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Posted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Bishop Joseph C. Bambera, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, ecumenical ecumenism, News, St. Pope John Paul II, USCCB |
The 25th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s encyclical “Ut Unum Sint” should remind Catholics “the way of ecumenism is the way of the church” and they are “called to espouse a strong commitment to building Christian unity,” Bishop Joseph C. Bambera of Scranton, Pennsylvania, said May 25.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Crime, Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico, News, theft |
A Catholic diocese in New Mexico says thieves stole a classic car officials were using to raise money for a vocations program.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Colorado, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, quarantine, social distancing |
In recent weeks, U.S. dioceses have begun issuing their own plans for the gradual reopening of churches over several phases with the safety of congregants, priests, deacons and other parish staff foremost in the minds of Catholic officials — and with safety protocols in place.
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
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Alì Ağca, clerical sexual abuse, Emanuela Orlandi, lead, News, News Analysis, Pietro Orlandi, scandal, St. Pope John Paul II, Theodore McCarrick, Vatican finances |
When it comes to reform efforts of any sort, the Vatican doesn’t just face challenges in the here-and-now. It also faces a historical trust deficit, grounded in genuine episodes of cover-up and scandal which have been part of the Vatican’s history almost as much as Bernini’s colonnade and the Swiss Guard.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Asylum, Caitlin-Marie Ward, Church in the US, COVID-19, Father Ted Penton, Jesuit Refugee Service, lead, News, President Donald Trump, Remain in Mexico |
Asylum seekers waiting to enter the U.S. are in a state of limbo and at even greater risk due to COVID-19.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | China, Church in Asia, democracy, Father Bernardo Cervellera, Hong Kong, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican-China |
One of the Catholic Church’s leading experts in Chinese affairs has said church authorities in Hong Kong are divided about pro-democracy protests over a new national security measure that China is attempting to pass in the territory, and there is also a degree of disappointment over the Vatican’s silence on the issue.
Read MoreCNA Staff, May 27, 2020 / 12:09 am (CNA).- 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, according to a new research study aiming to quantify the dr…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | News, The Dispatch |
Denver Newsroom, May 26, 2020 / 05:45 pm (CNA).- Longtime critics of religious freedom protections, among them the American Civil Liberties Union, have formed a partnership to oppose the Trump administration policies and actions that […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, Culture, Featured, News, ordination, Orthodoxy, priesthood, Seminarians |
As I look at these new priests and transitional deacons this year, I can see it in their eyes — Christ, still present in our midst. Christ, continuing to love and care for his people.
The Catholic bishops of Burundi have raised questions about the results of recent elections, saying that “many irregularities” were evident in the voting that confirmed the power of the incumbent ruling party.
Read MoreThe Congregation for the Causes of Saints has acknowledged a miracle through the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, thus fulfilling the requirements for his beatification. In decrees issued on May 27, the V…
Read MoreBishop Charles Morerod of Lausanne, Geneva, and Fribourg, Switzerland, has named a lay woman, Marianne Pohl-Henzen, to replace the episcopal vicar of the diocese. Because canon law stipulates that only a priest can be an episcopal vicar, her title will…
Read MoreYounas Masih, the brother-in-law of Asia Bibi, was found dead in Pakistan’s Punjab province on May 25. He was reportedly killed by a Muslim neighbor. Asia Bibi—who spent eight years in prison on blasphemy charges before she was finally acqu…
Read MoreThe Vatican has instructed Enzo Bianchi to leave the Bose ecumenical community, which he founded in northern Italy in the 1960s. Bianchi had stepped down from his position as head of the monastic community in 2017, but conflicts over leadership within …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, In the Spotlight, News |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Maria Grace De Lallo. Lent […]
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Posted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | cemetery, Edith Stein, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, femininity, John Paul II, News, Saints |
While study is important for growth in one’s faith life, I know full well living it out is what matters. This is a hard lesson for me to remember, as evidenced by the pile of academic journal articles on the nightstand next to my bed. The preponderance are on St. Edith Stein and her pioneering […]
Posted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Mary, News, rosary, Sophia Excerpts |
My dear children, I call you anew to pray,pray, pray and do not forget that I am with you.I intercede before God for each of youuntil your joy in Him is complete.Thank you for having responded to my call. —The Blessed Mother to visionaries in Medjugorje My five-year-old niece snuggles in closer to my daughter […]
Posted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | Commentary, News |
Ut Unum Sint, issued 25 years ago by St. John Paul II, was the most courageous papal ecumenical proposal since…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2020 | In the News, News |
A record number of people left the Church in the German Archdiocese of Munich and Freising last year, a local…
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