German court affirms pharmacist’s conscience rights (Observatory on Intolerance against Christians)
The pharmacist refused to stock or sell the morning-after pill, which can cause an abortion of a newly conceived human being.
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The pharmacist refused to stock or sell the morning-after pill, which can cause an abortion of a newly conceived human being.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 17, 2020 | Church, Featured, Mass Ad Orientem, News, Philippines, Weekly Headlines |
The Philippines, a sovereign republic made up of an estimated 7,000 islands, is a tropical paradise subject to the occasional typhoon. In 1585, the Philippines became a Spanish colony, named after King Philip II of Spain. The Filipino language, based on Tagalog and English, is replete with Spanish words and proper names. Thanks to Spanish […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 17, 2020 | Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Spain |
A Spanish cardinal warned Catholics that their country is on the verge of a communist revival.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 17, 2020 | Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Australia, Australian bishops, Australian Royal Commission, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, confession, News, Seal of Confession |
The president of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference is the latest of the country’s senior clerics to push back against legislation to lift the seal of confession for child sexual abuse.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 17, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic colleges, Catholic News Service, Catholic Universities, Church in the US, College of the Holy Cross, News |
Officials at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester are “stunned and saddened” over the death of sophomore Grace Rett, 20, a star rowing athlete who died from injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle crash early Jan. 15 in Florida during a winter training trip.
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On the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, a Jan. 15 hearing to celebrate the act cited numerous successes — including the passage of four subsequent bills to further clamp down on trafficking — but noted work yet to do to keep both children and adults safe from others who would exploit them for sex or cheap labor.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 17, 2020 | Episcopal Conferences, News |
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 17, 2020 | Ad Hoc Commitee for Religious Liberty, Bishop George Murry, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, US bishops, USCCB |
A culture of religious freedom “consists of respect for the dignity of others as they seek to live in accordance with the truth about God,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty.
Read More“Members of the police take note of the plate of the cars of the faithful only for the fact that they go to Mass,” the vicar general of the Archdiocese of Managua said. “But the Church had this experience of persecution already in the…
Read More“Marxist communism, which seemed destroyed with the fall of the Berlin Wall, has been reborn and is certain to govern Spain,” warned Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera of Valencia, vice president of the Spanish bishops’ conferenc…
Read More“President Trump is committed to making sure that people of faith, particularly children, are not subjected to illegal punishment or pressure for executing their constitutionally protected right,” said White House Domestic Policy Council D…
Read MoreHossein Soodmand, a convert from Islam, was tortured and executed in 1990.
Read MoreAt a Mass celebrated in the chapel of Domus Sanctae Marthae on January 16, Pope Francis preached on Mark 1:40-45, which recounts the leper’s prayer to Christ (“If you wish, you can make me clean”).
Read MoreUnder proposed legislation in Queensland (map), priests would face up to three years in jail for failing to report a confession of child sexual abuse.
Read MoreThe Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia has decided not to hold the ordination of a female bishop at a Catholic church. Because of concerns raised by Catholics in the diocese, Episcopalian leaders announced that they would find another venue for the…
Read More“We implore our governments to help build a new political solution rooted in human dignity for all,” a group of European and North American bishops said following a visit to the Holy Land. “There is an urgent need for our countries to…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 17, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
Have you ever felt this vague feeling of being lost, or out of place? Perhaps you have felt that the path you are on may not be headed in the right direction? That you are somehow missing the mark? I have noticed for most of my life that there seems to be this ever-present, underlying […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 17, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
The Protestant Church is all about the Bible; the Catholic Church is all about the Sacraments. Right? Not exactly. When it comes to personal Bible reading, Protestants often put Catholics to shame. But as far as Sunday worship goes, it is hard to find a more biblical service than the Mass. The readings are awesome enough, but even the prayers of the Mass […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 17, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
The Protestant Church is all about the Bible; the Catholic Church is all about the Sacraments. Right? Not exactly. When it comes to personal Bible reading, Protestants often put Catholics to shame. But as far as Sunday worship goes, it is hard to find a more biblical service than the Mass. The readings are awesome enough, but even the prayers of the Mass […]
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