Cardinal at heart of crisis predicts rebirth after coronavirus
When the day finally comes that the Church can return to normal liturgical and pastoral life, what then?
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Posted by bcadmin | Mar 26, 2020 | Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Genoa, Hospitals, Italy, lead, Mass, Medical care, News, News Analysis |
When the day finally comes that the Church can return to normal liturgical and pastoral life, what then?
Read MoreThe consecration took place on March 25 at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima.
Read More“We need to insist that the regulations of the State, also for the good of the State, recognize the distinct importance of places of worship, especially in time of national and international crisis,” Cardinal Raymond Burke in a message on C…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 26, 2020 | Ashley Feasley, Bishop Paul McAleenan, Cardinal Michael Czenry, Caritas, Church in the US, COVID-19, Dylan Corbett, HOPE Border Institute, Jesuit Refugee Service, migrants and refugees, News, USCCB |
Church leaders around the world are pleading that migrants not be forgotten during pandemic.
Read MoreThe Indian prime minister imposed a “total ban on venturing out of your homes.”
Read More“It’s irresponsible to pass marijuana legalization during a pandemic, whether in the budget or as stand-alone legislation, both for public health and good government reasons,” said a spokesman for the New York State Catholic Conference.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 26, 2020 | Coronavirus, COVID-19, Father Juan Gabriel Arias, Interviews, lead, Mozambique, News, Poverty, toilet paper hording, Water |
ROSARIO, Argentina – As many in the United States and across Europe worry over hoarding toilet paper to face the uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic, a missionary priest in Africa is worried that most in his community don’t have soap in their homes and no one has running water. “The
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 26, 2020 | Bishop McElroy, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Democratic Party, Featured, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, News, Weekly Headlines |
In classic Russian fiction the writer often conceals the exact location and even the name of a character. In any story by Chekov or Dostoyevsky, you run across memes like this: It so happened last autumn that an officer on leave, Captain N., missed his footing while stepping off the train in the town of […]
President Jair Bolsonaro said that concerns about the virus are overblown; Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo of Belo Horizonte, president of the bishops’ conference, denounced his remarks, lamented a “pandemic of irresponsibility,&rdqu…
Read MoreFrancesco Antonio Grana covers the Vatican for the Roman daily Il Fatto Quotidiano. On March 15, Pope Francis walked to the Church of San Marcello al Corso, where he venerated a crucifix associated with various miracles, including the cessation of a p…
Read MoreOn March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, Pope Francis offered Mass in the chapel of Domus Sanctae Marthae (video).
Read More“Decisions regarding the critical care of patients during the current crisis must not discriminate on the basis of disability or age,” the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund and the Thomas More Society said in a statement.
Read MoreMsgr. Gianluca Pezzoli, 58, is head of the Italian section of the Vatican’s Secretariat of State. Four other Vatican employees have tested positive for CO19, the director of the Holy See Press Office said on March 25.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 26, 2020 | CNA Columns: Russell Shaw, News |
By Russell ShawSo much has been said and written about the novel coronavirus that if words could stem a pandemic, we would all long since have been dancing in the streets, holding hands and only pausing now and then to exchange hugs. Unfortunately, kee…
Read MoreArchbishop Arthur Roche, Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, commented on In time of Covid-19 (II), a decree issued March 25.
Read MoreSt. Guido Maria Conforti (1865-1931) founded the Xaverian Missionaries in 1895. Parma, the site of the institute’s motherhouse, is located in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna (map).
Read MoreBy Tito Edwards | How the Black Plague Changed the “Hail Mary” Prayer – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia +1
Joseph Ratzinger on Fasting from the Eucharist – The Catholic World Report +1
The Book of Eli & the…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 26, 2020 | News, temperance, Those Catholic Men, Virtue |
Nobody likes a person, especially a man, who just agrees to everything and goes with the flow, because that flow will typically by along the lines of whim, impulse, and sin – he’s a “yes man” not just to another man, but to everything. If you say ‘yes’ to everyone and everything you are not […]
Posted by bcadmin | Mar 26, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, suffering, Thomas Aquinas |
What are the best reasons to reject God’s existence? One of the greatest thinkers of all time, St. Thomas Aquinas, could only conjure up two decent ones. The first is our apparent ability to explain away God through what we now call the physical sciences, and the second is the problem of evil, or suffering. […]
Posted by bcadmin | Mar 26, 2020 | courage, Featured, In the Spotlight, Jesus Christ, Men of Faith, News, Priest, priesthood, vocation |
Two weeks ago I had the joy to preach the annual five-day retreat for Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, where 25 years ago this year I began my formation for the priesthood. It was an opportunity to express my thanks to the 150 men prepa…
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