by sjchurchadmin | Dec 13, 2015 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER On March 13, 2015, Pope Francis announced that an “extraordinary Holy Year” a “Jubilee of Mercy” will commence with the opening of the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica on the celebration day of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on...
by sjchurchadmin | Dec 6, 2015 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER Pope Francis made his first trip to the African continent, visiting Kenya, Uganda, and the Central African Republic from Nov. 25th thru 30th, 2015. It was another of his apostolic visits to reach out to the developing world and confirm the faith of the...
by sjchurchadmin | Nov 29, 2015 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER On November 2, 2015, a$er several months of inves!ga!on, Va!can City police arrested two people on suspicion of removing and sharing confiden!al Va!can documents. Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda, and Dr. Francesca Chaouqui were arrested for...
by sjchurchadmin | Nov 22, 2015 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER For centuries, many cultures have celebrated their agricultural harvests. The Romans had a harvest fes!val called Cerelia, which honored Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, grain and fer!lity. Our word cereal comes from her name. The fes!val was held...
by sjchurchadmin | Nov 15, 2015 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER CONTINUED … So now that the Synod on the Family is over for 2015, what will Pope Francis do? It was the second mee#ng in a year that he had called to address how and whether Catholicism could adapt its teachings to the changing reali#es of modern family...
by sjchurchadmin | Nov 8, 2015 | Vatican Corner
VATICAN CORNER At the Va”can on October 24, 2015, at the end of the three week gathering of the 270 Cardinals and Bishops from around the world, the Synod on the Family came to a close. Pope Francis closed the mee”ng that had been full of arguments,...
