Posts Tagged ‘identity’

Jesus is found only in the Church, says Pope

Friday, April 26th, 2013

It is not possible to find Jesus outside the Church, the community that gives Christians their identity, Pope Francis said in a homily on his personal feast day. Dozens of cardinals living in Rome or visiting the Vatican joined in the April 23 celebration of Mass on the feast of St George — the patron Read more

Catholic ‘subculture’ needed to resist secular culture

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

A new Catholic “subculture” committed to evangelisation is needed to counter decades of Catholics becoming absorbed into secular culture, according to an American Catholic author. “We’re no longer evangelising the culture, we’ve been evangelised by it, and it’s not good for the secular culture, and it’s destroying us as a religious community,” said veteran journalist Read more

Catholic identity theft

Friday, November 11th, 2011

Identity theft is a major crime around the world. It usually involves stealing personal details: name, age, address, social security details; banking information and the like. In a strangely analogous way, there is concern growing that forces mysterious may even be stealing our Catholic identity! If we had to report such a theft, how would Read more