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Posted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Black Catholics, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, National Black Catholic Congress, News, police brutality, Protests, Racial justice, Racism, St. Peter Claver |
Justice is what George Floyd and his family and friends deserve, and justice “through equal and fair treatment under the law is what every person in this country deserves,” said the U.S. bishop who is president of the National Black Catholic Congress.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Central America, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Natural disasters, News |
As if battling a pandemic weren’t enough, three of the poorest countries in Central America now are having to simultaneously face the aftermath of strong tropical storms.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, George Floyd, News, Protests, Racial justice, Racism |
As days of anti-racism protests sparked by police killings push Americans toward a national reckoning, religious leaders are stepping more directly into the politics surrounding discrimination, entering into a dialogue that cuts across lines of faith and color.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, China, Church in Asia, Hong Kong, News, Protests |
Hong Kong, citing concerns over COVID-19, has not granted permission for the annual public commemoration of the Tiananmen Square massacre, but a Catholic official said people will still be marking the date.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Ecumenism and Interreligious dialogue, News |
Support for Interreligious Coexistence and Solidarity
The post Songs of Catholics are Viral on Social Media in Indonesia appeared first on ZENIT – English.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Churches, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Delaware, News, quarantine, social distancing |
Democratic Gov. John Carney of Delaware is backing off restrictions he imposed on church worship to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the face of a federal lawsuit challenging those restrictions as unconstitutional.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, Black Catholics, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Detroit, George Floyd, News, police brutality, Protests, Racism |
Since his death, protests continue to take place across the United States seeking justice for George Floyd and calling for an end to police brutality, particularly against people of color.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic Universities, Church in the US, fraud, Hurricane, New Orleans, News, Xavier University |
Two New Orleans universities, the Archdiocese of New Orleans and a government contractor are defendants in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging fraud involving more than $100 million in Hurricane Katrina aid.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Bishop Declan Lang, Bishop Paul McAleenan, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, George Floyd, News, police brutality, Racism, United Kingdom |
English Catholic bishops say they “stand in solidarity” with anti-racism protests over the police killing of an unarmed U.S. African American, declaring that “racism is an evil which must be opposed.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, Minneapolis, News, Pope Francis, Protests, Racism, second, USCCB |
Pope Francis used his June 3 audience and a phone call with the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to express his solidarity and support following days of demonstrations protesting the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | News, United Kingdom |
Two English bishops say they “stand in solidarity” with anti-racism protests in the United States, declaring that “racism is an evil which must be opposed.”
The post English bishops express solidarity with US protests against racism appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | News, World News |
Hong Kong, citing concerns over COVID-19, has not granted permission for the annual public commemoration of the Tiananmen Square massacre, but a Catholic official said people will still be marking …
The post Hong Kong Catholic official says Masses will mark Tiananmen anniversary appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | CNA Columns: Russell Shaw, News |
By Russell ShawAlthough a Harvard law school professor’s recent proposal that homeschooling children be banned provoked a predictable hornets’ nest of justifiably outraged responses, the article by Professor Elizabeth Bartholet nevertheless…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Coronavirus, News, United States |
The Diocese of Madison will file suit if parishes are not permitted to operate at the same capacity as retail outlets
The post Madison diocese says it will sue over religious restrictions appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Cardinal Joseph Zen, China, Church in Asia, Diplomacy, Hong Kong, lead, News, Vatican |
Cardinal Joseph Zen, archbishop emeritus of Hong Kong, has said a new security law puts the city’s autonomy at risk, and condemned the Vatican’s silence on the issue as political pandering with disregard to the faith.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Christian Smith, Church in the US, Jason Kidd, lead, millenials, News, Pew Research Center, Sr. Patricia Wittberg |
Millennials are marrying later and delaying child bearing, complicating Catholic family life and formation.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 4, 2020 | Aleppo, Catholic Church, Christians, Church in the Middle East, lead, News, Pentecost, Syria, Syrian Civil War, War |
Despite being surrounded by war, persecution and destruction, the archbishop of war-torn Aleppo in Syria says that he’s still able to find happiness.
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This past Pentecost Sunday, Bishop Robert Barron published an article “Pentecost and the Fires in Our Cities.” In the article, he issues a challenge to the Church in light of the evil of racism in our culture once more on display in the brutal death of George Floyd. Towards the end of the article he […]
The Catholic bishops of Italy have reached an agreement with the country’s government that requires priests to wear masks and disposable gloves when distributing Communion. The agreement seems to be at odds with the Church’s liturgical guid…
Read MoreThe universal Church should hold a synod to discuss changes approved by the German bishops in their “synodal path,” says Bishop Georg Bätzing, the president of the German episcopal conference. “What arises synodally must also be …
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