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“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 Go…
Read MoreThe activist priest was removed from ministry earlier this month.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Human beings do not flourish in isolation. Politics, racial tensions, and a host of other social maladies have been the ostensible reason for riots and chaos in this past year. However, dismissing the deleterious effects of social distancing, enforced isolation, and long quarantines on the human psyche seems blind at best—and dangerously foolish at worst—in […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Belarus, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Minsk, News |
Belarus’s Catholic archbishop pledged to remain active in national life after handing over administration of the Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev to a temporary successor.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Nevada, News, Religious Freedom |
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused a rural Nevada church’s request to enter a legal battle over the government’s authority to limit the size of religious gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic — after the church won an appeals court ruling last month that found Nevada’s restrictions unconstitutional.
Read MoreWASHINGTON – The Catholic Church will hold its annual celebration of the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life on February 2, 2021 and in parishes over the weekend of February 6-7. This event is a special time for individual parishes and the greater…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – The on-site evening program for the January 28 National Prayer Vigil for Life will take place at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, is closed to the public and will be taking place virtually…
Read MoreReadings for the Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops
Reading I 2 Tm 1:1-8
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God
for the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
to Timothy, my dear child:
grace, mercy, and peace from Go…
Posted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Abortion, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, pro-life, the pro-life movement |
Organizers of the 17th Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco Jan. 23 expected hundreds of attendees this year, figuring concerns about COVID-19 and political unrest would keep pro-lifers away.
Read MoreThe annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity concluded with Vespers at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (video, booklet). Pope Francis, suffering from sciatica, did not attend; Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for…
Read MoreAccording to the Mexican census, the percentage of Mexicans who are Catholic fell from 82.7% in 2010 to 77.7% in 2020. The percentage of Protestants rose from 7.5% to 11.2%; the percentage of those without a religion rose from 4.7% to 8.1%.
Read More“Faced with the serious problems surrounding the production and distribution of Covid-19 vaccine, the Pontifical Academy for Life strongly reaffirms the urgency of identifying ways to guarantee transparency and collaboration,” the academy&r…
Read MoreResponding to an executive order, two bishops who chair US bishops’ committees wrote, “We welcome this return to more than a century of American precedent that ensures all residents will be counted and included in the census and apportionm…
Read MoreThe final book of the Bible, Revelation, was written by St. John while he was in exile on the island of Patmos (Rev. 1:9). It contains information about our future, but perhaps not as much as many people suppose. The book was addressed to a group of se…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Cardinal George Pell, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Homeless, lead, News, Pope Francis, Rome, Vatican |
Roberto Molinari was a cheerful man from Verona, a big fan of the Italian soccer team AS Roma, and was used to sharing a meal with one the cardinals closest to Pope Francis. He passed away Dec. 10 at the age of 64. His funeral was celebrated by two cardinals
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Bishop Joseph Hart, Church in the US, clergy sex abuse scandals, Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, Diocese of Cheyenne, lead, News, Vatican |
A Vatican investigation has exonerated retired Bishop Joseph Hart of Cheyenne on seven accusations of sexual abuse towards minors, while five other accusations “could not be proven with moral certitude,” the diocese announced in a statement Monday.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Cardinal Charles Bo, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, lead, Myanmar, News |
Myanmar’s top prelate is calling on the government to “create the conditions for peace” in the troubled country.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | 2021, Abortion, Biden as an “Authoritative Type”, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, Catholic Church, Catholic teaching, Catholicism, Columns, Francis Cardinal George, Fr Leo Donovan SJ, Hadley Arkes, Joe Biden, killing of innocent human life, Magisterium, News, President Kennedy, The Catholic Thing |
Hadley Arkes on our new Catholic president and the American clerics who enable his flagrant disrespect for the truths of Catholicism.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Commentary, News |
The U.S. bishops’ collaboration with the new administration on areas of common ground cannot be accompanied by actions that spread…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Commentary, News |
The Equality Act would amend the Civil Rights Act to forbid discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender…
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