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1+ hour, 2+ min ago (248+ words) Sister Sophia Rose responds to Emma Beddington's article on how nuns are having a moment Thank you to Emma Beddington for her thoughtful column (Tired of being a woman in 2025? Why not become a nun?, 1 December). It is always refreshing to see nuns and religious sisters portrayed in a context other than the horror-movie stereotype we seem to have inherited. I was intrigued by her mention of Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First-Century Life by Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita. I look forward to reading it and I may well recommend it in our Franciscan'newsletter. For me, this vocation offers the best of both worlds. I live in a community of women and participate in our daily offices of prayer, yet I also live and work in central London, very much immersed in the life of the…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago (305+ words) The Most Rev. Michael Gerard Duca, bishop of Baton Rouge, speaks to the Ascension Catholic Regional Diocesan Regional graduates. The Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge has announced that Catholics affected by ongoing immigration enforcement activity will not be required to attend Mass. The announcement, read Sunday during Mass across the Baton Rouge Diocese, comes the first week after federal authorities began immigration sweeps across south Louisiana. As many as 250 Border Patrol agents are planning to detain at least 5,000 people in the New Orleans area, and into Baton Rouge and Mississippi. "Since many of the faithful genuinely fear immigration enforcement actions, thereby making it untenable for them to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, I hereby grant a dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass for those Catholics rightfully afraid to participate in Mass because of their fear,…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago (1027+ words) by Vision Editorial Team | Dec 8, 2025 THIS ARTICLE IS FROM THE CHRISTIAN POST An 8-year-old kidney transplant recipient in Brazil is becoming one of the country's youngest and most visible Evangelical figures. Ester Souza preaches to churchgoers and millions online amid a trend of child preachers drawing strong social media followings in South America's biggest country. The little girl delivers sermons at a church led by her parents in Votuporanga in the state of S'o Paulo. The Washington Post reports she speaks to a congregation of about 50 people each week, including both adults and children. Her mother records the services on a mobile phone and uploads the videos to her daughter's social media accounts. Ester has nearly two million followers across multiple platforms, and one of her videos has had more than 11 million views. The little girl began preaching shortly after…...

2+ hour, 52+ min ago (281+ words) My husband Robb has something very stressful that might happen. Could you please pray that if it is God's will it won't happen and he can stay home please and not have his work be disrupted and help his stress be better? I ask in the name of Jesus. Thank you and God bless you. Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed. - /account/dismiss-notice?notice_id=118 CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago (237+ words) The Second Vatican Council ended 60 years ago today, on December 7, 1965 (the official end came on the next day, with the publication of several documents and messages, but December 7th was the last day of official business). You may read the still optimistic closing address by Paul VI here. Seven years later, we can see through Paul VI's own eyes the devastation that followed the assembly: in his famous homily on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29), 1972, Paul VI was not so optimistic anymore -- main excerpt: Well, we would like to say to these brethren, whom we feel almost tearing at the very inside of our priestly soul, how much they are present to us, and how much we still and increasingly love them, and how much we pray for them, and how much we try to make up for,…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago (205+ words) Wherein is contained, The true Account of his Birth, his Parents, his Country, his Education, his Piety; and how he begged of PONTIUS PILATE the Body of Our Blessed Saviour, after his Crucifixion, which he buried in a new Sepulchre of his own. Wherein is contained, The true Account of his Birth, his Parents, his Country, his Education, his Piety; and how he begged of PONTIUS PILATE the Body of Our Blessed Saviour, after his Crucifixion, which he buried in a new Sepulchre of his own. If you enjoy using FR and agree it's a worthwhile endeavor, please consider making a contribution today: Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you, Wherein is contained, The true Account of his Birth, his Parents, his Country, his Education, his Piety; and…...

3+ hour, 32+ min ago (211+ words) 7 December 2025 2nd Sunday of AdventSt. Ambrose Catholic Church, Elkton, FLReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 11:1-10A shoot springs from the stock of JesseA shoot springs from the stock of Jesse,a scion thrusts from his roots:on him the spirit of the Lord rests,a spirit of wisdom and insight,a spirit of counsel and power,a spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.(The fear of the Lord is his breath.)He does not judge by appearances,he gives no verdict on hearsay,but judges the wretched with integrity,and with equity gives a verdict for the poor of the land.His... Liturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II). A shoot springs from the stock of Jesse The one who follows me will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire You can also view this page…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago (245+ words) On 7 Dec 1965 Paul VI declared Vatican II to be closed." If he only knew. John W. O'Malley, S.J., in What Happened at Vatican II, argues that the shift in "tone" was the most thing the Council produced, a dramatic shift from the juridical and condemnatory style of many previous councils." This becomes a meta-text for the reading of" pretty much everything and fuels the "new beginning" idea. Most of the famous liberal leaning Popes and writers claim that Vatican was like a "new" or "second Pentecost". This justifies all manner of rupture with the past including, especially a surrender of philosophy and metaphysics in favor of politics (i.e., "lived experience"). Treating 7 December 1965 as "year zero" has obscured the Council's proper place and contributed to decades of confusion. The way forward is the clarity articulated by Benedict XVI: authentic renewal only occurs in continuity. Vatican…...

4+ hour, 39+ min ago (417+ words) December 7, 2025 Catholic News Agency News Briefs 0 Print Vatican City, Dec 7, 2025 / 09:00 am Pope Leo XIV on Sunday said his apostolic journey to Turkey and Lebanon showed that "peace is possible," pointing to renewed steps toward Christian unity and powerful encounters with the Lebanese people still seeking justice after the 2020 Beirut port explosion. Speaking'after the Angelus to pilgrims gathered in St Peter's Square on Dec. 7, the pope recalled praying in "znik, ancient Nicea, with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, considered first among equals among Eastern Orthodox bishops, and representatives of other Christian communities on the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea. Marking Sunday's 60th anniversary of the Common Declaration between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras, Leo said, "We give thanks to God and renew our dedication to journeying towards the full visible unity of all Christians." The pope also expressed closeness to communities…...

4+ hour, 48+ min ago (96+ words) December 7, 2025 / 11:58 AM CST / CBS Chicago Blase Cardinal Cupich visited the Cook County Jail on Sunday to observe the Jubilee of Prisoners. The cardinal presided over a mass with Cook County inmates Sunday morning in the maximum-security Division 9 of the jail. The mass came ahead of Pope Leo XIV's global mass for the Jubilee of Prisoners in Rome on Sunday, Dec. 14, which will be held at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Before his passing, Pope Francis designated the day to focus on prison ministry and restoring dignity to prisoners....