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Posted by bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, COVID-19 coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, News, Nuns, Religious Sisters, Vaccinations, Vaccines |
This past year as the coronavirus cut through the United States, elderly women religious — former teachers, nurses, social workers and pastoral care leaders — were among those whose lives were cut short by COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Caritas, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Mexico, News |
The Mexican bishops’ conference announced a month focused on health issues — such as mask use, social distancing and other measures — to reinforce the basics of staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Document on Human Fraternity, Interreligious dialogue, News, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Pope Francis, United Nations, Vatican |
The Vatican announced that Pope Francis will participate in a meeting hosted by the United Nations to mark the first International Day of Human Fraternity.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | catechists, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Cei, Church in Italy, Italian bishops, Italy, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
Religious education must focus on leading people to a personal relationship with Christ and building a community of believers where the talents of each person are valued and where all go out to share the Gospel and serve the poor, Pope Francis said.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic media, Catholic News Service, catholic press, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
Pope Francis praised Catholic News Service for its work in supporting the church’s mission of proclaiming the Gospel and in making the truth known, particularly in an era of misinformation.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | 2021 - February Releases, Latest News Releases, News |
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a bogus story about a Catholic school in Oklahoma: Maggie Baska was named a reporter for PinkNews, a gay media outlet from the UK, on January 27, 2021. She no sooner was hired when she proved to be a t…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | Cardinal Pell, Media, News, sex abuse, Suppression Order, Vatican, World News |
Australian prosecutors announced on Monday that they were dropping charges against individual journalists accused of breaching a gag order over the trial of Cardinal George Pell.
The post Prosecutors drop charges against journalists over Pell trial as media outlets admit breach appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | Burma, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Myanmar, News |
After a military coup and the detention of top government leaders in Myanmar, the auxiliary bishop of Yangon, the nation’s largest city and former capital, called for prayers, caution and stocking up on provisions for the people.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | Associated Press, Australia, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Church in Oceania, freedom of the press, News |
Australian media companies admitted in court Monday they breached a gag order in publishing references to Cardinal George Pell’s since-overturned convictions in 2018 for child sexual abuse. The plea agreement avoids any journalist being sent to prison.
Read MoreWashington D.C., Feb 1, 2021 / 09:45 am (CNA).- U.S. bishops on Monday praised the Biden administration for its “actions to promote racial equity” in housing and criminal justice reform.
“The federal government has a critical…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, coup d'etat, Elections, military coup, Myanmar, News, Pope Francis, Rohingya, World News |
Nobel peace laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who currently serves as State Counsellor, is among the elected officials detained, reportedly under house arrest. Soldiers took Suu Kyi into custody along with Myanmar’s president, Win Myint, and other leaders the National League for Democracy party (NLD), who won a landslide victory in elections last November. Official military channels allege election fraud as their reason for seizing power, now in the hands of Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the army’s senior commander, who has declared a one-year state of emergency.
The post Coup in Myanmar: Tensions high amid international condemnation appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreVatican City, Feb 1, 2021 / 08:30 am (CNA).- People with leprosy suffer not only from physical disease but also from harmful social stigmas which can lead to mental illness, Cardinal Peter Turkson said on Sunday.
In a message for World Lepro…
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