The Vatican has announced that it is producing a very neat calendar they are readying for 2011. It includes some beautiful photos of Venerable Pope John Pope II and Pope Benedict XVI. The calendar is sure to be a best seller and a collector’s item.
Pope Benedict XVI reflects on faith and reason at General Audience:
“How much would the world change if in families in parishes and in any community, relationships were modeled on the three divine Persons, who not only live with each other, but for and through one another.”
St. Michael Society was established just this past September to build a community of Catholics in order to utilize the new media to promote and defend the faith in the public square. Just last week, Pope Benedict encouraged the use of new media to spread the Gospel.
From April 2, 2010 to May 23, 2010 the Shroud of Turin will once again go on public display. It is the first time the burial cloth showing the image of a crucified man has been on display since it underwent an intensive restoration processes in 2002. It is expected that hundreds of thousands of pilgrims will make the trip to catch a brief glimpse of the shroud and on May 2 Pope Benedict XVI will be one of them.
The Shroud of Turin is an amazing piece of history that for believers presents to us the image of the crucified Christ. Doubters in the Shroud’s authenticity have called for intensive scientific research to verify the claim that it is actually the image of Jesus. This has been allowed and the result after hundreds of thousands of hours of scientific testing is that there is no good explanation for how the image could appear on the Shroud by an artist or forgerer. In fact, some very peculiar findings add credibility to the belief that it actually is the burial cloth of Christ, and that the image (much like the image of our Lady of Guadalupe) appears on the cloth because of a miracle.
Like the many Eucharistic miracles, the incorruptible Saints, and the image our Our Lady, the Shroud has inspired many Christians to confront the reality of the Gospel and has strengthened the faith of those who look upon it with faith.
For more information on the shroud and the scientific research that has been done, you can visit the the Archdiocese of Turin website, or the website of the Shroud of Turin Education and Research Association.
- Patrick Looby
Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he has approved an Apostolic Constitution, which will allow Anglicans to join the Catholic Church while mainting many of their distinctive traditions, has created controversy and encouraged political debate throughout the world.
While such a move has been in discussion since 2007, Pope Benedict’s announcement shocked and rocked many and has lead to numerous myths and misnomers. Catholic Online has a terrific article today clearing up the top five myths and setting the record straight.
Communion of Saints
Terrific, short video on the five new Saints! Enjoy your Sunday…..
Fr. Damian of Molokai - apostle to the lepers
Archbishop Zygmunt Szczesny Feliński of Warsaw – founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary
Rafael Arnaiz Baron - a Cistercian oblate
Dominican Father Francisco Coll y Guitard – founder of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation Blessed Virgin Mary
Jeanne Jugan – from the Little Sisters of the Poor