Threads in a Magazine
Dear Reader, Our cover this month features a young priest who made the unusual transition from Lutheran ministry to Catholic […]
2024
Pope: Catholics working in media can de-escalate today’s war of words
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Help “de-weaponise” the way language is used in the media by being respectful to others
Dicastery doubles down: Bishops shouldn’t stop blessings for gay couples
By Justin McLellan, CNS – While bishops may take a cautious approach to the Vatican’s guidance on blessing same-sex or
Epiphany of the Lord Reflection
Franciscan Reflections From The Hermitage – Christmas – Epiphany of the Lord Franciscans have a long history of standing at the
Our Lady of Fatima statues donor dies at 83
The donor of over a thousand statues of Our Lady of Fatima to South African churches and around the world,
Italian priest excommunicated for schismatic act during Mass
By Carol Glatz, CNS – An Italian Catholic priest has been excommunicated for having publicly committed “an act of a
Everyone faces temptation, but Jesus is always close by, pope says
By Justin McLellan, CNS- Temptation – a constant in spiritual life – is an opportunity for Christians to remember that
Vatican reports 20 missionaries murdered in 2023
By Carol Glatz, CNS – In its annual report on Catholic missionaries murdered during the year, the Vatican-based news agency,
Mass Readings: 7 January – 14 January, 2024
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year II Sunday January 7, Epiphany of the Lord Is 60:1-6/ Ps 72: