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WEB3 days ago · Oct 6th, 2024. On Wednesday, 16th October, the House of Commons will hear the first reading of a new bill on assisted suicide tabled by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater. Lead Bishop for Life Issues, Bishop John Sherrington, has called for Catholics to unite in prayer and compassionate action. The charity 'Right …
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WEB4 days ago · Sep 26th, 2024. The theme for the Catholic Holy Year 2025 is 'Pilgrims of Hope', and the theme of the global Season of Creation (Sept/Oct 2024) is 'To Hope and Act with Creation'. Hope is one of the three great virtues and in his catechesis of 13 May 2024, Pope Francis reminded us that "Hope, for a Christian, is Jesus himself" and that "we sin ...
St Robert Bellarmine and St Hildegard of Bingen - ICN
WEBSep 17, 2015 · St Robert Bellarmine. Cardinal. Born during the Reformation at Montepulciano, Tuscany, in 1542, St Robert Bellarmine was a poet, musician and public speaker. His systematic studies of theology began at Padua in 1567, where his teachers were adherents of Thomism. In 1569 he was sent to finish his studies at the University of Leuven in Flanders.
Pope praises ACN report on religious freedom | ICN
WEBSep 4th, 2024. Source: ACN. Pope Francis has expressed great concern about religious freedom violations in countries around the world after receiving a report on the topic from a Catholic charity. The pontiff described Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)'s Religious Freedom in the World report as "very important" and pledged to continue praying for ...
Autumn Carmelite News | ICN
WEBSep 8th, 2024. The autumn edition of 'Carmelite News' is now available. It has been written by the Prior Provincial, Brendan Grady, O Carm, for the friends of the Shrine of Saint Jude and the Carmelite Order. In this issue, Brendan reflects on admiring creation and seeing gardens as a sacred space, plus he shares news on recent events at the ...
Sunday Reflection with Canon Robin Gibbons: 8th September 2024
WEBSep 7, 2024 · Sunday Reflection with Canon Robin Gibbons: 8th September 2024. Sep 7th, 2024. Deaf man healed. Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. On a very personal note, I wish that the Lord could come to me and say as he did to the deaf man with a speech impediment in our Sunday gospel: "Ephphatha!" Be opened!
Gospel in Art: "The old is good" he says | ICN
WEBSep 5, 2024 · No; new wine must be put into fresh skins. And nobody who has been drinking old wine wants new. "The old is good" he says.'. Reflection on the painting. At the end of today's gospel reading, Jesus makes an insightful and somewhat humorous observation about human nature: 'No one after drinking old wine wants new, for they say, "The old is better"'.
Gospel in Art: They asked Jesus to do something for her - ICN
WEBSep 3, 2024 · Luke 4:38-44. Leaving the synagogue, Jesus went to Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever and they asked him to do something for her. Leaning over her he rebuked the fever and it left her. And she immediately got up and began to wait on them. At sunset all those who …
Deadly Israeli airstrike near Gaza's oldest church - ICN
WEBSep 1st, 2024. St Porphyrius of Gaza. Icon from Mt Athos Wiki Image. Source: Caritas Jerusalem/LPJ/ICN. Several news agencies have reported that an Israeli airstrike near the church of St Porphyrios (Porphyrius) in Gaza yesterday, killed several women and children from Muslim community and injured several Christian women and children.
Livestream available from Greenbelt Festival 22-25 August - ICN
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Livestream available from Greenbelt Festival 22-25 August. Aug 22nd, 2024. Credit: Greenbelt. Source: Greenbelt Festival. Hundreds of people have been arriving at the Greenbelt Festival at Boughton House, near Kettering. The weekend will be full of music, worship, comedy, craft, theatre, dance, food, spirituality, talks and more.