Pope Francis has significantly raised the stakes for those apprehensive about the possibility that he has new innovations in store for the Church. A Vatican Radio summary of his homily on January 18 reads: “Christians who say ‘it’s always been done that way,’ and stop there have hearts ...
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A relic is a keepsake, a tangible reminder that the new saint was human yet heroically lived a life of holiness. The relic may be the purported or actual physical remains of saints, such as bones, pieces of clothing, or some object associated with saints or other religious figures. The a...
Many have formed committees of patronesses who by means of entertainments and personal contributions strive to provide these charities with the necessary funds. Similarly, institutions in charge of men have formed committees of patrons. Wills and Testaments.—The greatest liberty in the matter of ...
POST-REFORMATION PERIOD.—The injury inflicted upon the whole system of Catholic charities by the upheaval of the sixteenth century, was disastrous in many ways to the work of the hospitals. The dissolution of the monasteries, especially in England, deprived the Church in large measure of the me...
Dubuquers lend hand in New Orleans; Media cover work crew gutting the 1,000th house for Catholic CharitiesMARY NEVANSPEDERSON
The regulation of charities, education, marriages, land tenures, religious corporations, etc., about which it says nothing, is reserved, by inference, to the various states. The period from 1783, when the definitive treaty of peace was signed, until 1789, is known as the critical era of ...
CHARITIES.—Associations.—Any association of individuals for the support of public worship, to build churches, and for the maintenance of all missionary undertakings may be incorporated. All property belonging to any religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational institution is exempt from...