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By Steven W. Mosher | Not long ago, I received an anguished email from a Catholic in China.
“The walls are closing in,” she sent over the encrypted service that we use to protect her — and other…
Read MoreExplosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut has caused at least 100 deaths, left over 4,000 injured and 300,000 homeless
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 5, 2020 | Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Lebanon, News |
Lebanese were reeling after a massive explosion at Beirut’s port destroyed homes, businesses and livelihoods across the capital, and Catholic leaders immediately took action and called for international support.
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Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the need for the Defense Department to stand up for religious liberty: Sen. Ted Cruz is absolutely right in noting that the Department of Defense is not being aggressive enough defending religious libe…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 5, 2020 | Beatification, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Father Michael McGivney, Knights of Columbus, News, Saints, Shrines |
A new Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center planned by the Knights of Columbus will focusing on “the spirituality and charitable vision of our founder and his legacy,” said Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson in announcing the new center Aug. 4.
Read MoreCNA Staff, Aug 5, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- The Maronite eparchs of the United States are pleading for prayers and aid for the people of Lebanon in the wake of the large explosion in Beirut on Tuesday, August 4, as Lebanon’s bishops call for a day …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 5, 2020 | Associated Press, Bono, Catholic Church, Church in Ireland, Church in UK and Ireland, derry, funeral, Good Friday Agreement, Ireland, John Hume, News, Northern Ireland |
Mourners remembered activist John Hume on Wednesday, celebrating the visionary politician who devoted his life to peace and forged the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 5, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, General Audience, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and social and environmental crises worldwide, Pope Francis announced he would begin a new series of general audience talks aimed at helping build “the future that we need.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 5, 2020 | 2020 election, Associated Press, Becket, Becket Fund, Catholic Church, Church in the US, News, Polarization, Religious Freedom |
The principle of religious freedom is important to most Americans. But as President Donald Trump touts his support for it during his reelection bid, there are notable fault lines among people of different faiths and political ideologies over what it truly means.
Read MoreBy Andrea Picciotti-Bayer | Progressives have joined forces with anarchists in an attempt to “cancel” religious freedom in the United States. It’s a creepy alliance. If they succeed, the people who…
Read MoreBy Kathy Schiffer | At the beginning of each of the 10 videos in Bishop Robert Barron’s “Catholicism” series, there is a scene in which thousands of white rose petals drift downward from the ceiling at Rome’s Basilica di Sa…
Read MoreBy Peter Jesserer Smith | BEIRUT — A terrifying chemical explosion in Beirut’s harbor felt as far away as Cyprus has shattered the city and ripped a hole in the heart of Lebanon.
Scores of men and…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 5, 2020 | News, World News |
Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai said the local Church needs support to help the people of Lebanon recover from the disaster
The post Lebanese cardinal: ‘The Church has a great duty’ after Beirut explosion appeared first on Catholic Herald.
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Rome Newsroom, Aug 5, 2020 / 10:00 am (CNA).- After at least one explosion occurred at the ports of Beirut on Tuesday, a Maronite Catholic cardinal has said the local Church needs support to help the people of Lebanon recover from this disaster.
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The post Patriarch Rai: “Mysterious Explosion” in Beirut – We Ask Everyone for Help appeared first on ZENIT – English.
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Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on how politics has made its way into journalism: The Associated Press’ new “style book” goes beyond trendy: It has joined the social justice crusade. By referring to white people in the lowercase, and bl…
Read MoreThe process for a new policy was accelerated soon after PM Narendra Modi’s pro-Hindu party came to power in 2014
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 5, 2020 | News, Nota in Brevis |
Cardinal Zen has it right on Vatican II – it is a light for our times, read rightly, in accord with tradition and the hermeneutic of continuity. I wonder what those who want to get rid of the Council, or at least sections thereof, realize what the effect of that may be. Like Voltaire, but[…]
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Read MoreTheologian analyzes the issue of denying Communion to certain politicians — drawing on the distinction between the role of the Church and of government
Read MoreBy Hannah Brockhaus/CNA | VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Wednesday the Church is not an expert in the global health crisis, but Catholic social teaching is fundamental to healing the issues…
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