@OceanZotique@BishStrick@grok Yes. It's an indelible mark like any other sacrament that cannot be erased. Sanctions and restrictions can be placed on public ministry but once a bishop always a bishop. Just as a man who is removed from priestly ministry is technically still a priest.
Bp. Erik Varden on "spiritual" personality cults
This whole series has been wonderful, but this is particularly timely with the increase of social media use.
If we're spending more time looking at "celebrities" than the Lord, we need to check ourselves.
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@Ruesavatar My brother and I were always pushing each others buttons when we were kids but when we were in Europe when I was 15 and he was 18 and there were guys cat calling at me he put his arm around my shoulder and whispered "pretend I'm your boyfriend" and glared at the guys. ❤️
@JulieBaker70224@Vitus_oss My mom married a non-Catholic and he became Catholic 25 years later and goes to daily Mass with my mom and is a very active pro-life physician involved in biomedical ethics and NFP initiatives as well as fighting euthanasia in our country. ❤️
@Vitus_oss My parents married at 20yrs old. Dad was agnostic/humanist. Mom Catholic. Married in the Church. 4 kids - all raised in the Faith. After 25 years of marriage my dad became Catholic and transformed his medical practice becoming a vocal pro-life physician! Married 52 years now.❤️
@Celiadumas4@JeffreyLuscombe My dad had a 10hr surgery to have his bladder removed and a neo-bladder constructed last year...all for free and cancer free now too!
@JeffreyLuscombe I'm sitting in a free ER right now and grateful for that but the reason for my visit is a reason I have been referred to a specialist already and I was told that it might take me 12 months to get in to said specialist. In the meantime I'm doubled over in pain and can't sleep.
@reformedhg Over the Mountains and the Sea... I grew up in a coastal community in BC, Canada and my hometown looked out over the ocean to the glaciers and mountains on Vancouver Island. I would sing this song every time I drove down my street towards the ocean.
@billybinion I gave a 20% tip at a cafe in Montreal and the waiter came back to the table as I was getting up to leave and said "I need to ask you...your tip was so little, did I give you terrible service? Do you not believe I deserve a better tip?" I was very uncomfortable and intimidated.
Cardinal Pizzaballa: “What we know for sure is that a tank, the IDF says by mistake, but we are not sure about this, they hit the Church directly, the Church of the Holy Family, the Latin Church”
Images of the only Catholic Church in Gaza before and after today’s attack.
I am deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in #Gaza. I assure the parish community of my spiritual closeness. I commend the souls of the deceased to the loving mercy of Almighty God, and pray for their families and the injured. I renew my call for an immediate ceasefire. Only dialogue and reconciliation can ensure enduring peace!