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In 1988, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacrament promulgated the Roman Missal for the Dioceses of Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). In a video message that coincided with the publication of a new book on Pop…
Read MorePope Francis sent a Spanish-language message to a virtual meeting of judges who are members of the Committee for Social Rights of Africa and America. It was one of two messages he recorded for the group; the other was devoted to social rights.
Read MoreThe Pontifical Council for the Protection of Minors, the International Union of Superiors General (women religious) and the Union of Superiors General (male religious) organized the meeting (videos).
Read More“The violence is not stopping, the bloodshed continues, society remains riven. This does not foretell a happy future — for as Christ said, a house divided against itself cannot stand,” the bishops said in a statement. The nation’s lea…
Read MoreIn a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in June that the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s prohibition of sex discrimination also prohibits discrimination based on “sexual orientation” and transgender status.
Read MoreBishop Michael Fisher, a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, was named vicar general for apostolates by Theodore McCarrick in 2005; Pope Francis appointed Fisher Auxiliary Bishop of Washington in 2018. He succeeds Bishop Richard Malone, who resig…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | News, The Dispatch |
How bad a year has it been? Let me not count the ways. Good books can hearten us in 2021 and beyond, though. Herewith, then, some suggestions for Christmastide book-giving: Prison Journal, Volume 1, by […]
Read MoreThe easiest way to develop a greater devotion to the Eucharist is to attend daily Mass, so you can partake of Christ’s body and blood on a regular basis. You can also take part in a holy hour at a local chapel that hosts perpetual adoration or “forty h…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | Abortion, Abortion law, Argentina, Church in the Americas, Father Pepe di Paola, lead, News, Pope Francis |
Pope Francis has once again put himself into Argentina’s ongoing debate on legalizing abortion, this time through a letter to a priest who lives and works amongst the poorest in the slums that plague Buenos Aires.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | Cei, Christmas, Church in Europe, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Italian bishops, Italy, lead, News |
As European leaders are discussing how to handle holiday festivities, including Mass, given the current pandemic, Italy’s bishops have voiced confidence that whatever new measures might be taken, Christmas liturgies will still be available.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | Catholic bishops, Church in the Americas, Juan Guaido, lead, News, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela |
The Venezuelan bishops are warning parliamentary elections called by President Nicolás Maduro for Dec. 6 will aggravate the political and economic crisis in the country.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | Bishop Michael Fisher, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Diocese of Buffalo, lead, News |
In an introductory teleconference Tuesday morning, Auxiliary Bishop Michael Fisher of Washington emphasized his collaborative, cooperative, and communicative approach to ministry that he will bring to the Diocese of Buffalo as its new bishop.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | Free Access, News |
Cardinal Kambanda (pictured, photo credit: Vatican Media) lost his parents and five of his siblings in the 1994 genocide. The only other surviving member of his family is a brother who currently lives in Italy.
The post Rwanda’s first cardinal sees family as key to planting the seeds of peace appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | Free Access, News |
“In all things, I pledge to be truthful and transparent in the decisions that we will need to make,” said Bishop Michael Fisher (pictured, photo credit: Diocese of Buffalo)
The post Next Buffalo bishop promises ‘truth’ and ‘transparency’ appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | Church in Asia, Kyrgyzstan, mission, News, society, Top Story |
‘Almost too beautiful to be real’: Despite challenges, a small Catholic community looks to the future.
The post Around the World: Kyrgyzstan appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, In the Spotlight, News |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by P.C. Scheponik. Those Moments There are those moments when the whole world melts, soft, sandy beaches into indigo waves, into blue silk sky, into angel hair clouds, into sun’s golden eye, into mo…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
There was a time in my life when reading the wise words of some faraway monk sufficed in motivating me to a life of greater solitude and spiritual discipline. I wondered why it was so difficult for most people to find time for God when it came so easily for me. Naturally, at every naïve […]
Posted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Hope, Mother Teresa, News, silence, Sophia Excerpts |
“We need to find God and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature, trees, flowers, grass grows in silence. See the stars the moon, the sun how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.” -Mother Teresa —Mother Teresa I […]
Posted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
Quiz time! What, according to St. John Paul II, is the most important kind of Catholic catechesis? Is it catechesis for children, adults, or non-Catholics? The answer is found in the late pope’s apostolic exhortation Catechesi Tradendae §43: “The catechesis of adults… is the principal form of catechesis, because it is addressed to persons who have the greatest […]
Posted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2020 | 2020, Biden and Communion, Cardinal George Pell’s Prison Journal, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, News, Pro-choice Catholic politicians, Russell Shaw, The Catholic Thing, USCCB |
Russell Shaw: In an age of religious indifference, indiscriminate reception of Communion is bad for the spiritual health of the Church.
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