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BETHESDA, Md. — For all the positive energy and enthusiasm at the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart July 19, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Olympic-bound swimmers and alumnae, Katie Ledecky and Phoebe Bacon, could hear the exuberant cheers and applause all the way from Tokyo. Hundreds of
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 21, 2021 | Catholic, News, Pope Francis, Uncategorised, World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly | 0 |
Highlighting the importance and gifts of older people has been a constant refrain throughout Pope Francis’ ministry.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 20, 2021 | News, Uncategorised | 0 |
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ letter explaining why he was restricting the use of the pre-Vatican II Mass “fearlessly hits the nail on the head: the TLM (Traditional Latin Mass) movement has hijacked the initiatives of St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI to its own ends,” said Archbishop J.
Read MoreWASHINGTON — Extensive damage from back-to-back tropical storms in the middle of a pandemic have made a bad situation worse in Guatemala, argued immigration advocates July 14, seeking a special immigration status for nationals from the Central American nation. Guatemala is the kind of country that keeps suffering “one terrible
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 19, 2021 | Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Australia, John McCarthy, News, slavery, Sydney, Uncategorised | 0 |
When Australia’s national customs and border law enforcement agency uploaded a Catholic document to a federal government registry monitoring modern-day slavery at the end of June, it was a significant development in efforts to end worker exploitation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 16, 2021 | Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Iraq, News, Uncategorised, USCCB | 0 |
When fighters from the Islamic State group overran huge swaths of Iraq seven years ago, they laid waste to an untold number of buildings and religious sites.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 16, 2021 | Bishop Italo Dell'Oro, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Huston, News, Uncategorised | 0 |
Sunshine illuminated the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in downtown Houston when the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston welcomed the eighth auxiliary bishop to be ordained for the archdiocese — Bishop Italo Dell’Oro.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 15, 2021 | Bishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, India, News, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Uncategorised | 0 |
THRISSUR, India — Syro-Malabar Bishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad, India, urged India’s prime minister to facilitate rebuilding of a church demolished by local government officials in the Indian capital of New Delhi. “We … request your immediate intervention in this serious matter … to rebuild and restitute (sic) the damage
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 13, 2021 | COVID-19, Iraq, Nasiriyah, News, Pope Francis, Uncategorised | 0 |
Pope Francis offered his prayers and condolences after a fire at in a COVID-19 hospital ward in Iraq left at least 64 people dead.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 13, 2021 | Father Massimo Fusarelli, Franciscans, News, Uncategorised | 0 |
Members of the general chapter of the Order of Friars Minor elected Rome-born Father Massimo Fusarelli as the new minister general of the worldwide Franciscan order.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 29, 2021 | Ambassador Sam Brownback, Bishop David J. Malloy, Catholic Church, News, Religious Freedom, religious liberty, Uncategorised, USCCB | 0 |
Religious freedom advocates released a charter declaring the right of every person around the world to freely believe — or not believe — religious tenets and join with others in a religious community and for believers and religious communities to live peacefully in society.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 26, 2021 | Bishop Joseph J. Tyson, Catholic Church, Migrants, News, Uncategorised, USCCB | 0 |
The U.S. Catholic Church may be missing out on an opportunity to increase and enrich its ranks if dioceses and parishes don’t reach out to migrant groups.
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