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Posted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Apologetics, News, Sacraments & Sacramentals, Saints and Fathers |
Some might claim that Catholic teaching on relics and Sacramentals is unbiblical. Really? Check out these biblical passages: “So extraordinary were the mighty deeds God accomplished at the hands of Paul that when face CLOTHS or aprons that touched his skin were applied to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits came […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | News, Rest of World |
Retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz of Lingayen-Dagupan died on Wednesday after complications from COVID-19
The post Former head of Philippine bishops dies of COVID-19 complications appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Bolivia, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Elections, News, Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network, REPAM |
Bolivia’s bishops want environmental concerns to play a key role when voters go to the polls to elect a new government in October.
Read More‘As a Christian, I joyfully agreed to provide my contribution to develop such a moving and crucial story for the big screen,’ Andrea Bocelli said
The post Famed Italian tenor sings two songs in new ‘Fatima’ movie appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Church in India, COVID-19, India, Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa, News, Nuns, Religious Sisters |
Missionaries of Charity nuns canceled the usual birth anniversary celebrations of their founder, St. Teresa, this year after some nuns tested positive for COVID-19.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Cardinal Michael Czerny, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, COVID-19 pandemic, Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, immigrants and refugees, News, Vatican, World Day of Migrants and Refugees, world day of prayer for creation |
Catholics will mark the World Day of Migrants and Refugees during the ecumenical celebration of the Season of Creation, highlighting the obligation, as Pope Francis says, to listen to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor, said Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny.
Read MoreReadings for the Memorial of Saint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church
Reading 1 1 COR 1:17-25
Brothers and sisters:
Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the Gospel,
and not with the wisdom of human eloquence,
so tha…
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Baltimore, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic women, Church in the US, Maryland, News, Women in the Church |
The pioneering women who fought for the right to vote are being hailed by the bishops of Maryland.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Beaumont, Bishop David L. Toups, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Hurricane Laura, Natural disasters, News, Texas |
Growing up in Louisiana, Bishop David L. Toups is no stranger to hurricanes. Yet he never expected that less than a week into his first assignment as bishop of the Diocese of Beaumont, Texas, he’d be preparing to face a major hurricane.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, COVID-19 pandemic, News, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Vatican, World Council of Churches |
Two authoritative religious bodies on Thursday called on Christians to band together to fight “sins” laid bare or aggravated by the pandemic, including racism and economic injustice.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 28, 2020 | Featured, News, Nikki Haley, Politics, United Nations, Weekly Headlines |
We like to say that American conservatism is a three-legged stool. The “legs” are the three dominant factions in the Republican Party: social traditionalists, economic libertarians, and foreign policy interventionists. Conventional wisdom holds that the Right is only stable if all three legs are balanced. Yet, over the last half-century, the only “leg” that has […]
Benedictine monks in Hue, Vietnam, have suffered harassment as developers campaign to seize property dating back to 1940.
Read MoreThe eastern Indian state of Jharkand (map) is 68% Hindu, 15% Muslim, and 4% Christian, with 13% adhering to indigenous Sarnaism and other religions.
Read MorePolice in Karnataka (map) originally ruled Father Mahesh D’Souza’s 2019 death a suicide, though some local Catholics suspect foul play. Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo of Udupi said that “we are fully satisfied with the [original] police fin…
Read More“The Catholic community has the right to expect the priests of the Archdiocese and those entrusted with handing on the faith to be clear and unequivocal on the Church’s teaching concerning respect and protection for life from the first mome…
Read MoreResponding to a lawsuit by Solid Rock Baptist Church and Bible Baptist Church of Clementon, a federal district court ruled that the “plaintiffs are rightfully disillusioned that the State has not prioritized indoor religious activity to the sam…
Read MoreThe article discusses “the complex position of Catholic priests under UK tax law. For the purposes of National Insurance, a mandatory contribution allowing workers to qualify for certain benefits and the state pension, priests are classified as s…
Read MoreThe former Notre Dame football coach described former Vice President Biden as a “Catholic in name only.” Father John Jenkins, the university’s president since 2005, said that Holtz’s “use of the University’s name at…
Read MoreIslam is the official religion of the South Asian nation of 211 million (map), the fifth most populous in the world. 96% of Pakistan’s people are Muslim, 2% are Christian, and 1% are Hindu.
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