The talk of a Catholic revival spurred by a surge in adult conversions is misplaced, writes Matthew Schmitz in FirstThings.com (May 12). Conversions show no signs of offsetting the broader decline of Catholic life in the United States. Schmitz points to statistics. In 2000, 2.6 million American children attended Catholic schools. By 2025, that number had fallen to 1.6 million. In 2001, more than a quarter-million Catholic weddings took place in the United States; by 2024, there were only around 107,000. Infant baptisms have also collapsed: more than one million infants were baptized in the Church in 2001, compared with fewer than half a million in 2024. "Catholicism" in Service of U.S. Political Interests At the same time, Schmitz argues that while the Church is shrinking institutionally, Catholic ideas and language are allegely shaping public debate in America. Discussions about immigration, war, political authority, and moral responsibility are now often conducted using Catholic concepts …കൂടുതൽ
[Saint Albert the Great – Albertus Magnus – XIII Century AD; born: Duchy of Bavaria/died: Cologne, Holy Roman Empire; (Aged ca 80); German Dominican friar, philosopher, scientist, and bishop; one of the greatest medieval philosophers and thinkers; Doctor of the Church] Chapter 9 ~ How much the contemplation of God is to be preferred to all other exercises Now since all things other than God are the effect and work of the Creator himself, their having ability and being is a limited power and existence, and being as they are created out of nothing, they are circumscribed by the effects of their nothingness, while their tendency of themselves towards nothingness means that we receive our existence, preservation and activity moment by moment from the Creator himself, along with whatever other qualities created things may have, just as we receive their insufficiency to any action of themselves, both with regard to themselves and to others, in relation to him whose operation they are, they …കൂടുതൽ
Love over Intellect:"But the contemplation of the Saints, and of Catholics, is for the love of him that is of the God they are contemplating. As a result it is not confined in the final analysis to the intellect in knowledge, but crosses over into the will through love. That is why the Saints in their contemplation have the love of God as their principal aim, since it is more satisfying to know and possess even the Lord Jesus Christ spiritually through grace than physically or even really but without grace."
On May 6, a man vandalized La Ermita Church in Cali, Colombia. Seven statues were destroyed, including images of the Virgin of Sorrows and the Risen Christ. The suspect was arrested at the scene.
A serious case of vandalism was reported a few minutes ago at the La Ermita chapel in Cali.
Science girl @sciencegirl In China, schools show videos of hard daily work like construction and farming to help kids understand their parents' sacrifices
Today, Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michele Autuoro, 59, of Naples as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento, Italy. He was mentored by the pro-homosexual Cardinal Domenico Battaglia of Naples, who is famous for washing the feet of homosexuals and allowing liturgies including transvestites. "Todos, todos, todos" Talking to LaPorzione.it in November 2024, Monsignor Autuoro praised the Francis’ Church. Some quotes from this interview: - “The Church is a great construction site — the construction site of the Synod.” - “The Synod is not a conclusion, it is only a beginning.” - “There is a great desire for change.” - “The Church has only one mission: to reach everyone.” - “The Church is a banquet offered to all peoples, where everyone must sit and no one must be excluded.” Migration / anti-border rhetoric During his time as director of Missio (2013–2018), he campaigned in favour of illegal immigration and criticised "walls and closed borders". During the “Liberi di …കൂടുതൽ
All who join the rebellion of Bergoglio and Tucho—continued by Prevost—against God are welcome in the synodal sect of Sodom. Sacrament of Confirmation Denied to a Young Man for Opposing Gay Ideology Op bezoek bij een ‘LGTBQ-parochie’
NOVENA TO SAINT RITA DE CASCIA (May 13 - May 22) Repeat the following Novena prayers every day for 9 consecutive days. INVOCATION Leader: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and our hearts will be renewed. All: And you will renew the face of the earth. Leader: O God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit, instructed the hearts of the faithful; grant us, by the same Holy Spirit, a love and desire for what is right and just, and the constant enjoyment of His consolation, through Christ our Lord. All: Amen. LITANY OF SAINT RITA Leader: Lord, have mercy on us. All: Christ, have mercy on us. Leader: Lord, have mercy on us, Christ hear us. All: Christ, graciously hear us. Leader: God, the Father of heaven, All: Have mercy on us. Leader: God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, All: Have mercy on us. Leader: God, the Holy Spirit, All: Have mercy on us. Leader: Holy Trinity, one God, All: Have mercy on us. Immaculate …കൂടുതൽ
NOVENA to Saint Rita of Cascia. Novena to Saint Rita from May 13 to May 21
Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon, has renewed a 2018 directive requiring the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel to be recited after Eucharists across the Archdiocese. The instruction was included in a May 12 pastoral letter published on ArchdPdx.org The prayer should be said “after the conclusion of every Mass celebrated in the archdiocese,” describing it as part of a spiritual response to challenges facing the Church. The “Mission Renewal” initiative includes consecration of the archdiocese to the Sacred Heart, novenas, Eucharistic processions, fasting and penance, and works of mercy. Explaining the reason for the prayer, Archbishop Sample wrote that “Satan seeks to divide, disrupt and interfere,” adding that united prayer against “the enemy” is crucial for renewal efforts. #newsIchjizaoee
St. John Chrysostom ~~~ When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him...
Darshak Rana @thedarshakrana In 1964, a 17 year old from San Diego conducted the most dangerous psychology experiment ever attempted by a teenager. Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours (11 days) with: • No stimulants • No caffeine • No medical suppressants And Stanford sleep researchers realized too late they couldn't stop him. What happened inside his brain during those 264 hours rewrote everything we thought we knew about consciousness. By day three, Randy's short term memory had completely collapsed. He couldn't remember starting a sentence by the time he reached the end of it. Researchers would ask him to count backward from 100, and he'd stop at 65, staring blankly, having forgotten the entire concept of numbers. But the terrifying part wasn't the memory loss. Randy's brain began creating a second reality that ran parallel to the real one. He'd have full conversations with people who weren't there. He'd walk to locations that didn't exist. His eyes stayed open, his body kept …കൂടുതൽ
May the power of the Lord overshadow him and make him every wit whole. Raise him up, Lord, by your healing virtue, we pray. We desperately need him in this dark hour.
Officer Swears He Found Frank With Young Girl Special policeman volunteers damaging testimony after recognizing suspect in jail tower; Pinkerton force expanded as solicitor denies knowledge of screams affidavit Sunday, May 11th, 1913 A Volunteer Witness Comes Forward A special policeman named Robert P. House has come forward with testimony that investigators say could be used to damage the character of Leo M. Frank, the superintendent of the National Pencil Factory and the principal suspect in the murder of Mary Phagan. House, employed by the Druid Hills Land Company as a private officer on their property, told Atlanta detectives that more than a year ago he apprehended Frank and a young girl together in a secluded area of Druid Hills Park, and that Frank admitted on the spot that the two had come to the woods for immoral purposes. House volunteered the information himself. When he first read accounts of the Phagan murder in the newspapers, the incident came back to him. Recalling that …കൂടുതൽ
"The Gospel of Jesus Christ is an end in itself," Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway, told OsvNews.com on 11 May during a trip to the USA. "Any attempt to instrumentalise the Gospel for a subsidiary purpose, whether cultural, ideological or political, is suspect." He warned against "any attempt to brandish Christianity void of the message and presence of the Wounded and Risen One". And: "Any presentation of Christianity that abstracts the scandal of the Cross, or that uses the Cross perversely as a weapon with which to strike others, is veering towards heresy or even blasphemy." However, the main focus of the interview is psychology, not religion. Some of his main points are: - absolutizing our own experience - immersed in my own experience - the drama of my existence - learn to live with my wound - being wounded is the human norm - a remembrance of healing - living enclosed in ourselves - shut myself off - a new way of being human - a human life is a drawn-out affair Picture: …കൂടുതൽ
What ever you did to least of my brethren you did to me. Corporal and spiritual acts of mercy its all in the Baltimore catechism . Stop the navel gazing
Tipjar: BuyMeACoffee Why the 15 Rosary Mysteries Are Hard to Grasp – And So Beautifully Sacred 21st ROSE - The 15 Mysteries A mystery is a sacred thing which is difficult to understand. The works of Our Lord Jesus Christ are all sacred and divine because He is God and man at one and the same time. 00:00 Intro 00:51 The works of Jesus and Mary can be called wonderful flowers 01:07 Why the Rosary was divided into 15 mysteries 01:48 Blessed Alan de la Roche's vision of Our Lady 02:53 First part: Joyful Mysteries 04:04 Second part: Sorrowful Mysteries 04:36 Third part: Glorious Mysteries Title: The Secret of the Rosary Author: Saint Louis de Montfort First publication: around 1710 Narrator: Angelica Torres Genre: Religious, Spiritual Growth, Spirituality, Historical Narrative Language: English Version: Unabridged, Divided by Chapters Subtitles included -------------------------------------------------- NOTE: The narration in this video is HUMAN generated. …കൂടുതൽ
Bravo, a very courageous and brilliant woman who has _dared_ to reveal the truth; the Israelis hate Palestinians, consider them less than human. They hate Christians too..
Worse than Germany: The video from Palm Sunday shows the profanation of the Holy Eucharist at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Young people distribute Holy Communion as though it were biscuits. The bishop responsible is Monsignor Ignacio Medina, 59, of Río Gallegos. He was appointed in August 2023.
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Confession, Our Father Prayer nothing new but Justice needed to be handed out reparation like sexual abuse ,murder ....etc need reparation including death penalty . No free lunch (purgatory better then hell) penance must be done or you will parish. Only One of the 12 disciples Died a normal death St John
e.l.f Cosmetics co-founder is set to become a Catholic priest after abandoning his wealthy and luxurious life. At the age of 42, Scott Vincent Borba gave up his fortune and entered the seminary. Now at 52 years of age, Borba, a former actor, designer, model and singer, is set to be ordained on May 23 in Visalia by the Diocese of Fresno. "We ran around with the likes of, Paris Hilton, and partying with Kardashians and just doing up the Hollywood life. I was a poster boy for luxury living. I was not in any which way humble. I was very prideful," he said during an interview. "I asked our Lord to help me be the man that he created me to be." "And upon that instance, I had this massive flood of love and mercy that came into my life. It was a very mystical experience."