by John Freund, CM | Jan 3, 2013 | Church
Band of Sisters tells the story of Catholic nuns and their work for social justice after Vatican II of the 1960s. For Catholics who wonder what became of the nuns they knew in habits and convents many years ago, for activists who may feel profoundly discouraged given...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 26, 2012 | Church
Bono: Catholics Should be Made Aware of How Their Church Helped Secure Debt Forgiveness A CNA/EWTN article describing Bono’s comments about the Catholic Church’s pivotal role in the debt forgiveness of and how it helped build schools reads in part: Vatican City, Nov...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 11, 2012 | Church, Evangelization, News
Famvin has pointed to the amazing growth of Pinterest in previous posts. Now Tami Heim of Sticky Jesus offers 10 Amazingly Easy Ways to Live Out Your Faith on Pinterest. If after reading this would like to share your Vincentian Faith...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 1, 2012 | Church
Rocco Palmo of “Whispers in the Loggia” website writes…”The Church’s Deepest Nature” – In His Own Call, B16 Directs Catholic Charities Released by surprise at Roman Noon this Saturday, the following is the Vatican’s official...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 26, 2012 | Church
John Allen writes, Pope Benedict XVI said he wanted his Nov. 24 consistory, the fifth of his papacy, to express the universality of Catholicism. His choice of six new cardinals from every continent except Europe was designed to convey, as he put it Saturday, that the...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 24, 2012 | Church, News
Pope Benedict XVI’s fourth encyclical will be released in the first half of 2013, timed to coincide with the Year of Faith. “The Pope is preparing a new encyclical on the subject of faith, to be published in the first half of next year, during the Year of Faith,”...