Daily Archives: June 23, 2014

Mariam Yahya Ibrahim reportedly freed

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

Deo Gratias! (but don’t stop praying) According to the official state news agency in Sudan, a court has ordered 27-year-old Meriam Yahya Ibrahim be freed after her case sparked outrage around the world.    Read about it at the Independent … Continue reading →

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“Can you simply give me back the Faith of my father?”

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

Slightly adapted from Rorate Caeli on 20th June 2014: “This is the most beautiful Mass our parish has ever celebrated.” Only… in this week of Corpus Christi (or Corpus Domini, as it is called in Italy), the pastor (Parish priest) of a church … Continue reading →

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St. Bernadette’s First Holy Communion on Feast of Blessed Sacrament

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Catholicism Pure & Simple

By Monsignor Jacques Perrier, bishop emeritus of Lourdes Bernadette Soubirous did not make her First Communion on Corpus Christi Sunday, 22nd June, but on 3rd June. In 1858, the year of the Apparitions at Lourdes, 3rd June fell on Thursday, Fete-Dieu … Continue reading →

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