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“Drawing on wisdom from the Royal Commission, from governments and universities, and from the experience of the Church overseas, the new protocol offers a trauma-informed approach to supporting those who have been betrayed in Church settings,&r…
Read MoreIndia’s bishops have also called for the release of Father Stan Swamy, SJ. The 83-year-old Jesuit was arrested on charges of Maoist terrorism.
Read MoreThe former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has charged that American policy under President Biden now “stands at the head of the most subtly brutal campaign to de-Christianize Western culture in the last 100 years.&rdquo…
Read More“It is grievous that one of President Biden’s first official acts actively promotes the destruction of human lives in developing nations,” said the chairmen of the bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities and Committee on Inter…
Read MoreThe John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences has posted on its Facebook site a defense of President Joe Biden’s position on abortion. In a response to criticism of Biden’s support for unrestricted legal…
Read More“The local government closed the diocesan migrant shelter early during the pandemic and later prohibited providing hot meals for takeout,” according to Brother Obed Cuellar, OP, director of the diocesan shelter in Piedras Negras. He said, &…
Read More“Religious Radicalism: Interpretations and Responses of Christians and Muslims” was the theme of the webinar organized by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. “Christian and Muslim experts and leaders,” not named …
Read MoreThe Caribbean nation of 74,000 (map) is 50% Catholic, 44% Protestant,3% Spiritist, and 2% Baha’i.
Read More“The extension of the CDC’s eviction moratorium is a positive step towards ensuring housing stability and keeping our communities safe,” said Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops&…
Read MoreTwitter suspended the account of Catholic World Report after the online magazine posted a story referring to Rachel Levine, President Biden’s nominee as Assistant Secretary of Health, as a biological male. Twitter said that the news story violate…
Read MoreThe Central African nation of 27.7 million (map) is 32% Protestant, 30% Catholic, 21% Muslim, and 17% ethnic religionist. The Anglophone crisis there has displaced over 500,000 people.
Read MoreCatholic and pro-life leaders condemned the White House’s planned repeal of the Mexico City Policy on Thursday.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 29, 2021 | Features, Iona, Magazine, News, Pilgrimage, Rome, Santiago, Top Story |
Simon Jenkins on how the British Pilgrimage Trust has helped revive the pilgrimage tradition as a metaphor for life.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 29, 2021 | Charleston, News, pro-life, South Carolina |
A proposed South Carolina ban on abortion after an unborn child’s heartbeat can be detected has won approval from the state senate for the first time, drawing praise from the Catholic Diocese of Charleston.
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Read MoreDavid Beasley, the head of the UN’s World Food Program, “voiced specific fears about famine looming in several countries at the same time as COVID-19 is ravaging communities around the globe,” according to the report. “WFP proje…
Read MoreDenver Newsroom, Jan 29, 2021 / 12:54 am (CNA).- A proposed South Carolina ban on abortion after an unborn child’s heartbeat can be detected has won approval from the state senate for the first time, drawing praise from the Catholic Diocese of Charlest…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 29, 2021 | Asylum seekers, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Church in the US, HOPE Border Institute, Immigration, lead, News, President Joe Biden, U.S.-Mexico border |
When Bishop Mark Seitz arrived to El Paso in 2013 he realized that most people don’t understand life on the United States-Mexico Border. Growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Seitz acknowledges that he didn’t either.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 29, 2021 | Catholic-Muslim relations, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Islam, lead, News, Patriarch Louis Sako, Pope Francis |
If Pope Francis’s awaited trip to Iraq in March goes through as planned, he will likely meet the country’s top spiritual leader for Shiite Muslims, marking a significant step in his pursuit of interfaith dialogue.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 29, 2021 | Archbishop Fernando Chomali, Catholic Church, Chile, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, exorcism, lead, News |
A Chilean archbishop is being questioned for performing an “exorcism” over his diocese from an airplane in an attempt to cast out the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 29, 2021 | Culture, Featured, Fulton J. Sheen, News, Noah's Ark, Pope Benedict XVI |
“I can’t deal with the Catholic Church anymore.” “There is too much scandal and corruption.” “The Church is full of hypocrites and I’m leaving.” We have all heard these comments from fellow Catholics (or maybe even pondered them ourselves). It is not difficult to find instances of scandal and corruption within the Church. For faithful […]
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