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President John Magufuli, who drew mixed reactions from the bishops of his Church, famously denied the existence of COVID-19 and opposed efforts to decriminalize homosexuality
Read MoreThe use of so-called “natural law” and the Church’s failed teaching on human sexuality
Read MoreWashington D.C., Mar 30, 2021 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether Kentucky’s pro-life attorney general can defend the commonwealth’s law banning dismemberment abortions. The court announced it was granting one…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2021 | International, News |
VATICAN CITY — Whether people admit it or not, climate change and environmental destruction are forcing millions from their homes, and Catholics have a responsibility to assist them, Pope Francis wrote in the preface to a new document.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2021 | Features, From the Archives, Good Friday, Holy Week, Holy Week 2021, News, the Cross |
The Cross is the sign of God’s love. When Jesus says, “Take up your cross and follow me,” he’s also asking us to offer our difficulties to him and pointing us to those others with whom we share the Cross.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2021 | News, The Dispatch |
In his fascinating book Villains of the Early Church: And How They Made Us Better Christians (Emmaus Road Publishing, 2018), Mike Aquilina offers excellent insights into some of the famous characters who caused trouble for Catholics […]
Read MoreRome Newsroom, Mar 30, 2021 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- Catholic women are calling for increased prevention efforts after pandemic lockdowns led to an increase in child abuse at home.Katharina Anna Fuchs is a professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in …
Read MoreRome Newsroom, Mar 30, 2021 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- Catholic women are calling for increased prevention efforts after pandemic lockdowns led to an increase in child abuse at home.Katharina Anna Fuchs is a professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2021 | News, U.S. & World News |
“When people are driven out because their local environment has become uninhabitable, it might look like a process of nature, something inevitable,” the pope wrote. “Yet the deteriorating climate is very often the result of poor choices and destructive activity, of selfishness and neglect, that set humankind at odds with creation, our common home.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2021 | Asian-American Catholics, Bishop Oscar Cantú, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of San Jose, News, Racism |
As the U.S. marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in April, the Diocese of San Jose, California, issued a statement March 29 in support of those communities, given a spate of crimes throughout the country targeting them.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, COVID-19, News, USCCB |
The eviction moratorium put in place by the Centers for Disease Control has been extended three months, until June 30.
Read MoreVatican City, Mar 30, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- The Vatican said Monday that a commission overseeing reform of the office managing St. Peter’s Basilica had completed its work.The Holy See press office announced March 29 that the reform of the Fabric of S…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2021 | Archbishop Charles Chaput, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Books, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News |
On a practical level, retired Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia said he wrote his new book, Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living, because his publisher was actively “trying to get me to write in my old age.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2021 | Bishop Paul Tighe, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church and culture, Council for Culture, Movies, News, Vatican |
Many Catholics rely on passion plays or films to aid in their reflection on Christ’s passion and death.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2021 | Catholic Sprouts, Delano, Domestic Church Project, Featured, Local News, Nancy Bandzuch, News, St. Maximilian Kolbe |
The closet, it turns out, is the ideal recording studio for this busy mom. “Hanging clothes all around you is really good for acoustics,” Bandzuch says with a laugh.
Read MoreThe blatant sexism and homophobia is no longer couched in officiousness or clericalism: It’s right out there, asserting that women are merely sex objects…
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