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In his interview with the Italian news agency Adnkronos, Pope Francis denied any rift with Pope Emeritus Benedict, whom he described as “the embodiment of sainthood,” and spoke about loneliness, criticism, and discernment.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | "Never-Trump" critics, 2020 election, Antifa, Donald J. Trump, Featured, Joe Biden, News, Politics, Steve Bannon, Weekly Headlines |
As Election Day approaches, Americans of all political stripes are preparing for the worst. Police in major cities already anticipate even more riots and protests erupting and storeowners are boarding up their stores. As some commentators have pointed out, the country has not been so polarized since the election in 1860 that immediately precipitated the […]
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | All Soul's Day, Associated Press, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Mexico, News |
Mexico has reported more than 924,000 confirmed coronavirus infections and nearly 140.000 deaths listed as confirmed or probable, though experts say the actual numbers are likely significantly higher.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | 2020 election, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, China, Donald J. Trump, Featured, Joe Biden, Mike Pompeo, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
Before there was Hunter Biden, there was Neil Bush. Neil is the third son of the late George H. W. Bush and younger brother of George W. Bush. In 2003, Neil’s wife Sharon filed for divorce, leading to a cascade of information about how deeply compromised he was by the Chinese Communist Party. The year […]
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Articles, Featured Highlights, News |
Please introduce yourself and your relationship with Faith and Music. My name is Thomas Crow and I am a Catholic Composer from Wakefield in England. My Mum is Catholic and my Dad is Anglican, but my sister and I were brought up Catholic, serving at Mass for many years. My Dad has played the organ[…]
The post A 21st Century Dies Irae – in Conversation with Composer Thomas Crow appeared first on Catholic Insight.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Civil unions, Francesco, Gay Catholics, Homosexuality, lead, LGBT Catholics, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
A letter sent from the Vatican to bishops’ conferences around the world seeking to explain the Pope Francis’s recent remarks on civil unions has argued that the pope’s words were taken out of context and that his position does not constitute a change in Church teaching on the issue.
Read MoreThe following are a selection of the readings that may be chosen for this day.
Reading 1 WIS 3:1-9
The souls of the just are in the hand of God,and no torment shall touch them.They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead;and t…
Read MoreDuring his November 1 Sunday Angelus address (video), Pope Francis reflected on “Blessed are those who mourn” and “Blessed are the meek,” two of the Beatitudes from Matthew 5:1-12, the Gospel of the day.
Read More“This country’s founding commitments to equality and human rights have no foundation apart from this belief in a Creator who endows men and women with inalienable rights.
“This country’s founding commitments to equality and h…
Read MoreBlessed Michael McGivney (1852-1890) was beatified in Hartford on October 31 (video, booklet). “Dedicated to evangelization, he did everything possible to provide for the needs of those in need, promoting reciprocal aid,” Pope Francis sai…
Read More“We are isolating the students who tested positive, quarantining ourselves on campus, and increasing our testing,” said Father David Schunk, vice rector for administration. He declined to say how many seminarians have been infected.
Read More“Let us not forget what is happening in Nagorno-Karabakh (map), where the armed clashes are taking place amid a fragile truce, with the tragic increase in victims, destruction of homes, buildings and places of worship, with an increasing massive …
Read MoreArchbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi succeeds Cardinal Angelo Becciu, whom Pope Francis appointed special delegate to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in 2017. In September, Becciu resigned from the “rights connected to the cardinalate.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Civil unions, News, Pope Francis, Vatican diplomacy, Vatican Secretariat of State |
The clarifications explain that the pope’s comments do not pertain to Catholic doctrine regarding the nature of marriage as a union between one man and one woman, but to provisions of civil law.
The post Vatican Secretariat of State provides context of Pope Francis civil union remark appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Columns, Features, News, The Past Present |
Editor’s note: This is the inaugural essay in a new and regular CWR column titled “The Past Present”, written by Dr. Christopher Shannon, a professor in the History Department at Christendom College. “Those who do […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Abortion, Abortion law, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, News, Poland, Polish bishops |
Anti-government protests triggered by the tightening of Poland’s strict abortion law took place for an 11th day in the predominantly Catholic nation.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic colleges, Catholic Universities, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Higher education, News |
On Sept. 4, the president of Ave Maria University had good news to share with his school.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Anglican Archbishops Justin Welby, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, England, Great Britain, Hunger, lead, News, Poverty, United Kingdom |
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has joined other faith leaders in the United Kingdom to call on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to establish a commission “with the mandate and resources to tackle child poverty in England.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Cardinals, Consistory, lead, News, Pope Francis, Roman Curia, Vatican |
Several of Pope Francis’s 13 new cardinals-to-be have spoken out about the decision to give them a red hat, voicing surprise at the choice and offering a glimpse of issues that hit close to home and hints at what their priorities might be.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 2, 2020 | Features, News, Special Report |
The Feast of All Saints has its origins in the annual celebration in Rome of the transformation of the Pantheon, the famous temple dedicated to “all gods”, into a basilica dedicated to the Holy Virgin […]
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