could see … Read More
Exorcism of a Community
Troops and officers who go into battle would do well to familiarize themselves with all the weapons at their disposal. They should know a) that they have them, b) what they do and c) how to use them and when. … Read More
Suffer the little ones to learn Gregorian chant and Latin
Liturgical liberals usually run down the intelligence of people in the pews, saying among other things that Joe and Mary Catholic will not be able to understand the new, corrected translation, or quod Deus avertat, LATIN. “It’s toooo haaard!“, they … Read More
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