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Posted by bcadmin | May 2, 2020 | Bishop Gregory J. Mansour, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Diocese of Brooklyn, Maronite Church, News |
Bishop Gregory J. Mansour, who heads the Eparchy of St. Maron in Brooklyn, New York, is pretty sure he came down with symptoms of COVID-19 from helping a man who had fallen and was coughing on a Brooklyn street.
Read MoreLoneliness is certainly not unique to this time of pandemic, but it is no surprise that under quarantine we are lonelier than ever.
Yet, while modern discourse considers loneliness a disease and even an epidemic, the Catholic Church considers it a pos…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 2, 2020 | autism, Bergamo, Church in Europe, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Faith, Italy, lead, News, Pope Francis |
Last week Pope Francis made a personal phone call to an autistic teen in the Italian town of Caravaggio in response to a letter the boy had sent inquiring about why the pope made the sign of peace during his daily Masses during the coronavirus.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 2, 2020 | Archbishop George J. Lucas, Archdiocese of Omaha, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Nebraska, News, quarantine, social distancing |
People will start cautiously gathering to pray in many Nebraska houses of worship soon for the first time since coronavirus restrictions were imposed, although some congregations won’t rush back and others are still deciding how to proceed.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 2, 2020 | Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Archdiocese of Washington, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, consecration, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, USCCB |
Bishops throughout the United States reconsecrated the country to Mary as the nation continues to struggle in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 2, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Environment Ecology, Galilee, Holy Land, Israel, News, quarantine, Sea of Galilee, social distancing, Tourism |
After an especially rainy winter, the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel is at its highest level in two decades, but the beaches and major Christian sites along its banks are empty.
Read MoreVatican City, May 2, 2020 / 04:30 am (CNA).- Pope Francis prayed Saturday for mayors, governors, presidents, and legislators at a time when many government leaders are making decisions about whether to ease or extend coronavirus restrictions.
“L…
Read MoreReading 1 Acts 9:31-42
The Church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria
was at peace.
She was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord,
and with the consolation of the Holy Spirit she grew in numbers.
As Peter was passing through ever…
Read MoreYes, you read that correctly
The post The one exception to Ireland’s marriage decline: ‘Spiritualist’ weddings appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 2, 2020 | Catholic Church, Christians in the Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Focolare, Interviews, lead, News, Syria, Syrian Civil War |
Robert Chelhod is Syrian living in Aleppo who works for AMU (Azione per un Mondo Unito – Actions for a United World), an NGO associated with the Focolare Catholic lay movement.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 2, 2020 | Abortion, Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Church in the US, enivronment, Interviews, Jack Jenkins, Joe Biden, Laudato Si, lead, NETWORK Lobby, News, Pope Francis, religious left, Sister Simone Campbell |
In his new book, Jack Jenkins describes the Catholic influence on progressive politics.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 2, 2020 | CAFOD, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, development, foreign aid, lead, News |
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Warning that the COVID-19 coronavirus is “a tsunami heading towards the homes of millions of poor communities,” England’s leading Catholic international aid agency has launched an appeal to help prepare vulnerable communities from the effects of the pandemic. “The potential scale of the pandemic across Africa,
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 2, 2020 | Bishop and Doctor of the Church, Daily Readings, Memorial of Saint Athanasius, News |
Memorial of Saint Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church Readings: Acts 9:31-42 Psalms 116:12-13, 14-15, 16-17 John 6:60-69 Memorial of Saint Athanasius Readings: 1 John 5:1-5 Psalms 37:3-4, 5-6, 30-31 Matthew 10:22-25
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Posted by bcadmin | May 2, 2020 | 2020, Abortion, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Edith Stein, Elizabeth A. Mitchell, Holy Innocents, in odium fidei, martyrdom, News, Recognizing Our Mute Witnesses, Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, The Catholic Thing |
Elizabeth A. Mitchell: We reject the persecution which gives no name to its action and no face to its decrees, hiding its motives and concealing its effect.
The post Recognizing Our Mute Witnesses appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 2, 2020 | News, Today's Saint |
St. Athanasius (296?-373) was a great Egyptian bishop who played a major role in opposing the heresy of Arianism and in preserving the Church’s true faith. He was born of a Christian family in Alexandria, where he received a classical education. In 319 Athanasius was ordained a deacon, and later became a priest; he served […]
St. Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria and a great defender of the orthodox faith, throughout his life opposed the Arian heresy. By denying the Godhead of the Word the Arians turned Christ into a mere man, only higher in grace than others in the eyes of …
Read MoreFr. Paul Check joins Cy to take any question of a pastoral nature. He offers advice on marriage, family, work, the liturgy, and much more.
Questions Covered:
01:50 – What is there about the theology that says that the priest cannot consecrate t…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 1, 2020 | Features, interview, News, Peter Kreeft, The evangelizing power of beauty |
This is an installment in our series on the evangelizing power of beauty. In this series, we are looking at how beauty can bring us to God, convey a sense of the sacred, point us […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 1, 2020 | coronavirus COVID-19, covid, Local News, News, public Mass |
Under the bishops’ plan, public Masses are expected to resume public Masses, under heavy restrictions, May 18 — exactly two months after public Masses were suspended in the archdiocese.
Read MoreThe Catholic Church is built on Scripture and Tradition. Just what does that mean?
Questions Covered:
11:47 – Why is there not a logical fallacy for sacred tradition?
18:40 – What is a short way to explain to a Protestant what Catholic tr…
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