AFRICA/DR CONGO – What is the “Kimbanguist Church”? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Among the different denominations present in the Democratic Republic of Congo (a country which is preparing to welcome Pope Francis on an apostolic visit), there is one which was born during the time of Belgian colonization. This is the “Kimbanguist Church”, whose official … Read more
Through Anne-Sophie Hourdeaux Published on 15 Aug 22 at 15:10 updated on August 16, 22 at 10:02 Lille News See my news Follow this media Rufin Cocheteux, Pascaline Lecouffe and Pierre Renard live in Cobrieux and keep their church alive, under the name Saint-Amand. (©AS Hourdeaux/ Northern Cross) If you don’t know Cobrieux, a small … Read more
Excluded by Pope Francis, Father Mercier, priest of the Abbey of Tarasteix, responds by assuring that he left the Catholic Church on his own in March 2021, which, according to him, makes his dismissal “meaningless”. It is by a decree dated December 9 that Pope Francis himself recorded the exclusion of Jean-Claude Mercier, priest of … Read more
The churches of our towns and villages hold many stories… Focus on particular churches in Weppes (some of which have disappeared). Another stop at Bois-Grenier, where the church was founded at the same time as the village. Published: December 19, 2022 at 5:48 p.m. Reading time: 2 min Bois-Grenier is a very young town: it … Read more
After the judgments of the Church, it remains to examine the various points of conflict between metempsychosis and Catholic dogma. This theory alone contradicts many of the Articles of Faith. The special judgment Robert Laffont, director of the publishing house that bears his name, affirmed his belief in metempsychosis in the following terms: “Reincarnation is … Read more
GOSPEL – according to Saint Matthew 24, 37-44 During that time,Jesus said to his disciples:37 “As it was in the days of Noah,so it will be when the Son of Man comes.38 In those days before the flood,we ate and we drank, we took a wife and we took a husband,until the day Noah entered … Read more
SECOND READING – letter of Saint Paul to the Colossians 1,12-20 Brothers,12 give thanks to God the Fatherwho made you capableto share in the inheritance of the saintsin the light.13 Delivering us from the power of darkness,he has placed us in the kingdom of his beloved Son,14 in him we have the redemption,the forgiveness of … Read more
PSALM – 16 (17),1.3ab,5-6,8.15 1 LORD, hear justice!Hear my complaint, accept my prayer.3 You search my heart, you visit me at night,you test me, without finding anything. 5 I followed in your footsteps,my foot never tripped.6 I call you, the God who answers:listen to me, hear what I say. 8 Keep me as the apple … Read more
Views: 2 Born on April 12, 1944 in Cotonou, he was ordained a priest on September 30, 1972, appointed bishop by Pope John Paul II and consecrated in Rome on January 6, 2003, bishop of Abomey before joining the diocese of Porto-Novo on February 4 2007, Monsignor René Marie Ehouzou died on Wednesday October 17, … Read more
The history of the Church, a struggle between mysticism and politics A fight between mysticism and politics, a perpetual tension between the teaching of Jesus and what the Catholic Church has made of it: this is how Olivier Bobineau interprets the history of the Church. Like a constant tension between “peace and war”, “grace and … Read more