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Posted by bcadmin | Apr 28, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic-Muslim relations, Church in the Middle East, Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, Holy Land, Muslims, News, Palestine, Palestinian Christians, Ramadan, West Bank |
As his Muslim neighbors and fellow Jericho residents make their way home for the iftar, which breaks the daily fast throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Franciscan Father Mario Hadchiti hands out small bags of dates and water to passersby in front of the Franciscan Good Shepherd Church.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 28, 2021 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
I was away for a few days recently, an experience I cannot recommend enough. Few pleasures can compare with those that come undistracted by news media. What wonders it does for the soul! Of course, sooner or later, you’ve got to resurface and, in my case, that was at the airport where, amid a sea […]
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 28, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic colleges, Catholic News Service, Catholic Universities, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, News, Vaccinations, Vaccines |
As Catholic colleges grapple with how to reopen in the fall, many are already saying they will require their students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and some schools are also mandating that staff members be vaccinated.
Read More“The statues have already been restored,” the diocese said in a statement. “We pray for anyone who would be moved to cause damage to any symbol of faith.”
Read MoreThere are over 50 Catholic schools in Ontario’s Halton region (map). Heated disagreement preceded the vote.
Read More“Jewish Americans (85%) are by far the most likely to be vaccine accepters, to have received a vaccine, or to say they will get vaccinated as soon as possible,” according to the survey. “More than two-thirds of white Catholics (68%) a…
Read More“The 2017 mandate from the state’s Department of Financial Services required that employers cover abortions in their employee health insurance plans,” the report notes. “While the state granted a religious exemption to the rule,…
Read More“Every life is precious and has infinite value in the eyes of God who creates each of us out of love,” said Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City. “We are fortunate in Oklahoma to have political leaders who understand and seek to p…
Read More“Indoor seating capacity is increased from 75% to 80%,” the diocese said in its new regulations. “Physical (social) distancing is reduced from 6 feet to 3 feet. Therefore, any previously ‘roped off’ pews can be made availa…
Read MoreAguililla, a city of 15,000 in Michoacán (map), is “in the crossfires of a cartel war,” according to a recent report.
Read MoreCardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk, 89, was Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang from 1998 to 2012; he was created a cardinal in 2006. With his death, there are now 223 living cardinals, 126 of whom are eligible to take part in a …
Read More“Safeguarding” is a reference to safeguarding minors from sexual abuse. The Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education has raised the status of the Center for Child Protection at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University; newly …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 28, 2021 | Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Let me begin with a plain fact: the sacred liturgy is where most Catholics most of the time encounter the Church and her teaching. “The Church” and “the Magisterium” might well seem like abstractions until they take on concrete form in the liturgical rites—the texts, music, ceremonies, and other elements of worship—by which the Faith […]
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 28, 2021 | abuse victims, Archbishop Jerome Listecki, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, clerical sexual abuse survivors, Diocese of La Crosse, Diocese of Madison, News, Wisconsin |
The state Department of Justice has launched a sweeping investigation of sexual assault in Catholic churches and orders across Wisconsin, Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Tuesday.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 28, 2021 | Associated Press, Connecticut, News, Religious Freedom, Vaccinations, Vaccines |
Connecticut is poised to end a long-standing religious exemption from immunization requirements for schools, a move that led to protests outside the state Capitol where people are trying to stop final legislative passage of one of the most contentious bills of the session.
Read MoreReading I Acts 12:24—13:5a
The word of God continued to spread and grow.
After Barnabas and Saul completed their relief mission,
they returned to Jerusalem,
taking with them John, who is called Mark.
Now there were in the Church a…
Read MoreProtestants who attend the convention “can receive Communion,” Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, head of the German Bishops’ Conference, has announced.
Read MoreTwelve people, including clergy, have been arrested following the attempted murder of Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare.
Read MoreThe director of the Centers for Disease Control has said that it is now safe for people to gather indoors for worship—as long as they are vaccinated and wear masks. At a White House briefing, Rochelle Walensky said that the same standards—r…
Read MorePope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Julio Parrilla Diaz of Riobamba, Ecuador, and his auxiliary, Bishop Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja. The resignations come after reports that the diocese was marked by severe corruption, with clerics invol…
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