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Jackson Township officials have “exercised their zoning authority to intentionally target Orthodox Jewish religious practices and rituals” and to “enact ordinances for the purpose of deterring Orthodox Jews from building and operating…
Read MoreIn this article, Aid to the Church in need offers an overview of the toll taken by Covid in Latin America.
Read MoreCaritas Internationalis is the Church’s federation of relief and development agencies.
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Austin, Texas, Apr 29, 2021 / 03:01 am (CNA).
A Texas legislator has again proposed extending the waiting limit on no-fault divorce, a proposal that has drawn support from the Texas Catholic Conference. …
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
Attention to one’s duties to state in life prevents normal Catholics from keeping track of the latest depredations of cancel culture. That is as it should be. Staring at the societal collapse only leaves one’s soul depleted, while engendering a sterile rage. Reliable sources such as this one should be sufficient in fulfilling one’s obligation […]
Aid to the Church in Need unveils plan to increase interreligious dialogue and support victims of Islamic extremism
Read MoreReadings for the Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church
Reading I Acts 13:13-25
From Paphos, Paul and his companions
set sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia.
But John left them and returned to Jerusal…
The theologian is Johanna Rahner; the bishop is Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau.
Read MoreAs tensions escalate amid the War in Donbass, President Volodymyr Zelensky said of Pope Francis that “a mediator with such authority could bring the confidence that has been missing so far in our attempts to reach an agreement.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
A Catholic bishop from eastern Ukraine said tensions remain high despite an announced withdrawal of Russian forces.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Associated Press, Beatification, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, News, saints and martyrs, Venezuela |
With the austerity of a monk, a vocation to seek the good of others and a bright scientific mind, Jose Gregorio Hernández won the affection of those who called him “the doctor of the poor.” He became a religious icon after his death in 1919, and since then millions of Venezuelans have fervently asked that he be universally venerated.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the US, News, Religious exemptions, Religious Freedom, Vaccinations, Vaccines |
Connecticut will no longer allow a religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities, becoming the sixth state to end that policy.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Black Catholics, Black Lives Matter, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, News, Racism |
As the guilty verdicts were read April 20 in the trial of a white former Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd, Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, “could hear the rumble of a collective exhalation” across the New Orleans campus.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Africa, Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare, Comboni missionaries, Diocese of Rumbek, MCCI, News, Rumbek Diocese |
Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare MCCI. Photo courtesy Fr. Carlassare. Bishop-elect of Rumbek strikes defiant tone, arrests made in connection with Sunday attack Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare MCCI of Rumbeck, recovering from gunshot wounds to the legs, says the attack in which he suffered his injuries has not deterred him. Meanwhile, local authorities in Rumbek have made
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, India, lead, News |
As India marked over 200,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19, the Catholic Church is also suffering: Several priests have died with the new coronavirus over the past week.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Africa, Bishops, Church in Africa, Comboni missionaries, ethnic violence, lead, Missionaries, News, South Sudan |
Bishop Christian Carlassare of Rumbeck, who was shot Sunday night after just two months on the job, has said he is not intimidated by the attack and intends to return as soon as possible to be with his people.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Cabo Delgado, Catholic Church, Catholic Relief Services, Interviews, lead, Mozambique, News |
As Islamic State-affiliated insurgents continue to wreak havoc in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, tens of thousands are in need of urgent humanitarian aid.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Church in the Americas, Church in the US, Ciudad Juarez, HOPE Border Institute, Immigration, lead, Mexico, News, President Joe Biden, Rio Grande Valley |
Last Thursday, about 25 families exited a bus near a U.S.-Mexico border bridge near downtown El Paso. They had been flown in from south Texas, where they were apprehended after attempting to enter the country. Now, they faced expulsion into Ciudad Juarez, 800 miles from where they initially crossed.
Read MoreThe Irish government has agreed to lift a ban on the public celebration of the Mass, beginning on May 10. Whereas Catholics have been subject to criminal charges for attending Mass, after that date the government will allow up to 50 people to gather fo…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Abortion, Americas, coronavirus emergency, Gun control, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, News, Racism, society and culture, systemic racism, United States, US politics, World News |
US President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening, urging national unity while also proposing an ambitious – and inevitably contentious – legislative agenda.
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