Friday Abstinence for Vegans?
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: What do persons who don’t normally eat meat do about the church’s rules on abstinence, such as on the Fridays during Lent?...
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Historic Meeting: Pope and the Shiite Ayatollah
By Cindy Wooden – In a low-key meeting followed closely in Iraq and beyond, Pope Francis and Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the influential leader of Shiite Muslims in Iraq,...
Pope in Iraq: Hostility, Violence are ‘Betrayals’ of Religion
By Cindy Wooden – Traveling to the birthplace of Abraham, Pope Francis urged believers to prove their faith in the one God and father of all by...
Cleansing the Heart-Temple: 3rd Sunday of Lent
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB SERMON AND LISTENING TO THE WORD Theme: “Cleansing the Heart-Temple:-Purification process” Point of reflection: As human beings, we often sin, there is...
Pope Arrives In Iraq, Promoting Peace, Tolerance, Equality
By Cindy Wooden – To consolidate peace and ensure progress, the government and people of Iraq must never treat anyone as a second-class citizen and must work...
Pope: Honour Martyrs by Working for a Better Iraq
By Cindy Wooden – Visiting a Baghdad cathedral “hallowed by the blood of our brothers and sisters” murdered in a terrorist attack that shook the world, Pope Francis...
They Need Us, And We Need Them!
They are deadbeats who want free benefits from our country. They are taking our jobs. They are dangerous criminals who are hurting our people and our country....
Pope Francis Used a Donated Lamborghini to Help Rebuild Iraqi Christian Communities
Christians in Iraq’s Nineveh Plains were able to rebuild a nursery school and other facilities destroyed by the Islamic State thanks to a custom Lamborghini auctioned off by...
90 days Regimen of Prayer, Asceticism Gets Men’s Attention
By Jodi Marlin – Three months of cold showers and no alcohol, soda, dessert or televised sports: It sounds less like Lent and more like a military...
Mass Readings: 7 March – 14 March, 2021
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year 1 Sunday 7 March, 3rd Sunday of Lent Exodus 20:1-17, Psalms 19:8-11, 1 Corinthians 1:22-25, John 2:13-25 Monday 8...
3rd Sunday of Lent Reflection
Illusions of Righteousness Readings: Exodus 17:3-7, Psalms 95: 1-2, 6-7, 8-9, Romans 5: 1-2, 5-8, John 4: 5-42 Violence both attracts and repels us! Violence wells up in our mimetic desire and rivalry...
Doctors Without Borders Campaign Against Pandemic Patents
By Carol Glatz – As members of the World Trade Organisation consider a request to allow countries to waive certain types of intellectual property on COVID-19 vaccines...
Catholic sculptor hopes to inspire with his liturgical art
By Zoey Maraist – When he was 7 years old, Dony Mac Manus’ mother gave him a bag of clay for his birthday. The boy wasn’t thrilled...
