When the pews go empty: church attendance dropping

From Axios:  Vermont (75%), New Hampshire (66%) and Maine (66%) have the highest share of adults who say they never or seldom attend church or religious services, compared to the national average of 49%, per a new Axios analysis of Household Pulse Survey data. Why it matters: More than three-quarters of Americans say religion’s role in public... Continue Reading →

Surrender and Forgiveness Leads to Miracles

There are many people who pray asking great things from the Lord, yet do not experience miracles in their lives. They wonder why. I believe it is because to be granted miracles, we must surrender ourselves to God. If we do not, we are praying that our will be done, and not the will of the Father. Consider this verse in... Continue Reading →

Saint Dismas – The Good Thief

[Jan Provoost, c 1500, “The Crucifixion”. Northern Renaissance] The crucifixion was the supreme Sacrifice by Christ – suffering on which we focus with particular intensity from the start of Passiontide until the culmination of the death of Our Lord at Calvary on Good Friday. When we contemplate the suffering of Christ, His agony in the... Continue Reading →

Chinese Christians detained for links to ‘illegal organization’

Nine Chinese Christians belonging to a Protestant house church have remained in police detention following their arrest ten days ago for allegedly carrying out activities in the name of “an illegal social organization.” Christians from the Fuyang Maizhong Reformed Church in Fuyang city in northwestern China’s Anhui province were arrested on March 10 during a Sunday gathering, a... Continue Reading →

Understanding Jeremiah 1:4-19

The book of Jeremiah can be perplexing, and as a result there is some bad exegesis present regarding it.  A better understanding of these literary and rhetorical devices helps to remedy that.

Archbishop Broglio Consecrates and Blesses Sacramental Oils at Chrism Mass

On Monday evening, March 18, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), blessed and consecrated sacred oils for sacramental use over the coming year in Catholic communities on U.S. Military sites worldwide, and in the nation’s VA Medical Centers.

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