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by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Cei, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, covid, COVID-19, faith and politics, Italian politics, Italy, lead, News, poor, Poverty | 0 |
As Italy heads toward its snap general election later this month, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, considered by many seasoned Vatican observers to be vastly “papabile,” has stressed the need to avoid polemics and prioritize the poor.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 4, 2021 | Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Homeless, Immigrants, News, poor, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops | 0 |
The staff at Catholic Charities of Northeast Indiana said they hope a new Fort Wayne identification card will become a point of pride and a source of local discounts, as well as enable residents to access critical community services.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 29, 2021 | Abortion, COVID-19 pandemic, Featured, fighting climate crisis, Joe Biden, News, poor, Pope Francis, Poverty, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Pope Francis and U.S. President Joe Biden had an unusually long meeting at the Vatican Oct. 29, talking about the climate crisis and poverty, but not about abortion, the president said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 21, 2021 | Afghanistan, COVID-19, Faith at Home, Haiti, Loving parent, News, pain, poor, Poverty, vulnerable | 0 |
I once heard God’s option for the poor and vulnerable explained like this:
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 20, 2021 | Diocese of Rome, From the Pope, Holy Spirit, Homeless, News, poor, Synod of Bishops, Synodal church, Young people addicted to drugs | 0 |
To listen to the Holy Spirit, members of the church must listen to each other and especially to those who are marginalized, Pope Francis said, explaining how dioceses are to help the church prepare for the Synod of Bishops.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 5, 2021 | Bible, Commentary, Faith, lead, News, On Spirituality, Ordinary Time, poor | 0 |
If someone were to have come and claimed to be the Messiah, but despised or neglected the poor, sick, and vulnerable, then that charlatan would not be the Messiah.
Read MoreThe first Catholic church to be built on that spot was begun in 1830, constructed with the labor and funds of the working class children of Irish and German immigrants. Their descendants only come here for Mass. This is the normal ebb and flow of the tide of American cities. We come here as riffraff, live downtown in squalor, build a church, and eventually our descendants become people who want nothing to do with the squalid riffraff that live downtown.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 3, 2020 | Christmas, Homeless, Hungry, Merry Christmas, News, poor, Powerless, Shopocalypse, Sunday Scriptures, True Christmas | 0 |
The day after Thanksgiving in Advents past, the Rev. Billy could be found at 5:30 a.m. in front of Macy’s flagship store in midtown Manhattan. “Stop shopping!” he shouts at the bundled figures pushing past him in the dark carrying their full shopping bags. “Stop shopping.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Congress, News, poor, Priority, Stimulus bill, U.S. & World News, USCCB, vulnerable | 0 |
Congress needs to remember the needs of “the poor, the vulnerable and people on the margins” when considering additional pandemic economic relief packages, said the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 28, 2020 | Casa Santa Marta, Coronavirus, COVID-19, lead, Mass, News, poor, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis Saturday cautioned against what he said is an “elite” and “clerical” mentality that leaves the poor behind, saying this attitude is also on display during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
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