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Senegal, a West African nation of 15.4 million (map), is 91% Muslim, 5% Christian, and 3% ethnic religionist. The suspect was arrested as he attempted to sell the sacred vessels he stole from the tabernacle.
Read More“In view of the current health crisis, the Holy Father has decided that, for this year 2020, the Peter’s Pence Collection, which traditionally takes place around the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, on 29 June, will be transferred throug…
Read MoreJuba is the capital of the nation of 10.3 million (map), which is 62% Christian (41% Catholic), 32% ethnic religionist, and 6% Muslim. The appointment of Bishop Stephen Ameyu Mulla as Juba’s archbishop was met with violent resistance, but now th…
Read MoreThe West African nation of 8.4 million (map) is 30% Catholic, 18% Protestant, and 19% Muslim, with 33% adhering to ethnic religions.
Read MorePope Francis made his remarks following his April 29 general audience.
Read MoreFour seminarians were kidnapped on January 8 in Kaduna State (map); one was murdered, and the other three were released.
Read MoreThe Southeast African nation of 27.9 million is 30% Protestant, 24% Catholic, 17% Muslim, and 28% ethnic religionist. Pope Francis made an apostolic journey there in September 2019.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 30, 2020 | News, News Briefs, US |
Denver Newsroom, Apr 30, 2020 / 03:01 am (CNA).- If everything were going according to plan, Jessica would be entering the convent on August 22.
But, thanks to coronavirus, everything is not going according to plan.
“I was accepted to pre-postu…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 30, 2020 | Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
As American parents have learned in the last two months, it doesn’t matter what we think of home-schooling, we’re all doing it, especially for those in my home, Fairfax County, Virginia, where our nationally renowned public school system delayed and then egregiously fumbled its move to virtual classes. Thankfully, there are libraries-worth of free information […]
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 30, 2020 | News, United States |
The percentage of sermons about abortion is in the single digits, according to a Pew Research Center study.
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Read MoreThe German Church has agreed to binding rules for investigating sexual abuse cases
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 30, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, German bishops, German Church, Germany, Nazis, News, World War II |
The Catholic bishops in Germany have marked the upcoming 75th anniversary of the end of World War II by issuing a statement criticizing the behavior of their predecessors under the Nazis.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 30, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Farm workers, migrants and refugees, News, USCCB |
Four U.S. Catholic bishops called on government officials to consider the role and plight of U.S. migrant farmworkers during the coronavirus pandemic and made recommendations that include free testing and care should the workers test positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 30, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, COVID-19, Mexico, migrants and refugees, News, Tucson, U.S.-Mexico border |
More than a dozen men, women and children provided a glimpse into the desperate living conditions they endure in Nogales, Mexico, while the world struggles with COVID-19. They stood outside the Migrant Outreach Center, in the Mexican state of Sonora, run by the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales April 23.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 30, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, labor movement, News, Rerum Novarum, worker priests |
A prevailing culture of profit over people” creates “a culture that quantifies work and robs it of its humanity and its inherent dignity,” said Father Clete Kiley in his homily for a Workers’ Memorial Day Mass sponsored and livestreamed April 28 by the Catholic Labor Network.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 30, 2020 | Archbishop George J. Lucas, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, News |
he longtime pastor of the Newman Center on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln made “occasional” sexual advances to students and seminarians, the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln announced Wednesday.
Read MoreBy Tito Edwards | 50 Things To Do while Quarantined, Beyond Binge Watching – Carrie Gress, Ph.D., at Off The Cuff via Theology of Home +1
Forgotten Eastern Monk Quietly Influences Spiritual Theology For…
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One of my favorite lines from the Disney animated classic, An American Tail, is when Gussie yells, “Release the secret weapon! (To imitate her; her “r”s sound like “w”s). This sets in motion a chain of events that unleashes the secret weapon’s incredible power, ultimately routing their inimitable foes. The mice, like David in the […]
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 30, 2020 | adults, advice, Ask a Carmelite Sister, Carmelite, children, family, Featured, In the Spotlight, Mother Luisita, News, peace, practical faith, Sacraments, teaching, wisdom, worry |
Dear Sister, I worry a lot. I worry about myself and my family. People sometimes tell me that I worry far too much. I can’t help it. As a child, I was trained to be responsible and was held accountable by my parents. Now that I am married, have a husb…
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Among the gospel writers it is a unanimous fact that Mary Magdalene is the first of the disciples to see Jesus risen and spread the news that he was back from the dead. All four gospel writers mention that on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, she makes her way […]
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