As thrones before Him fall: Christ is our King

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 11/25/2018 - 02:14

Crown Him with many crowns,

The Lamb upon His throne.

Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns

All music but its own.

Awake, my soul, and sing,

Of him who died for thee,

And hail him as thy matchless king

Through all eternity. — Crown Him With Many Crowns hymn

This Sunday, November 25, sends off Ordinary Time with a solemn celebration of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. Established by Pope Pius XI in 1925, it was meant to counter secularism as a denial of Christ’s kingship.

Vatican’s ‘diplomacy of beauty’ on display in new Russian exhibit

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 11/22/2018 - 12:47

It’s hard to imagine a better location than St. Peter’s Square for a Russian art exhibit that aspires to build a bridge not only between the Vatican and the Kremlin, but also between the individual and the universal.

Located in the Charlemagne section of the colonnade surrounding the famous square, the exhibit called Pilgrimage of Russian Art, From Dionysius to Malevich opened to the public Nov. 20. It showcases 54 masterpieces from the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow in a place that’s accessible to all.

World Day of the Poor: Being guided by the world's poor

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 11/18/2018 - 00:44

In November 2016, at the end of the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis announced that from now on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, the penultimate Sunday of the liturgical calendar, would be dedicated to the poorest people in the world.

Sunday Nov. 18 is the International Day of the Poor. This is not a celebration of poverty equated with that type misery that should be eradicated, but of poor women and men who cannot be eradicated, because they are people. Christ told us the poor will always be with us. But why?

Full text of King Abdullah speech as he accepted 2018 Templeton Prize

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 11/14/2018 - 13:09

His Majesty King Abdullah delivered a speech at a ceremony in Washington DC as he accepted 2018 Templeton Prize on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. His Majesty underlined Jordan's historic privilege as the land of prophets and its role in maintaining and defending their message of peace and goodness.

Following is the full text of the speech:

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful,

Thank you, all.

Zaccone: The Shroud? As Wojtyla said, it is the “mirror of the Gospel”

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 11/09/2018 - 12:04

Interview with the Director of the International Centre for Studies on the Sacred Linen after the reopening of the Guarini Chapel in Turin, home of the Shroud until the 1997 fire broke out on the night of 11 April.

Professor Gian Maria Zaccone, why is it important to reopen the Chapel of Guarini?

'Let’s take traditionalism to how Jesus lived and acted with sinners'

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 11/03/2018 - 16:41

Stephen Walford has become the unlikely English defender of Pope Francis’ mission of mercy when it comes to marriage and the family. A married father-of-five living in Southampton, on the south coast of Great Britain, is a conservative Catholic who teaches the piano and has a sideline in writing theology.

Pakistan, Asia Bibi has been acquitted

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 10/31/2018 - 22:27

The Supreme Court orders the immediate release of the woman sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy. State of maximum alert in the country for threats from radical groups .

Asia Bibi has been acquitted. Today, October 31, at 9:20 a.m. (5:20 a.m. in Italy), the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared innocent the Christian woman arrested in 2009 and sentenced to death in 2010 for alleged blasphemy, ordering her immediate release. The tragic ordeal of Asia Bibi ended after more than 9 years of imprisonment, isolation and suffering.