The latest in a long line of studies, now numbering in the hundreds, if not thousands, shows that church attendance is good for your health.
Published in May by researchers from Vanderbilt University, the study found that middle-aged adults who attended religious services at least once in the past year were half as likely to die prematurely as those who didn’t.
In the Holy See they are trying whatever they can to help little Charlie. The deployment of Papal diplomatic forces is at maximum levels. The possibility of giving the 10-month-old severely ill English child, a Vatican citizenship, has also been studied but it would not solve the legal question.
The Acts of the Apostles tell that, when Peter passed by, the sick were placed in his shadow, and when he touched them, they were cured (Acts, Chapter 5, verse 5).
"Our approach has taken cue from the words of the Pope, who hopes the parents will be allowed to accompany and treat their child until the end." With this statement Mariella Enoc, president of Vatican’s Baby Jesus hospital, explained how the Holy See's health structure has stepped in recent days case of Charlie Gard, the infant who suffers from mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, a rare and fatal illness. Decisive was to establish a direct relationship with Charlie's mother who called on the phone Mrs.
The US offers an experimental treatment and the Vatican pediatric Hospital to transfer Charlie Gard to its facilities.
Overlooking easy persecution campaigns, the pastor of Lahore tells the life of a Catholic community whose relationship with Muslims is growing wiser.
The Church, in July, traditionally honors the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. By His blood we are washed of sin and given eternal life.
Pope Saint John XXIII, with his apostolic letter “Inde a Primis” (June 30, 1960), explained its meaning and approved the litanies of the Precious Blood of Christ.
Benedict XVI said of this devotion:
"If Christians knew the power of the Rosary, it would be the end of me!"
Following are excerpts from private dialogues between Satan and Fr. Gabriele Amorth, an exorcist in Rome who died recently at the age of 91. Satan and this priest confronted each other on many occasions. Fr. Amorth heard it all—difficult, harsh discussions, and of course full of lies, because the devil’s action is based on lies.
THE DEVIL’S REPLY
In a survey conducted by Pew Research Centre in March 2017 and published last week, Jordanians were reported to have the highest (82 per cent) unfavourable views of the US, among the 37 nations surveyed across the globe.
When examined further, a rather contrary reality is uncovered because a different tool is designed to measure the operational components of how Jordanians perceive American-Jordanian relations.
When Pope Francis canonized child seers and siblings Francisco and Jacinta Marto May 13, the centenary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary at Fatima, he added to a long list of children and young people who are at some point on the road of sainthood. Granted, the number of child saints is a small percentage of the 10,000 saints and blesseds recognized by the Church.
