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Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers Bible Library A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Chinese Bishops Suddenly Depart Synod on Synodality 2 Weeks Early, Return to China Without Explanation This Is the Meaning of Life in a Nutshell... Joseph Pearce Is it possible to summarize the meaning of life in a thousand words or so? Can the key questions that have preoccupied great philosophers for millennia be encapsulated in the idiomatic nutshell? The answer is yes. And the reason is that the key questions have been answered with authority by the Author of Life Himself. What is truth? Who is man? Who are we? And where are we going? The first of these questions was asked by Pontius Pilate in his native Latin: Quid est veritas? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Caesar and the King: A Reflection on the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time... Scott Hahn The Lord is king over all the earth, as we sing in today’s Psalm. Governments rise and fall by His permission, with no authority but that given from above. In effect, God says to every ruler what He tells King Cyrus in today’s First Reading: “I have called you ... though you knew me not.” The Lord raised up Cyrus to restore the Israelites from exile, and to rebuild Jerusalem (see Ezra 1:1–4). Throughout salvation history, God has used foreign rulers for the sake of His chosen people. Pharaoh’s heart was hardened to reveal God’s power. Invading armies were used to punish Israel’s sins... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vatican communications chief Paolo Ruffini ‘clarifies’ matter of unsecured Synod file server... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45 Years Ago, the Great John Paul II Was Elected Pope... John Grondelski Monday, Oct. 16 marks 45 years to the day that Cardinal Pericles Felici announced that “Karol, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Wojtyla” had been elected pope. He was the first non-Italian since Dutchman Adrian VI in 1523. From the perspective of nearly half a century — more than half of which was taken up by the pontificate of St. John Paul II — there’s no question Wojtyła put an indelible mark on the papacy and the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apostolic Exhortation ‘C’est la Confiance’ on Confidence in the Merciful Love of God for the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of St. Thérèse... Pope Francis St. Thérèse is one of the best known and most beloved saints in our world. Like St. Francis of Assisi, she is loved by non-Christians and nonbelievers as well. We would do well to delve more deeply into her message as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of her birth in Alençon (2 January 1873) and the centenary of her beatification. Yet I have not chosen to issue this Exhortation on either of those dates... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Sunday, What God’s Invitation Says... Tom Hoopes In the days before he died, Jesus wanted us to know we were invited to a big marriage feast in his honor, according to the readings for the 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A.For the last few weeks, and for the remainder of the liturgical year, the Church will present words spoken by Jesus after entering into Jerusalem, as he faced his imminent death. This gives them a high importance and a telling context.The first person to apply any parable to is yourself.The Wedding Banquet story this Sunday completes a picture we have seen in the Vineyard parables the last two weeks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synod on Synodality Reports Not ‘Secret,’ But Still Won't Be Shared, Spokesman Says... Jonathan Liedl Small group reports from the Synod on Synodality won’t be made public — even though the documents have already been accessed by some journalists following an information security oversight. The decision was communicated Saturday by Paolo Ruffini, president of the Synod’s communication commission, at a press briefing earlier today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardinal Zen Calls Pope Francis’ ‘Dubia’ Response on Same-Sex Blessings ‘Pastorally Untenable’... Edward Pentin Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun has criticized some of Pope Francis’ responses to five dubia that he and four other cardinals sent him ahead of the Synod on Synodality, saying among other criticisms that the Pope’s guidance on the blessing of same-sex unions is “pastorally untenable.” In an Oct. 12 statement posted on his website, the bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, who signed the dubia sent to the Pope on July 11, said the Pope’s responses, which were sent a day later and which the Vatican made public on Oct. 2... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why the latest USCCB nominees lean in one direction... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catholic Church Wrestles With Response to Hamas’ Atrocities... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Confidential Synod on Synodality Documents Posted to Unsecured Vatican Cloud Server... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Asks Catholics Worldwide to Pray and Fast on Oct. 17 for Peace in the Holy Land... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who is Blessed Carlo Acutis? 10 things you should know about him, whose feast day is Oct. 12... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Eucharist in Times Square: Procession With Father Mike Schmitz Draws Thousands on NYC Streets... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synod on Synodality: The Church’s being is Christ, her ecology the Gospel... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ‘Pro-life Spiderman’ arrested for climbing Chicago skyscraper that houses Israeli consulate... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why does the priest put water in the wine at Mass? Here are the best small towns in each of the 50 states... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party or Perish!... Msgr. Charles Pope The past three Sundays have featured shocking parables about our readiness, fruitfulness, and decision as to whether to accept and enter the Kingdom of God. The Lord has used the image of a vineyard extensively: a vineyard into which workers are dispatched at different times of the day but who have different attitudes about what is due to them at the end of the day; a vineyard into which two sons are sent, one of whom goes and one who does not... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem, Offers to be Exchanged for Hostages Held by Hamas... Courtney Mares The Latin Catholic patriarch of Jerusalem has offered to be exchanged for the children being held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Hamas. Speaking to journalists via video conference on Oct.16, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa was asked if he would be willing to offer himself in exchange to free the children hostages who were taken in Hamas’ attack on Israel last week. The cardinal responded that he is willing to do anything to “bring those children home.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Gaza war, Israel v. Christian leaders may be preview of Israel v. Vatican... John Allen Wars, especially in the 21st century, are fought on multiple levels. Beyond what happens on the battlefield, there’s also the “soft power” contest to claim the high moral ground, and in that sense, one of the emerging fronts in the bloody conflict in Gaza now pits Israel against the Christian leadership of the Holy Land. In that standoff, the Vatican for the moment appears caught somewhere in the middle, though over time it’s likely that its position will shift in the direction of the Christian leadership... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pope Francis Highlights ‘Little Greatness’ of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in New Apostolic Letter... Hannah Brockhaus Pope Francis has commended the “little greatness” of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in a new message focusing on the 19th-century Carmelite’s relevance for the Church today.St. Thérèse’s “genius consists in leading us to what is central, essential and indispensable,” the pope wrote in an apostolic letter published Oct. 15. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardinal Roche’s Welcome Tonic Against the Toxins of Catholic Polarization... Fr. Raymond de Souza At the prayer vigil to launch the Synod on Synodality, St. Peter’s Square was decorated to look like a garden. That prompted me to return to some recent summer reading, The Gardens of God by Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship. I recommend it as a welcome tonic against the toxins of polarization in the Church today. At the synod on Wednesday, Cardinal Roche took a routine role in the opening prayers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How World War I helped popularize candy bars... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ‘Normal’ hatred, synodal ‘secrecy’, and ‘original language’... Ed Condon Like everyone else, I have been watching the horror of what is happening in Israel. And like some, I can be upfront about my lack of any worthwhile opinion on what, if anything, can be done to effect peace in a region, and between peoples, who have known nothing but violence for so long. I can also admit to a total lack of objectivity here. Some years ago, I lived in Israel for a brief time... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cardinal Tucho’s transparency test... Luke Coppen In the Oct. 10 conversation with the Spanish website Religión Digital, the new prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) spoke about his department’s responsibility for clerical abuse cases. The interview took place in the context of the synod on synodality, in which the newly minted cardinal is an active participant. This week, the assembly elected him as a member of the synod’s information commission, representing Latin America. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synod on Synodality’s Managers Withhold Names of Small-Group Members... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I urge all Catholic families to watch this movie... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synod Files: In October’s big Vatican events, will the pigeons come home to roost? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Real liturgy is far more powerful than its digital counterfeit... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some Basic Facts and Clarifications About the Angels... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synod on Synodality’s New Methodology Could Skew Reports on Controversial Issues... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miracles continue to happen at the Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is the body of Blessed Carlo Acutis incorrupt? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get this entire Catholic website as an instant digital download... 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