ACI Prensa, CNA—In the history of the Catholic Church various saints and blesseds have described what hell is like, based on visions and messages they received during their lives. Hell’s structure St. Teresa of Ávila, a doctor of the Church, related in her Autobiography that when the Lord showed her hell, she experienced that she…
The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education (ICLE) is pleased to invite all clergy and religious to a complimentary webinar taking place tomorrow, January 25, with their Executive Director, Elisabeth Sullivan. The webinar will discuss the growing renewal of Catholic education and the key role played by priests and religious. IMPORTANT NOTE: The Institute of Catholic…
Vatican City—According to the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, the Pope’s main concern is that the 2025 Jubilee Year be prepared in the best possible way. Speaking after an audience with Pope Francis on 3 January, Archbishop Rino Fisichella said that during the meeting the Pope approved the motto proposed…
CNA—UPDATED 01/17/23—The Permanent Council of the French Bishops’ Conference has expressed carefully delineated support for the Fiducia Supplicans declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on pastoral blessings. In a Jan. 10 statement, the French Bishops Council acknowledged that the declaration addresses a sensitive topic, namely “the accompaniment in the Church for…
CNA—After a long journey to the Catholic faith, Hilary (born in 310) was baptized in 345 and elected bishop of Poitiers in 353. His first work, “Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew,” (the link is to an English translation) is the oldest surviving Latin commentary on that Gospel. Pope Pius IX formally recognized him as…
CNA—Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignation of Major Archbishop Cardinal George Alencherry of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, based in India, commending the prelate’s faithfulness after decades of leadership in that Church. At the same time, the Holy Father addressed an ongoing bitter dispute in the archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, directing the faithful there to accept…
CNA—Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of the Diocese of Wenzhou in the eastern region of Zhejiang, China, was arrested by Chinese security forces on Jan. 2, according to a report by AsiaNews. During his arrest, the bishop was, according to an AsiaNews source, instructed to “take clothes for spring, summer, autumn, and winter,” indicating that his detention…
Jimmy Lai, the embattled Hong Kong Catholic democracy activist, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to all charges leveled against him in his national security trial there. Lai, the Chinese-born founder of the anti-government newspaper Apple Daily, entered a not-guilty plea to the charges of conspiring to collude with a foreign power. The 76-year-old Lai was…
ACI Prensa—An interview with the president of EWTN Spain about his book on the existence of God has gone viral on social media, underlining the interest of the so-called Gen Z (those born in 1997 or later) in the mystery of the existence of God. José Carlos González-Hurtado discussed his book “Nuevas Evidencias Científicas de…
CNA—The SEEK24 Catholic conference, put on by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), wrapped up this week in St. Louis, having attracted some 24,000 people for talks, workshops, and worship, including a massive session of Eucharistic adoration. As impressive as it was to have a group that size gathered to adore the Eucharistic Jesus,…
CNA/ACI Prensa—On Jan. 6, the Catholic Church celebrates the solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. On that day we commemorate the “manifestation” of the expected Messiah, who reveals himself to all the peoples of humanity, represented by the Three Wise Men who arrived in Bethlehem from the East. The Gospel according to St. Matthew…
CNA—Traditionally on the feast of Epiphany, Catholics bless their homes by writing the letters C, M, and B and the numbers of the year on either side — so this year it would look like “20+C+M+B+24.” The letters stand for the tradtional names of the three Magi: Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar. They also represent the…
Bishop David M. O’Connell of the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, is recovering in a hospital in Rome after suffering a heart attack Thursday, the diocese said. “He was taken to Santo Spirito hospital where he had surgery to open a completely closed artery,” the diocese said in a written statement Friday. “… Bishop O’Connell is resting…
The Augustine Institute, a partner of ICLE, recently announced their Open Classroom offerings for Spring 2024. Open Classroom provides low-cost, not-for-credit courses from the Graduate School of Theology to learners at all levels whose aims may include professional development for apostolic work, continuing education for teachers, theological training for the diaconate, as well as personal…
Dearest Brothers and Sisters, May the Lord give you Peace! Tonight’s Gospel echoes the voice of a deep feeling, which I believe we all share: “there was no room for them” (Lk. 2:7). As it was for Mary and Joseph so it seems for us today that there is no room for Christmas. For too…
CNA—Christmas is a time of reconciliation. God himself chose to become a man, coming into the world to save fallen humanity and reconcile it with himself. Christmas represents a dramatic break with conventional patterns and changes paradigms. Such is also the case of Zubair Simonson, a former Muslim who converted to Catholicism and shared his…
Pope Francis on Friday had an audience with Cardinal Raymond Burke, the Vatican said, several weeks after a flurry of media-perceived controversy involving the pontiff and the 75-year-old U.S.-born prelate. A release from the Holy See Press Office briefly mentioned that the pope had met with Burke in an audience on Friday morning. No reason…
December 23, 2023
All of us at the Catholic Business Journal, including Daily Mass Readings manager Sarah Atchley (Thomas Aquinas College grad and Augustine Institute grad) , our Columnists including Tim Von Dohlen and Thomas A. Carroll, CFA, and The Mentor Radio hosts Thomas “Tom” M. Loarie and Dan Hesse (both University of Notre Dame grads) wish you…
We cull here primarily from the Wall Street Journal and from the BBC, all links are included below for more robust reading. Today, three years after his arrest by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) who now rule Hong Kong, devout Catholic and successful, wealthy news mogul Jimmy Lai was arrested. He faces life in prison…
Christians in Jerusalem began the weekend before Christmas with an evening of prayer and music. On Friday, Dec. 22, in the Church of St. Saviour, the Latin parish of Jerusalem, a small crowd of faithful gathered around the patriarch, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, for the penitential liturgy and Christmas carols performed by the three choirs of…
