by sjchurchadmin | Mar 25, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER Historically, the Catholic Church has observed the disciplines of fasting and abstinence at various times each year. Fasting is the reduction in the intake of food, while abstinence is the refraining from a particular food, like meat. The Church teaches...
by sjchurchadmin | Mar 18, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER Sexual abuse survivor Marie Collins of Ireland, resigned March 1, 2017 from her position on Pope Francis’ Commission for the Protection of Minors. The Commission was set up to help improve measures within the Catholic Church to protect children against...
by sjchurchadmin | Mar 10, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER Pope Francis spoke to 140 leaders at the assembly of the Superior Generals of male religious organizations and congregations, on November 25, 2016. The text of that conversation was published Feb. 9, 2017. In an unscripted question and answer session...
by sjchurchadmin | Mar 2, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER Continued…Pope Francis saw first-hand the mafia side of the Order of the Knights of Malta when in 2008 senior Knights made a failed attempt to remove him as Archbishop of Buenos Aires and replace him with a bishop who was the Knight’s chaplain in...
by sjchurchadmin | Feb 24, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER continued… Today the Order of the Knights of Malta have only “obedience” as a vow. As of the 1990s officers are no longer drawn solely from Europe’s nobility. Their motto has always been “Defense of the (Catholic) faith and assistance to the poor.”...
by sjchurchadmin | Feb 18, 2017 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER Residents of Rome awoke Saturday February 4, 2017 to find dozens of posters on the walls of their city showing a scowling Pope Francis. The posters read “Ah Francis, you’ve taken over congregations, removed priests, decapitated the Order of Malta and...
