Day 9: Sodom and Gomorrah (2022)
Fr. Mike breaks down the story of Sodom and Gomorrah today as we read Genesis 18-19, Job 7-8, and Proverbs 2:1-5. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children – parental discretion is advised.
St. Adrian, Abbot of Canterbury
There is very little information handed down to us about Saint Adrian, but this much is certain: He was born in Africa in the seventh century and while still a very young man became abbot of a Benedictine monastery near Naples. He had turned down an appointment as archbishop of Canterbury, persuading the pope to name […]
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Pencil Preaching for Sunday, January 9, 2022
Nigerian bishop who criticized government over Christian persecution called in for questioning: report
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah. / Aid to the Church in Need/James Nicholls. Denver Newsroom, Jan 8, 2022 / 15:33 pm (CNA). A prominent Nigerian bishop has reportedly been ordered in for questioning by a state security agency, after the prelate cri… […]
Report: Nigerian Bishop Who Criticized Government Over Christian Persecution Called in for Questioning
Courtesy photo Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah. Bishop Matthew Kukah, who leads the Sokoto diocese in Nigeria’s northwestern corner, released a Christmas message in which he said the government seems to have left the fate of Nigerians in the hands of “evil men.”
A Baptism Unlike Any Other
Each Christmas season wraps up (pun intended) with the Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord. The three synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) each record this pivotal theophany, in which Jesus was revealed as the Christ in His baptism in the waters of the Jordan River. This theophany is rivaled only by Our Lord’s transfiguration on Mount Tabor. Both […]
Pope Francis: Let’s ‘begin again with more humanity’ amid pandemic
Pope Francis meets members of the Sts. Peter and Paul Association at the Vatican, Jan. 8, 2021. / Vatican Media. Vatican City, Jan 8, 2022 / 06:38 am (CNA). Pope Francis urged members of a Vatican-based lay association on Saturday to “begin aga… […]
In reversal, Missionaries of Charity in India again permitted to receive foreign donations
Missionaries of Charity house, Kolkata India. / Zvonimir Atletic via www.shutterstock.com. Denver Newsroom, Jan 8, 2022 / 08:35 am (CNA). The Missionaries of Charity have been cleared to receive and use foreign funding in India, after the relig… […]
Phony Pro-Life Prelate
CHICAGO (ChurchMilitant.com) – The Coalition for Canceled Priests is confronting the cardinal of Chicago. The coalition mobilized Saturday on the steps of Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral in protest of Cdl. Blase Cupich’s heavy-handed attack on the Traditional Latin Mass — and shortly after at the Windy City’s Federal Plaza for the annual March for Life to protest his hypocritical stance […]