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New Bishop of Innsbruck calls for women deacons He also said he was 'very open' to giving Communion to the divorced and remarried.  The new Bishop of Innsbruck, Hermann Glettler, has said he supports the ordination of women to the diaconate, and is open to giving Communion to the divorced and remarried. Bishop Glettler said he would be in support   of admitting women to the diaconate. Last year, Pope Francis set up a committee to study the issue of women deacons, and their role in the early Church. The Pope said that while his understanding was that the women described as deacons in the New Testament were not ordained as male deacons are today, “it would be useful for the Church to clarify this question.” However, Bishop Glettler said it would give him great joy if the committee would reach a positive decision. He also said that the idea that woman may one day be priests is “not so utopian” . However, change will come in “steps” , such as or...

Photo of Video threatening the Pope ISIS has released a video showing its fighters ripping up photographs of Pope Francis and threatening to come to Rome. The video also shows jihadists ransacking a church in the Philippines Filmed in the Philippines, where the terrorists have been fighting the government for control of the city of Marawi, the video also shows the destruction the group have wreaked on a Catholic church. The jihadists brag about how they have freed inmates from a local jail, with one addressing the camera saying: “Remember this, you kuffar [non-Muslims] – we will be in Rome, we will be in Rome, inshallah [god willing].” The video also shows them destroying a crucifix and a statue of the Virgin Mary. It finishes with the church in flames, and one of the terrorists explaining: “After all their efforts, it would be the religion of the cross that would be broken.” “The crusaders’ enmity toward the Muslims only served to embolden a generation of...

NEW CATEGORY UNDER WHICH A PERSON MIGHT BE BEATIFIED OR CANONISED IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Credit: gettyimages The Holy Father released an Apostolic Letter motu proprio (“ on his own authority ”), from ( Maiorem hac Dilectionem) creating a new category under which a person might be beatified/canonised: laying down one’s life for others.   Apostolic letters ten to be short, technical documents, often used to tinker with the wording of Canon Law, or to amend the statutes of some body or other. The addition in Motu proprio by Pope Francis makes it the fourth category necessary for someone to be beatified or canonized.   They are; i)                     Martyrdom; ii)                   A life of heroic virtue; iii)            ...

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT CORPUS CHRISTI  1.       Originally a solemn day was observed on Thursdays (Maundy Thursday) to remind Catholics of the betrayal of Judas, Christ's agony and arrest and Peter's denial). On Maundy Thursday(also known as Holy Thursday , Covenant Thursday , Sheer Thursday , and Thursday of Mysteries , among other names), Catholics commemorated the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles. 2.       The feast of Corpus Christi is one of five occasions in the year on which a diocesan bishop is not to be away from his diocese unless for a grave and urgent reason. Insert: Pope Francis (Corpus Christi) 3.       It was a humble nun in Belgium, Saint Juliana (1258), Prioress of Mont Cornillon, who first suggested and advocated a special feast in honor of the Blessed Sacrament to be celebrated on a day other than Maundy Thursday. From her sixteenth year she had often in her ...

FAQ’s about CHRISM WHAT IS CHRISM? Chrism , also called myrrh , myron , holy anointing oil , and consecrated oil , is a consecrated oil used in the Catholic Anglican , Armenian , Assyrian , Eastern and Oriental Orthodox , and Nordic Lutheran Churches in the administration of certain sacraments and ecclesiastical functions. The English chrism derives from Koine Greek via Latin and Old French . In Greek, khrîsma (χρῖσμα) was originally the verbal noun "(the act of) anointing WHAT IS CHRISM MADE UP OF? Chrism is made of olive oil and is scented with a sweet perfume, usually balsam .   WHO CONSENCRATES CHRISM AND WHEN? Under normal circumstances, chrism is consecrated by the bishop of the particular church in the presence of the presbyterium at the Mass of the Chrism , which takes place in the morning of Holy Thursday . The oil of catechumens and the oil of the sick are also blessed at this Mass . However, the Eastern Orthodox church makes chri...