by John Freund, CM | Dec 25, 2010 | Church
Dear Brothers and Sisters!“You are my son, this day I have begotten you” – with this passage from Psalm 2 the Church begins the liturgy of this holy night. She knows that this passage originally formed part of the coronation rite of the kings of Israel. The king, who...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 25, 2010 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Marian Youth
“Now, at a time when Europe greatly needs to rediscover its Christian roots, our meeting will take place in Madrid with the theme: “Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith” (cf. Col 2:7). I encourage you to take part in this event,...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 26, 2010 | Vincentian Family
In his Angelus message today, as part of his reflection on service to others, the Pope recalled that Monday is the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, a priest whom he said 350 years ago in France knew how to organize stable forms of service to marginalized people ...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 20, 2010 | Church
The NCR has posted a comprehensive list of links not only to John Allen’s insightful artles but other coverage and perpsectives on the bautification of Cardinal Newman. See also Zenit
by John Freund, CM | May 9, 2010 | Church
According to “Clerical Whispers” , the Pope will receive text messages from those whoc could not attend Regina Coeli, RaiUno television’s “In His Image” program to show solidarity with the Pope. They claim that all messages sent to (+39)...