Pope would like to visit North Korea, prelate says (AsiaNews)
“In 2018 the Pontiff received a verbal invitation from Kim Jong-un, but no official invitation followed,” AsiaNews reported.
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“In 2018 the Pontiff received a verbal invitation from Kim Jong-un, but no official invitation followed,” AsiaNews reported.
Read More“These people are not starving, they are being starved,” said the appeal’s signatories, including Caritas Internationalis, the Church’s federation of relief and development agencies.
Read MoreOn April 26, “Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare, appointed by Pope Francis to lead Rumbek diocese on March 8, was shot in both legs when two armed men fired multiple bullets at his door, gaining access to his room,” according to the report.
Read MoreNow 76, Cardinal Marc Ouellet was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops in 2010.
Read MoreThe Baghdad hospital fire killed at least 82 people.
Read More“The Pope’s gift came a day after the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, which recalls the brutal murder of countless Armenian Christians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire during World War I,” Vatican News reported.
Read MoreThe two deplored a “Camp Auschwitz” shirt worn by a US Capitol rioter on January 6.
Read MoreIndia’s Covid cases have soared over the past ten days.
Read More“’Vibrant’ is a word which seems to have characterized so many of our parishes throughout the pandemic,” the bishops said in their reflection. “We commend every priest who made of his parish ‘a sanctuary open to all&…
Read MoreThe conference “elevated calls for Biden to be denied Communion,” according to a National Catholic Reporter summary; CNA reported on Francis Maier’s analysis of the bishops and President Biden.
Read MorePope Francis was among those who participated in President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 27, 2021 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
I recently logged onto the Voice of America (VOA) website—an American international broadcaster funded by the U.S. Congress—and saw an article entitled “LGBTQ Members Face Threats in Iraqi Kurdistan,” which discussed the plight of Iraq’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning or queer (LGBTQ) community in the country’s autonomous region of Kurdistan. The segment included […]
Reading I Acts 11:19-26
Those who had been scattered by the persecution
that arose because of Stephen
went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch,
preaching the word to no one but Jews.
There were some Cypriots and Cyrenians among t…
“Anyone who is Protestant and attends Communion can receive Communion” during an ecumenical event in May, Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg announced. Bishop Bätzing has led the German bishops’ conference since March 2020.
Read MoreOn April 26, Pope Francis received the Poor Clare sisters of St. Clare Monastery in Paganica, Italy. Their monastery was destroyed, and their abbess killed, in a 2009 earthquake.
Read MoreThe rally, according to Sacred Heart University, followed “the Vatican’s recent decision that the Catholic Church will not bless same-sex unions.” Michelle Loris, chair of Catholic studies, said that “not every Catholic universi…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 27, 2021 | Apostolic Nuncio, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Drug cartels, Gang violence, Mexico, News |
Archbishop Franco Coppola, papal ambassador to Mexico, recently traveled to a town besieged by warring drug cartels to reiterate the church’s commitment to serving populations suffering violence.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 27, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Christophers, Church in the US, Media, Movies, News, Television |
The feature film “The Way Back,” a documentary on Father Patrick Peyton, and a Christmas special featuring Dolly Parton were among this year’s Christopher Award winners.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 27, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, News, Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega |
Father Edwin Román celebrated Mass recently for the family of university student Álvaro Gómez, who was killed three years ago in demonstrations against the Nicaraguan government.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 27, 2021 | archbishop bernard hebda, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Black Catholics, Black Lives Matter, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, News, police brutality, Racial justice, Racism |
As the Twin Cities and the nation continue to absorb events that led to the April 20 guilty verdict of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Minnesota’s Catholic leaders are pointing a way forward: Christ’s example of forgiveness, compassion and thirst for justice.
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