Brazil’s Benedictines grapple with slaveholding past (Crux)
“While most properties in the cities around Rio de Janeiro had an average of 16 slaves in the 19th century, the Benedictine order owned 1,200 slaves,” according to the report.
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“While most properties in the cities around Rio de Janeiro had an average of 16 slaves in the 19th century, the Benedictine order owned 1,200 slaves,” according to the report.
Read More“These two incidents indicate that the perpetrators … targeted a Christian religious symbol, and through it they targeted not only Christians, but the entire society,” the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land said in a statement.
Read MoreThe Southeast African nation of 30.1 million (map) is 30% Protestant, 24% Catholic, 17% Muslim, and 28% ethnic religionist. An Islamist insurgency began in Cabo Delgado Province in 2017; Pope Francis has expressed his closeness to the people there.
Read MorePope Francis had earlier spoken out against abortion as the Argentine legislature debated legalizing abortion on demand in the first trimester.
Read More“The ringing of the bells is as much a statement of faith as it is a show of solidarity with our neighbors and fellow Americans who have faced unimaginable losses as a result of the pandemic,” the Archdiocese of New York said in a statement.
Read More“There is no reason which morally legitimizes an act as serious as taking human life from any person and under any circumstances, even if the person has given his consent,” the bishops said in their Spanish-language statement.
Read More“We pray for religious believers everywhere who suffer persecution for their faith,” the president wrote as he recalled the saint’s martyrdom. “We especially pray for their brave and inspiring shepherds — like Cardinal Joseph Z…
Read MoreBishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, the president of the bishops’ conference, said that “there are well-developed arguments in theology in favor of opening up the sacramental ministry to women.” He called for the public Church bless…
Read MoreBishop Matthew Kukah’s strong criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari has provoked controversy in Africa’s most populous nation. Bishop Kukah denied he was calling for a coup as civil and religious leaders came to his defense.
Read MoreThe Vatican Covid-19 Commission, in collaboration with the Pontifical Academy for Life, has published “Vaccine for all: 20 points for a fairer and healthier world.” The document, quoting the director of the World Health Organization, states…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | News, The Dispatch |
One of Dr. LeRoy Carhart’s “Clinics for Abortion & Reproductive Excellence” – named to yield the Orwellian acronym CARE – is located about a mile away from my parish in Bethesda, Maryland. Earlier this year, […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Catholic, Church in the Americas, Daniel Ortega, lead, News, Nicaragua |
ROSARIO, Argentina — The Catholic bishops of Nicaragua are calling for a peaceful 2021, when presidential elections are set to be held. The bishops have long been on the opposing side of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo. In 2018, when the Nicaraguan people took to
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | 2020 election, Church in the US, Coronavirus pandemic, Joe Biden, lead, McCarrick report, News, Theodore McCarrick, USCCB |
2020 in the United States, like the rest of the world, will always be synonymous with the coronavirus pandemic. It’s taken over 330,000 American lives to date, put millions out of work and single-handedly changed the way society lives and communicates.
That is, however, only one chapter in the story of the American Catholic Church in 2020.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Coronavirus, COVID-19, lead, News, Pope Francis, President-elect Joseph Biden, Theodore McCarrick, Vatican |
While every year is unique in its own way, 2020 will arguably go down as among the most memorable in recent history, and these pictures attempt to capture the major moments of the past 12 months.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, In the Spotlight, News |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Johanna Caton. […]
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Posted by bcadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, First Communion, News, Prayer, Sophia Excerpts, St. Thomas Aquinas |
I can remember walking into the room and my mother’s encouragement to buy something that I really wanted, something special that would help me recall this significant moment of my life. I think we were both surprised by my choice. I have always been a girly girl who loves her share of bling. But I […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | Featured, Media & Culture, News |
(Note: this article contains spoilers from the second season of The Mandalorian, including spoilers from the season finale.) A man of few words, suddenly responsible for a child of incalculable worth? A man who finds himself letting go of the life he once imagined, in exchange for a life protecting a child who possesses powers […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | 2020, Columns, News, Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing, Twelve Days of Christmas for a Family Man on a Budget |
Randall Smith rewrites the 18th-century Christmas song to make it more affordable and more applicable to us modern folks.
The post Twelve Days of Christmas for a Family Man on a Budget appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | confession, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Mary, New Year's, News |
New Year’s Day always struck me as something of an odd holiday. Why do we humans find it necessary to set aside a day to mark yet another full trip around the sun? Different cultures have celebrated the new year at different times: the Jewish people celebrate the new year in their liturgy on Rosh […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 30, 2020 | News, Quote of the Day |
“As we kneel before the eucharistic Savior, the Eternal Father will draw us closer to His Divine Son. Christ will so influence us as to bring out the best that is in us.”
-Fr. John A. Kane, Transforming Your Life Through the Eucharist
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