by John Freund, CM | Apr 6, 2013 | Pope
(Vatican Radio)Â Below we publish a translation of a communique issued Friday morning by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: The Holy Father today received in audience Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 6, 2013 | Pope
The AP reports …”Pope Francis on Saturday named a Spanish Franciscan to be the No. 2 at the Vatican’s office for religious orders, his first appointment to the Vatican bureaucracy badly in need of a shakeup. “Jose Rodriguez, who also was...
by Ross Reyes Dizon | Apr 6, 2013 | Reflections
Second Sunday of Easter (C), April 7, 2013 – Acts 5:12-16; Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19; Jn. 20:19-31 Many people then wanted Peter’s shadow at least to fall on them. Now, however, the figure representing those in the U.S., for example, who claim not to have any...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
S. Janet Gildea writes in the lead of the E-Voc newsletter of the Sisters of Charity of CIncinnati… “I wish God would just TELL ME what God wants of my life! I’m driving myself crazy trying to figure it out! How do I know if I’m really listening to God or if I’m...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 5, 2013 | Pope
Metaphors did not come to Pope Francis with the papacy. As archbishop of Buenos Aires, he used similar figures of speech to get simple, yet powerful, ideas across to his listeners writes Carol Glatz in The CatholicSpirit. The following are some metaphors that appear...
