Irish archbishop: It’s time ‘to move beyond the virtual’
Ireland’s two Catholic primates have issued statements on the path to the resumption of public Masses on the Emerald Isle, both in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland.
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Posted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archdiocese of Armagh, Catholic Church, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, COVID-19, Dublin, Ireland, Irish bishops, News, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland |
Ireland’s two Catholic primates have issued statements on the path to the resumption of public Masses on the Emerald Isle, both in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland.
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The work includes a liturgical section with suggestions for how a blessing of same-sex unions might be ‘celebrated’ in Catholic churches
The post Book calling for Catholic blessing of same-sex couples was requested by Austrian bishops’ conference appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreReading 1 Acts 20:28-38
At Miletus, Paul spoke to the presbyters of the Church of Ephesus:
“Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock
of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers,
in which you tend the Church of God
that he acquire…
Twenty MPs have called on the British government to allow churches to re-open
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Read MoreDenver Newsroom, May 27, 2020 / 03:12 am (CNA).- After photos appearing to depict blessings or baptisms by water gun went viral online, several priests cautioned that Catholics should take care to treat sacred objects and rites with a proper sense of r…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Art & Culture, Coronavirus, Featured, News, T.S. Eliot, Weekly Headlines |
The pandemic has suddenly thrown our affluent and seemingly secure and safe lives into a tailspin. In fact, the security and certainty was always an illusion, and in East Coker T.S. Eliot ponders life’s shifting uncertainty: And every moment is a new and shocking Valuation of all we have been. We are only undeceived Of […]
The Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization has announced that on May 30, Pope Francis will lead the Rosary at the Vatican Gardens’ Lourdes grotto “to pray to the Virgin Mary for help amidst the pandemic.”
Read MoreThe basilica “will be accessible only to those who have no fever and have no flu symptoms,” according to the report. “There is also an obligation to wear personal protection measures, including masks, and to maintain a safety distance…
Read MoreSince March 8, Pope Francis has delivered his Sunday Angelus address (or, in the Easter season, Regina Caeli address) in the library of the Apostolic Palace.
Read MoreNorth Kivu (map) is located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The jihadists are part of the so-called Allied Democratic Forces.
Read More“It seems clear that Planned Parenthood knew that it was ineligible for the small business loans under the CARES Act long before its affiliates fraudulently self-certified that they were eligible,” 27 senators said in a letter. 37 Planned P…
Read MoreDaniel Ortega, the autocratic leftist ruler, has resisted calls to enact restrictions as the pandemic spreads; opposition leaders disagree.
Read MoreAndrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Dicastery for Communication, described the Pope’s recent message to the Pontifical Mission Societies as a “strong text,” a warning against “secular notions of activism or technical-pr…
Read More“I would like to renew my deep appreciation to Pope Francis for his support for my global ceasefire appeal and the work of the United Nations,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in an interview with Vatican Media. “His g…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Featured, News, Politics, secularism, Weekly Headlines |
Did Jesus legitimize the concept of a secular state? Many people, including well-intentioned Christians in today’s polite society, seem to think so. The “proof-text” they point to is Christ’s famous retort in St. Matthew’s Gospel, “render unto to Caesar that which is Caesar’s, but render unto God that which is God’s.” Yet a closer examination, […]
Posted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | News, The Dispatch |
I’d heard about Father Alexander Sherbrooke long before we met in June 2011; Father Sherbrooke had been a mentor for young friends of mine who had worked at St. Patrick’s Church in London as pastoral […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | News, Pope and Holy See |
Note from Holy See Press Office Explains that Authorities Present Will Be Ensuring Individuals Follow Personal Distancing Rules
The post For 1st Time in Months, Pope Francis to Recite Pentecost Regina Caeli With Faithful in the Square Socially Distant appeared first on ZENIT – English.
Read MoreIn Maryland’s Howard County, a new regulation—issued by the county’s executive—bans “consumption of food or beverage of any kind before, during, or after religious services, including food or beverage that would typically …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, Pax Christi, quarantine |
Pax Christi USA has invited people to sign a new “Pledge to Protect” in which the signees promise to take personal responsibility for protecting others during the coronavirus pandemic as the U.S. economy reopens.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Bishop George V. Murry, cancer, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Youngstown, News |
The Diocese of Youngstown announced May 26 that Bishop George V. Murry has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis for reasons of ill health.
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