A secular society?
Modern Western governments claim they leave questions of ultimate meaning to the individual. That is the point of the Supreme Court’s claim that our public order is based on “the right to define one’s own […]
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Modern Western governments claim they leave questions of ultimate meaning to the individual. That is the point of the Supreme Court’s claim that our public order is based on “the right to define one’s own […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 3, 2020 | Abuse prevention, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Church in the Americas, clerical sexual abuse, COVID-19 pandemic, Latin America, lead, Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, News, Pope Francis, vademecum |
Some 2,000 people joined a video conference on preventing sexual abuse in the Church in Latin America organized by the Center for Child Protection of Mexico’s Catholic University (CEPROME) and the Vatican Safeguarding Taskforce.
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For over 20 years, eastern Congo been beset by war and conflict, with rival gangs fighting for control over the region’s rich mineral resources. While other aid organizations and NGOs have fled the area as a result of rising insecurity, religious sisters have remained.
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After seven women in France last month “applied” for ecclesial jobs traditionally open only to men, the Vatican’s ambassador to the country has made a personal phone call to several of them offering a sit-down meeting.
Read MorePope Francis said that he is praying for Nicaraguans after the destruction of a nearly 400-year-old crucifix at the cathedral in Managua.
Read MoreThe Diocese of Camden has paid nearly $1,000,000 for victims’ therapeutic assistance, $10,270,000 in financial settlements, and an additional $7,577,500 in awards as determined by the Independent Victim Compensation Program, according to a state…
Read More“Gun-carrying herders and other bandits are occupying many farmlands and forests, destroying crops, raping women, killing and kidnapping many persons,” the area’s bishops warned.
Read MoreThe New York congresswoman referred to St. Damien of Molokai as an example of “what patriarchy and white supremacist culture looks like.” The Los Angeles auxiliary bishop responded, “To associate this man in any way with colonialism …
Read More“As the impact of the coronavirus has disproportionately affected the black community, the same is true for our Catholic schools that serve predominately black communities, and we are imploring your help for these families who have sought a Catho…
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As Catholics, we are familiar with how Mary is the New Eve — as well as the many ways that the other women of ancient Israel look forward to the Mother of God. But Mary is also prefigured in some unexpected parts of the Old Testament. Here are seven of them. Noah’s ark. We tend […]
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Q: A Baptist friend asked me, “Why do we call priests ‘Father’ when Jesus told us not to call anyone on earth ‘father?’” How would you answer this question? This question refers to Jesus’s teaching found in the Gospel of St. Matthew, when He said, “Do not call anyone on earth your father. Only One […]
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Brad Miner: W.B. Yeats’ conservatism glorifiied the past but ephemeral and haughty, especially in his flirtation with fascism and eugenics.
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As Chinese central authorities tighten their grip on Hong Kong and as the world continues to hear news of the…
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Read MoreIII At the first turning of the second stair I turned and saw below The same shape twisted on the…
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Here and now we have two paths before us. One leads to brutality and slavery. The other, much harder one,…
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The apparent attack comes after tensions between some Catholics and supporters of President Daniel Ortega, who previously led the country…
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Read MoreHistorically today is the feast of the Finding of the Body of St. Stephen, the first martyr. His body was discovered in 415 just outside Jerusalem. It was translated to Constantinople in 439 by the Empress Eudoxia, but part of the remains were taken to…
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Saint Lydia was born in Thyatira, a town famous for its dye works. She was a seller of purple dye and was St. Paul’s first convert at Philippi. The following is from the Acts of the Apostles: And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped […]
Read MoreFr Karol Kulczycki SDS, Former Head of the Salvatorians in Australia
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‘Called to Holiness’
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