Apr

10

Priesthood-Promotion Group Releases Identity Card

April 10, 2009 | 2 Comments

A group of Catholic communications professionals is promoting a way to claim Christ every time you open your wallet — a Catholic identity card.
WorldPriest, based in both the United States and Ireland, is launching the initiative this Easter. The group noted the timeliness of the initiative, given that Benedict XVI has declared June 19, 2009, [...]

Apr

10

Poll: Most Americans Celebrate Easter

April 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Nearly two-thirds of Americans will be attending Church services this Easter, according to a poll released by the Knights of Columbus.
The fraternal organization released on Thursday the results of a poll conducted by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.
Of those surveyed, 63% said they plan to observe Easter by attending a Church service. Among [...]

Apr

10

Christ’s Poverty

April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Christ’s experience of suffering during his Passion
on Good Friday was authentic and freely assumed in
combat against the powers of evil. There, we are on
the level of action. The experience of Holy Saturday
is contemplative and passive. The experience of
death, before the Father raised him, is one of the
absences of life, of solitude, of nothingness.
We must know [...]

Apr

10

Tolkien’s Dark Lord at the UN

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Hobbit Alliance Brings Triumph of Hope
By Elizabeth Lev
ROME, APRIL 9, 2009 (Zenit.org).- It was an epic tale of triumph worthy of J.R.R. Tolkien. The events at the U.N. Population and Development Commission last week could have been taken straight out of his great trilogy “The Lord of the Rings.”
Last week, representatives from 47 countries gathered [...]

Apr

10

Spanish Priests Asked to Tithe

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The priests of Spain are being asked to give up a little something extra this Holy Week: 10% of their salary.
Bishop Ángel Rubio Castro of Segovia made the request Monday to some 120 priests of his diocese, suggesting they donate a part of their May salary to the local Caritas chapter. He said the gesture [...]