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Institute for Catholic Church Statistics: More people at Sunday Masses and receiving Holy Communion
In 2017, the rate of Catholics participating in Sunday Eucharist increased by 1.6% in comparison to 2016. The rate of Catholics receiving Holy Communion increased by 1%. This means that approximately half a million more Catholics regularly participated in Holy Masses and around 300,000 more people received Holy Communion - according to the latest research of the Institute for Catholic Church Statistics presented on January 8.
Professor Bańka before the Synod: A well-experienced retreat will make it possible to meet in a spirit of fraternity
Hope, settling in the Church, listening to each other, and friendship are vital concepts for properly discovering what God is leading us to during the Roman stage of the Synod, says Professor Aleksander Bańka, summing up the three-day retreat for Synod participants taking place in Sacrofano. As he stresses, a well-experienced retreat will allow the Synod participants to meet in a spirit of fraternity and good relations.
Abby Johnson: I hope that my book, film and visit will help Poles to stay in an anti-abortionist attitude
I very much hope that my books will change the approach to abortion. I know how bad this business has done in the United States. We see the dehumanization of the baby in mother’s womb. I hope that my book, film and visit to Poland will help Poles to stay in an anti-abortion attitude - said Abby Johnson, author of the books “Unplanned” and “The Walls Are Talking”.
Cardinal Semeraro: Let Us Imitate the Devotion of Our New Blessed
Do not fail to call upon Blessed Fr. John Macha for your Church so that she may always be united with her bishop in promoting charity, eliminating divisions, and fighting injustice – said Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in his homily at the Mass for the beatification of Fr. John Macha.
Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś among new cardinals
Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś, Metropolitan of Łódź, was among the new cardinals whose names were announced today by Pope Francis after the Angelus prayer. The consistory, at which the Holy Father will present the cardinal insignia to the twenty-one cardinal nominees, will occur on 30 September this year.
