by John Freund, CM | Oct 21, 2012 | Church
The cardinal reminded the crowd to remember the “uns”: the unemployed, the uninsured, the unwanted, the unwed mother, and her innocent, fragile unborn baby in her womb, the undocumented. “Government, Al Smith believed, should be on the side of these “uns.” Pray for...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 18, 2012 | Church, News
How can we think about “new evangelization” AND “media” Fr. Robert Barron offers his reflections in this YouTube video. He has become one of the main faces of American Catholicism. Outside the academic world, Fr. Barron is best known for his...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 12, 2012 | Church, News
The Australian National eConference on Vatican II – an Event of Grace, was held at Pennant Hills, a northern suburb of Sydney, on October 10, The eConference was sponsored by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, the Broken Bay Institute and John Garratt...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 11, 2012 | Church, News
(Romereports.com) Archbishop of Canterbury,Rowan Williams, the main leader of the Anglican Communion, shared his ideas on the New Evangelization with the Pope and 262 Catholic bishops from all over the world gathered in Rome to participate in the synod. “A true...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 11, 2012 | Church, News
(Romereports.com) “During the Second Vatican Council there was an emotional tension as we faced the common task of making the truth and beauty of the faith shine out in our time, without sacrificing it to the demands of the present or leaving it tied to the past”,...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 5, 2012 | Church
The CatholicSpirit Website offers Ten ways Catholics can enter into the Year of Faith The list complements suggestions that can also be found in Archbishop John Nienstedt’s pastoral letter on the new evangelization. The letter is inserted inside this issue of The...