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Posted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Latest News Releases, News |
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the results of a new Pew Research Center survey: A survey by Pew Research Center on the public’s perception of how religious the president and vice president tells us a great deal about the way Republi…
Read MoreRome Newsroom, Mar 31, 2021 / 07:25 am (CNA).- A Catholic priest and at least six others were killed by gunmen in an attack on St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Benue State, Nigeria, the Diocese of Katsina-Ala confirmed Wednesday.Fr. Ferdinand Fanen Ngugba…
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Recently, I bumped into a friend who expressed her surprise that 2019 was the first time I had ever attended the pre-1955 (i.e., ancient or unreformed) Holy Week liturgies. She was under the impression that someone who travels, reads, thinks, […]
The post My First Experience of a Pre-1955 Holy Triduum appeared first on OnePeterFive.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Americas, anti-Asian violence, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Archdiocese of San Francisco, Free Access, News, Racism, United States |
“The rise in violence against Asian people across the country is alarming and horrific to all people of right reason,” Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone wrote in a March 30 statement.
The post Archbishop Cordileone calls for end to violence against Asian Americans appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreRome Newsroom, Mar 31, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).- A Catholic diocese in Italy has described a priest’s refusal to bless palms on Sunday because of the Vatican’s rejection of blessings for same-sex unions as “reprehensible.”The Diocese of Spezia-Sarzana-Br…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Africa, Aid to the Church in Need, Aid to the Church in Need UK, Daesh, Isis, Islamic insurgency, Islamic terrorism, Mozambique, News |
Brazilian missionary Fr. Edegard Silva in Pemba told ACN the people were becoming used to these attacks. “They were already expecting it,” he said, “because over the past two weeks these evildoers and insurgents had been carrying out a series of attacks in the Nangade region, and almost all the communities close to Palma has already been attacked.”
The post Daesh (ISIS) attack in Mozambique leaves dozens dead appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreCNA Staff, Mar 31, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).- Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has paid tribute to the Year of St. Joseph declared by Pope Francis and urged Catholics to read Francis’ apostolic letter Patris corde, describing it as a simple text “coming from th…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Free Access, Mary's Meals, News, Opinion, Tigray crisis, Tigray War |
Terrible, disturbing things that should be met by global outrage, political pressure, and an outpouring of support for a desperately needed humanitarian response, are instead unfolding largely unnoticed by a very distracted world.
The post A Distracted World: Tigray Crisis Unfolds Unnoticed appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Catholic Church, children, Good Friday, Holy Week, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican, Way of the Cross |
In a passage of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says: “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Read MoreVatican City, Mar 31, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).- In the contemplation of Christ’s Passion during Holy Week, Pope Francis said he is thinking also of the innocent victims of war, everyday violence, and abortion who are “crucified in our time.”“By adoring t…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Americas, Catholic news, Catholic Schools, Church Reform, clerical sexual abuse and coverup, Diocese of Buffalo, Free Access, News, United States |
The Buffalo News reported that the diocese spent $3.8 million on bankruptcy-related expenses in its first year of bankruptcy. This amount nearly rivals its budget for the diocese’s 34 Catholic elementary schools.
The post Amid hefty legal fees, Buffalo diocese cuts Catholic school spending appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | News, Nota in Brevis |
It is indeed odd, as Father Goering says, that we would find these two particular fragments of early Biblical texts, after a decades-long dry spell. There are no real coincidences in God’s providence, which is ‘concrete and immediate’ as the Catechism says. What is the Father of all saying to churches, to the Church, and[…]
The post Briefly Noted appeared first on Catholic Insight.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Archdiocese of Baltimore, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Maryland, News, Racism |
After decades of criticism for its unabashed support of the Confederacy, “Maryland, My Maryland” is closer than ever to being removed as the official song of the Free State.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, DePaul University, News, Social Justice |
A group of Catholic peacemakers who acted to symbolically disarm nuclear weapons at a Georgia naval submarine base in 2018 are the first recipients of a new award for Christian nonviolent action established by DePaul University.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Demographics, Italy, News, statistics |
With Italy already facing a diminishing population, low birth rates and fewer religious and civil marriages, the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted those numbers for 2020, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the US, church/state separation, News, North Dakota, Ten Commandments |
North Dakota’s Republican-led House overwhelmingly endorsed legislation Tuesday that’s aimed at shielding schools and teachers from lawsuits arising from posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the US, COVID-19 pandemic, Mississippi, News, worship |
Mississippi health officials are recommending that churches and other religious organizations continue to hold off on hosting indoor worship services during the coronavirus pandemic, even after Gov. Tate Reeves relaxed regulations on other kinds of social gatherings.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Church Reform, financial scandal, German Synodal Way, News, Top Story, Vatican finances |
The idea that everything can be attributed to financial motivations is a bit of an oversimplification, to be sure, but money can present incentives that act on us — consciously and unconsciously — and that does does tend to make “Follow the money” a maxim worth some consideration.
The post “Follow the Money” was Good Advice long before Watergate appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreArchbishop Stefan Hesse of Hamburg, 54, offered his resignation after the publication of a report on his handling of abuse in the Archdiocese of Cologne.
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