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Second Vatican Council did not reject Eucharistic adoration outside of Mass
Rome, Italy, Jun 7, 2012 / 05:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI says the Second Vatican Council did not reject Eucharistic adoration outside of Mass, including the Corpus Christi procession that he led this evening in Rome. “One unilateral interpretation of the Second Vatican Council has penalized this dimension, restricting in practice the Eucharist… Read More ›
A nun who whispers to the soul of India
Junagadh: Age has yet to catch up with Prasanna Devi, a 67-year-old Catholic sadhvi – ascetic – who has lived alone in a mountainside forest for 38 years. The only concession she grants to her advancing years is to go less often to church. After all, it takes her an hour-and-a-half to walk there through… Read More ›
Jesus’ Crucifixion Date Possibly Friday April 3, 33 A.D., According To Earthquake Study
A new study suggests that the Biblical date of Jesus’ crucifixion is, in fact, possible to confirm. The International Geology Review investigated an earthquake that was said to have occurred the same date as Jesus’ crucifixion; which was most likely Friday April 3, 33 A.D. In Gospel of of Matthew, Chapter 27 says: “And when… Read More ›
Vatican publishes guidelines on apparitions, private revelations
Vatican City, May 24, 2012 / 12:13 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has published guidelines to help the Church worldwide handle claims of private revelations and apparitions. In his preface to the new publication, prefect Cardinal William J. Levada voiced his “firm hope” that the norms will aid… Read More ›
St. Hildegard of Bingen, OSB, to be declared Doctor of the Church
Vatican City, May 27, 2012 / 10:34 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will declare St. Hildegard of Bingen and St. John of Avila as Doctors of the Church on Oct. 7 2012 at the beginning of this year’s Synod of Bishops in Rome. “These two great witnesses of the faith… Read More ›
Pope says personal conversion is first step of New Evangelization
Vatican City, May 24, 2012 / 03:48 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI told the bishops of Italy today that personal holiness is an indispensable first step to reconverting their country and the Western world to Christianity. “The fundamental condition in order to be able to speak about God is to speak with God, increasingly… Read More ›
Secular society needs Catholicism, pope tells US bishops
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In five speeches over a period of six months, Pope Benedict XVI warned visiting U.S. bishops of the threats that an increasingly secularized society poses to the Catholic Church in America, especially in the areas of religious liberty, sexual morality and the definition of marriage. Yet the pope did not advise… Read More ›
Addicted to your cellphone? Nomophobia on the rise
By NBCMiami.com We use cellphones every day. But for a growing number of people, staying connected is an obsession. According to a study by SecurEnvoy, a company that deals in mobile phone technology, the fear of being apart from your cellphone is on the rise. It’s called Nomophobia, as in “No mobile phone phobia,” and 66 percent of the… Read More ›
New book asks: Is US a ‘nation of heretics?’
New York City, N.Y., May 1, 2012 / 04:02 am (CNA).- Are Americans actually trading in faith for a more secular outlook? Or is the country’s religious center merely shifting – toward a array of sects, visionaries, charismatic leaders and unorthodox doctrines? In his new book “Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics”… Read More ›
Extreme Super Moon on May 6th
On May 6, 2012 we will have the closest lunar perigee of the year to coincide with a full moon, known as an Extreme Super Moon. What is a Super Moon you ask? It’s when the moon gets to its closest point to Earth coinciding with a syzygy within 90% or greater of its mean… Read More ›