Ngayon ay ipinagdiriwang ng buong Santa Iglesia ni Cristo ang kanyang kaarawan -- ang Kapistahan ng Pentekostes o ang pagdating ng Banal na Espiritu Santo sa mga alagad at si Maria, Ina ni Jesus (Gawa 2:1-31).
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| Source: CatholicJules |
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| Reuters: Mga Bulgarian Orthodox priests ay masayang naglalakas sa courtyard ng Vatican, habang dinadaanan nila ang mga Swiss Guards, bago ang pribadong pakikipagtagpo ng Santo Papa sa Presidente ng Bulgaria na si Rosen Plevneliev, May 24, 2012. (Photo Source: DailyLife) |
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| Monsignor James Bridges |
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| Mayor ng Leon, Mexico na si Ricardo Sheffield. (Larawan galing sa CNA) |
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| Sumalangit nawa ang kaluluwa ng butihing Pope Shenouda III |
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| Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi (Source: DailyStar Lebanon) |
VATICAN CITY - News.va: Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday was presented the 2012 Annuario Pontificio, which is the annual yearbook of the Catholic Church.The presentation was made by the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, and the Substitute for General Affairs to the Secretary of State, Archbishop Angelo Becciu.They were accompanied by Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, director of the Central Office of Church Statistics, Professor Enrico Nenna and other collaborators.The men also presented the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae to the Pope, who expressed his gratitude to all of those who worked on the two books.The editions give a snapshot of the Church in 2011. For example, in the last year, the Pope erected eight Episcopal Sees, one Personal Ordinariate, and one Military Ordinariate.The statistical data is from the year 2010.It shows just under 1.196 billion Catholics in the world, compared to 1.181 billion in 2009. The Catholic proportion of the world population has stayed fairly stable, at 17.5%.From 2009 to 2010, the number of bishops in the world increased from 5,065 to 5,104.The growth trend in the number of priests, which began in 2000, continued in 2010. There are now 412,236 priests (277,009 diocesan, 135,227 religious), an increase of 1,643.The number of permanent deacons increased from 38,155 to 39,564, with over 97% of them in North America and Europe.Globally, the number of professed religious from 2009 to 2010 rose from 729,371 to 721,935.The number of students of philosophy and theology in diocesan and religious seminaries has steadily increased (4%) over the last five years. There were 114,439 seminarians in 2005 and 118,990 in 2010.
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| The Holy Eucharist |
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| Larawan mula sa Fr. David Blog |
"This year, Good Friday seems more fitting than ever as a sign of the needs of both pastors and faithful, which are bound up with the sufferings of the entire Middle East. For the disciples of Christ, hostility is often the daily bread which nourishes the faith and sometimes makes the echo of martyrdom. Christian emigration is exacerbated by the lack of peace, which tends to impoverish hope, changing it into the fear of facing alone a future that seems to exist only in the abandonment of one’s own country."Nonetheless, as was the case for the Gospel’s grain of wheat, so the trials of Christians in the Holy Land prepare without doubt a brighter tomorrow. The dawning of this new day, however, requires support now for schools, medical assistance, critical housing, meeting places, and everything else that the generosity of the Church has devised"."We have the duty to restore the spiritual patrimony which we have received from these Christians’ two millennia of fidelity to the truth of the faith. We can and must do this by our prayer, by concrete assistance, and by pilgrimages. The Year of Faith, which marks the fiftieth anniversary of Vatican Council II, will provide particular motivation for us to direct our steps towards that Land. ... Next Good Friday, around the Cross of Christ, let us be conscious of being together with these brothers and sisters of ours. May the loneliness that is at times strongly felt in their situation be overcome by our fraternity".
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Shannon Kurtz My return to the Catholic Church after twenty years away as an Evangelical Protestant was my heart’s response to Jesus, as He drew me back into full communion with His Church and complete union with Him in the Holy Eucharist.I was baptized Shannon Mary Kelly, oldest of six children of an Irish-Catholic family in Bay City, Michigan. I made my First Confession and First Communion when I was eight years old. I remember how very close to Jesus I felt as I received Holy Communion for the first time.I attended Catholic grade school. My grade school years were happy ones. The entire school attended daily Mass and the Stations of the Cross during Lent.My favorite event was the annual May Crowning. Saturday afternoons usually meant going to Confession. In eighth grade, I was secretary/treasurer of our school’s Legion of Mary chapter... Ituloy ang pagbabasa rito...