Sunday, December 20, 2015

Interview with Vicar General of Opus Dei

Mariano Fazio

More papalist than the current Society of Jesus?

Eastern Christian Books: Formation of the Syriac Churches: an Interview with Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent

Eastern Christian Books: Formation of the Syriac Churches: an Interview with Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent

Is the use of poetry and figurative language in Syriac theology culturally linked to the use of the same in the Old Testament? A Semitic preference for that approach? Or the absence of a developed philosophical tradition?

An Opus Dei Take on Marriage

US website:

Correction from a NeoCath

Fr. Schall gives an approval of Michael Novak's latest on Catholic social teaching: Crisis: What “Social Justice” Really Means by Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Old Rome

Pope Francis, on the occasion of the Jubilee of Mercy, has granted that all the bishops of the world may impart the Papal Blessing with a plenary indulgence.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Sunday, December 13, 2015

More Branding

The official hymn of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in the Philippines.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Monday, December 14, 2015

Third Advent Sermon

The third and final Advent sermon for 2015 was preached on Friday by the Preacher of the Pontifical Household, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap., at the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in the Apostolic Palace.

Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, December 18, 2015

Video of the Pope Emeritus

Der Weihnachtsbaum auf dem Petersplatz hat zwei Spitzen, eine für Papst Franziskus und eine für Papst em. Benedikt, wie die Pfälzer ihren Baum beschreiben. Er kommt aus Bayern, genauer gesagt aus dem Bistum Regensburg, daher hat die Delegation auch den bayerischen, emeritierten Papst Benedikt getroffen.

Posted by Radio Vatikan on Saturday, December 19, 2015

Prayer of the Heart

"Prayer, especially the Jesus Prayer (‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy upon me’), through which we are united to God, is...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, December 19, 2015

Crisis and Divine Providence

"Elder Prodromos from Mt Athos, Greece, speaks on economic Crisis and the Providence of God"

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, December 19, 2015

Icon as Communion

Deacon Sabatino Carnazzo

Ethika Politika Profile: Deacon Sabatino Carnazzo

Institute for Catholic Culture

Friday, December 18, 2015

The Church and Scripture

"Writing about the Biblical texts, Elder Sophrony Sakharov, one of our leading modern theologians, says that even if...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Friday, December 11, 2015

The Feast of Nativity

Christmas is before us. How will we choose to celebrate it? And what, by the way, are we actually celebrating?"For...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Thursday, December 17, 2015

"It's just the radical ones who made everything bad for the movement..." Mistaken Uhmerican Latin Catholics...

Gender Ideology, the Synod of Bishops, and Feminism By Erika Bachiochi

Rorate Caeli: Final Report of the Synod of Bishops now Fully Available in English - here

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Michael Pakaluk's English Translation of Dignitatis Humanae

via Thomistica: here

More Temples

St. Elias Orthodox Church in Austin, TX

We have had some great photos of Orthodox churches around the world. Here is another one from Austin, TX- St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church. Thank you for sharing Rene. #myOCN

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, December 13, 2015

(I see pews in other photos of the temple!)

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

What a beautiful church! This is the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church located in California, USA. Thank you for sharing Andy.

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Saturday, December 12, 2015

Related:

"The regenerated man has another mind, ‘the mind of Christ’[1], another understanding, ‘that which is in Christ Jesus’...

Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, December 13, 2015

A Review Written, Of Course, by a Supernumerary of Opus Dei

An Intimate Portrait of the Founder of Opus Dei by Richard Bastien