Month: January 2022
Pope Francis: The story of the Holy Land is the ‘Fifth Gospel’
January 17, 2022
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Pope Francis has urged journalists in the Middle East to keep telling stories from the Holy Land, calling it the “Fifth Gospel.”
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‘Prayers answered. All hostages are out.’: Texas synagogue standoff ends
January 16, 2022
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An FBI team on Saturday shot and killed a man who had taken hostages during a live streamed service at a Texas synagogue, authorities said.
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Pope Francis: The Holy Spirit reforms the Church through the saints
January 15, 2022
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Pope Francis said Saturday that it takes saints to reform the Church and for this each Catholic is called to a deeper “second conversion.”
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Report: 1 in 5 Irish priests and brothers have died in the past three years
January 14, 2022
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An Irish newspaper has reported that 1 in 5 of the country’s priests and religious brothers have died in the past three years.
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Pope Francis: There is an urgent need for ‘spiritual fatherhood’ today
January 13, 2022
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Pope Francis has said in a new interview that there is a great need for “spiritual fatherhood” today.
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Archbishop birthday blessings
Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, MSpS, visited the Mexican American Catholic College on December 19 for their Staff Days and was serenaded for his 65th birthday.
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God cares passionately for His people, archbishop tells those assembled for Our Lady of Guadalupe l
A longtime San Antonio tradition, the Our Lady of Guadalupe midnight Mass at San Fernando Cathedral, again saw a full sanctuary on December 12, and while the large serenata celebration usually held just prior was pre-taped this year, matachines and drummers insured that music and dance were still part of the festivities.
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Mass for matachines moving
An appreciation Mass for matachines was celebrated by Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, MSpS, at the Cordi-Marian Retreat Center on December 19.
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‘We need God’s light,’ San Antonio prelate says at Christmas Eve midnight Mass
The birth of the Prince of Peace was celebrated at the Nativity of the Lord on December 25 at San Fernando Cathedral during a midnight Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, MSpS, in which the San Antonio prelate wished everyone a Merry Christmas
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Priests from Congo to be assigned in archdiocese
Two newly arrived Congolese priests recently met with Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, MSpS, in late December. They are Father Albert Toangutu Tomeka, left, and Father Donatien Egamwana Balikene
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