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By Catholic News Agency | DENVER, Colo. — After photos appearing to depict blessings or baptisms by water gun went viral online, several priests cautioned that Catholics should take care to treat…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, Hindus, India, Kerala, lead, News, Vandalism |
Hindu nationalists have vandalized a movie set depicting a church in the Indian state of Kerala, claiming it offended Hindu sensibilities.
Read MoreIn the first of a series of interviews with leading minds, the philosopher Fr Thomas White OP discusses apologetics, the coronavirus and the need for deeper conversations. Fr Thomas Joseph …
The post ‘We can’t simply say the truths’: An interview with Fr Thomas Joseph White appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | General Audience, News |
Says Having a Hope-filled Gaze Toward God Brings New Life Amid Hatred
The post Pope at General Audience: Ahead of Pentecost, Let Lives Be Warmed & Illuminated by Holy Spirit God Poured Into Our Hearts appeared first on ZENIT – English.
Read MoreI trod an unconventional path to the Christian faith, via a left-wing secular home, a northern comprehensive education, and a few years working in London media absorbing the cynicism of …
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Read MoreIt’s a time for long books. I’m halfway through War and Peace. Hilary Mantel’s latest is next, an act of literary devotion which requires that I put aside her anti-Catholic …
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, India, Natural disasters, News |
The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) has expressed it’s “sincere prayers and sympathies” at the loss of life and the damage caused by Cyclone Amphan, which hit the Indian states of Odisha and West Bengal, as well as neighboring Bangladesh, last week.
Read MoreA Catholic neighbour in our village called on me recently (keeping the appropriate distance, naturally.) She has published a slim memoir of her childhood in an Edinburgh tenement, remarking to …
The post A refreshing memoir without the cruel nuns or ‘Catholic guilt’ appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreBy Catholic News Agency | WAHINGTON, D.C. — The current drop in the number of people in the United States identifying with a religion may not be permanent, but it is in some ways unprecedented,…
Read More“This time, after all, has taught us that we cannot continue to be distracted by the unimportant things that normally overwhelm us,” said Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary for Family and Life t the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life. &ld…
Read More“Prosecutors in the state of Victoria said 19 journalists and 21 publications aided and abetted contempt of court” by violating a gag order on report. The journalists’ trial is scheduled to begin in November.
Read MoreThe 3-notch downgrade from A1 to Baa1 “reflects the escalation of core social and business risks for a particular sector that has seen a substantial and now recently increasing trend of preemptive bankruptcy,” according to the report. &ldqu…
Read MoreOn May 6, Pope Francis began a new series of Wednesday general audiences on prayer. “Prayer cultivates flowerbeds of rebirth in places where human hatred was only capable of sowing a desert,” the Pope said on May 27, as he spoke about Abel…
Read MoreBy Courtney Mares/CNA. | ROME, Italy — A Chinese underground bishop who was sentenced to 10 years of forced labor in the 1980s for bringing Catholics on pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine of Our Lady…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Free Access, News, United States |
“People need to feel safe in their communities and have trust in law enforcement, who should exercise their power in a spirit of service,” the bishops said.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, Free Access, News, United States |
The Tennessee priest in a now-viral photograph that seemed to depict a baptism by water gun has told parishioners that the photo was staged, and was meant to be funny.
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A Chinese underground bishop who was sentenced to 10 years of forced labour in the 1980s for taking Catholics on pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan died this month at the age of 98.
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Read MoreWASHINGTON – This spring, the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) awarded grants in the amount of $146,168 for eight projects that support the goals of the CCD to promote Catholic biblical literacy and Catholic biblical interpretation.
The CCD w…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Free Access, News, World News |
A judge in the Australian state of Victoria has proposed a trial date to prosecute journalists and media outlets for violating a court-imposed reporting ban on the 2018 trial of Cardinal Pell
The post Australian journalists face court date over Pell trial coverage appeared first on Catholic Herald.
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