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In his message for the 55th World Communications Day, Pope Francis says Jesus’ invitation to “Come and see” is the way by which the Christian faith is communicated. It will be held this year, in many countries, on May 16, Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord.
Read More“As the Archdiocese of Detroit continues to undergo its �missionary conversion,’ so that every Catholic may be formed and sent forth as a joyful missionary disciple, I would like to highlight the necessity of turning to the Word of God to equip and inspire us for this task,” said Archbishop Allen Vigneron, vice president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in this Pastoral Letter issued January 23, 2021.
Read MoreSt. Angela was born in northern Italy. In 1516, she founded the Order of Ursulines, the first teaching order for women approved by the Church.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 27, 2021 | Homily of the Day, News |
The parable at the heart of today’s gospel helps us to examine what kind of “soil” we are. Some of the seeds will fall into rich trenches in the ploughed fields, take root, grow and produce a hundred times its own weight in harvest. That’s what the Kingdom of heaven is like. It’s a life-giving […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 27, 2021 | News, SARS-COV-2, The Dispatch |
With the advent of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in the fight against SARS-COV-2, the time is ripe to foster a public conversation on how to return to a normal social life. This conversation will […]
Read MoreWashington D.C., Jan 26, 2021 / 05:45 pm (CNA).- Several state legislatures are considering measures in support of and against abortion.
The South Carolina senate this week is considering a bill that would ban elective abortions after a …
Read MoreCallers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.
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05:50 – My nei…
Read MoreRome, Italy, Jan 26, 2021 / 04:53 pm (CNA).- An Italian cardinal said Tuesday the country is seeing a surge of “new poor” due to the coronavirus pandemic, and warned that the situation is putting many at risk of becoming victims of usury.“The fracture …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Ask Father Mike, Catechism, Last Judgment, Multi-verse, News, Son of Man, The Story |
At the Last Judgment, we will know ‘The Story’
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Catholic education, Cheri Broadhead, COVID-19, Craig Junker, Featured, Local News, News, T-G, Totino-Grace, Totino-Grace High School |
COVID-19 is real at Totino-Grace High School in Fridley. Students have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the school’s decision to offer mostly in-person learning for the 2020-21 school year. Teachers have contracted the virus, too.
Read MoreCallers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.
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Washington D.C., Jan 26, 2021 / 03:55 pm (CNA).- Dozens of members of Congress are urging the Attorney General-designate to stop use of the federal death penalty.
In a letter to Attorney General-designate Merrick Garland on Tuesday, 45 members of the House—led by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Adriano Espillat (D-N.Y.)—asked Garland to work with Congress on legislation to end the federal death penalty, once he is confirmed.
In addition, they asked Garland to take specific steps to halt or end use of the death penalty nationwide, including by revoking the Trump administration’s 2019 resumption of federal executions.
“The death penalty is a stain on the United States’ commitment to advancing justice and human rights,” the letter signed by 45 members stated. “We ask that upon confirmation you partner with Congress to enact legislation to end the federal death penalty and resentence those currently on federal death row,” the members stated.
In 2019, Attorney General William Barr—a Catholic—announced a resumption of federal executions after a nearly two-decade moratorium.
Beginning in July, a total of 13 federal death row inmates were executed by the end of the Trump administration on Jan. 20. In December and January alone, five of the inmates were executed.
The U.S. bishops’ conference condemned the executions, and in a Jan. 11 statement asked Congress and the Biden administration to stop federal executions and abolish the federal death penalty.
In one of the cases, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark sent a letter to President Trump asking for clemency for Dustin Honken. Tobin noted that, while previously Archbishop of Indianapolis, he visited Honken at Terre Haute federal prison several times a year. Honken was executed in July.
The next chair of the USCCB’s doctrine committee, Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, called the death penalty part of the “throwaway culture” in a Jan. 8 online panel.
While campaigning for president, Biden promised to end the federal death penalty. As a senator, however, he sponsored a 1994 criminal justice bill that expanded the number of federal offenses eligible for the death penalty.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday that President Biden was “opposed” to the federal death penalty, but offered no details on a possible stoppage of its use.
Among the members’ requests of Garland on Tuesday are that he “[w]ithdraw authorization for all pending death penalty trial cases” and stop seeking the death penalty in any federal cases.
In addition, the members are asking that “the federal Bureau of Prisons dismantle the federal death chamber at Terre Haute prison in Indiana.”
“As the Trump Administration has undertaken an appalling rush to execute a historic number of Americans this year, it is incumbent upon the Biden Administration to reverse course and work to make America a more just society,” the letter stated.
Rep. Espillat is a Dominican-American and Catholic. He introduced legislation, H.R. 97, on Jan. 4 to abolish the death penalty under federal law.
Pressley, meanwhile, introduced the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act of 2021 with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Jan. 11, to end federal use of the death penalty and provide for the re-sentencing of federal inmates currently on death row.
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Aim Higher Foundation, Excellence in Catholic Education, GHR, Local News, News, Opportunity for All Kids, Roadmap for Excellence |
The Roadmap for Excellence in Catholic Education continues to move forward, with significant changes to the Office for the Mission of Catholic Education, said Jason Slattery, director of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Aggie, COVID-19, K-6 Parent Resource Guide, Local News, News, St. Agnes |
A suggested schedule, daily task list and ideas on how to set family goals. A list of virtues to practice, strategies to keep kids focused and a reminder to play. And its first instruction: “Stay calm!”
Read More“The Catholic Church values the God-given dignity of all human life (and) we stand with you and oppose any form of violence, bullying or harassment directed at you”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Blessed Virgin Mary School, Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, Featured, gift, Inna Collier Paske, Local News, Million, News, St. Pascal Regional Catholic School, Sue Lovegreen |
Sue Lovegreen, principal at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary School in Maplewood, said she could tell by the sound of Brian Ragatz’s voice that something was up. “You could hear the smile in his voice,” she said about that call late last year from the president of the Catholic Schools Center of Excellence.
Read MoreToronto, Canada, Jan 26, 2021 / 03:01 pm (CNA).- A Catholic student who said his university’s newspaper wrongly fired him for his critical views of homosexuality and transgenderism has filed a claim in a Canadian human rights tribunal, saying he …
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