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Posted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2021 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
During this 117th Congressional Session, certain Members of Congress reintroduced the “Equality Act” (H.R. 5, S. 393), which would, among other provisions, amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” Adoption of this bill would release one of the final restraints on abuse in […]
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden convened the Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22-23, which included a video message by Pope Francis. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, respective chairmen of the Unite…
Read MoreReading I Acts 11:1-18
The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea
heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem
the circumcised believers confronted him, saying,
‘You entered the ho…
In addition to his message to President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate, Pope Francis also delivered a video message for Earth Day.
Read More“I confess I am extremely sad over the tragedy that has once again taken place in the Mediterranean,” Pope Francis said following his April 25 Regina Caeli address. “130 migrants died in the sea. They are people. They are human being…
Read MoreIn addition to canonizing Blessed Margaret of Castello through equivalent (equipollent) canonization, Pope Francis on April 24 approved decrees that advanced five beatification causes.
Read MorePope Francis ordained nine men to the priesthood during an April 25 Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Read More“Religion shouldn’t have influence on relationships and sexuality education in schools,” complained Mike Barry, a Teachta Dála (member of parliament).
Read MoreOn April 25, the Fourth Sunday of Easter and World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis devoted his Regina Caeli address to John 10:11-18, the day’s Gospel reading. “May Mary Most Holy help us to be the first to welcome and follow th…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2021 | Asylum seekers, Church in the US, Honduras, Immigration, lead, News, President Joe Biden, U.S.-Mexico border |
Wednesday morning, a pregnant mother and her young daughter stood in line for fresh clothes from the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley Humanitarian Respite Center. As her daughter clenched her right hand, the mother held a large yellow envelope with their travel plans to New Orleans in her left.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2021 | Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald, Christian-Muslim relations, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, lead, Middle East, News, Patriarch Louis Sako |
One of the most authoritative Catholic voices in Iraq has argued that the survival of Christians in the country depends on the creation of a secular state where all forms of sectarianism are eradicated.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2021 | Argentina, Church in the Americas, Enrique Shaw, lead, News, Pope Francis, Sainthood |
On Saturday, with Pope Francis’ greenlight, the Catholic Church declared Enrique Shaw venerable, meaning he’s two miracles away from being declared a saint.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2021 | Christendom, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, modernity, News, The Facts of Life |
The Facts of Life Series: The Future and Christendom But, His hope, His expectation is that all who believe in Him would be one. One just as He and the Father are one. He says this explicitly three times in these brief verses. And it is His last and summative instruction before going to the Garden of […]
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
Being in the dark is not a good place to be. The fact that it makes us all appear to be equal offers no consolation. We need light in order to know where we are, who we are, and how to go about the business of living. Plato’s famous cave dwellers lived in the dark, […]
Orthodox Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus has announced that he will not abide by government restrictions on the number of believers allowed into churches during Holy Week and Easter—which are observed by the Orthodox world this week. “We …
Read MoreBishop Richard Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee, may soon be the subject of a Vatican investigation under the terms of Vos Estis, the Pillar site reports. Complaints against Bishop Stika involve his handling of abuse charges lodged against a former semina…
Read MorePope Francis has quietly added lay Catholics to the newly created Vatican dicasteries for Integral Human Development, Communications, and Laity, Family and Life. Ordinarily only cardinals and bishops are appointed to the Vatican congregations, but cano…
Read MorePope Francis has scheduled an ordinary consistory for May 3, to approve the canonization of seven people, including the French hermit and missionary, Blessed Charles de Foucauld, who was killed in Algeria in 1916. Also in line for canonization is Bless…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2021 | Eucharist, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Saints, Sophia Excerpts |
Our loving reception of the Lord in the Eucharist is the most intimate way in which the Trinity allow us to taste heaven on earth. This precious sacrament truly is the “pledge of future glory.” St. John Paul II describes with heartfelt emotion how we are raised to heaven when we are present at Mass, […]
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2021 | 2021, Aborting America, Abortion, Amy Madigan, Bernard Nathanson, Brad Miner, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Holly Hunter, Jane Roe, Knots: “Roe v. Wade” the Movie, NARAL, News, Nick Loeb and Cathy Allyn, Norma McCorvey, Roe vs. Wade, Sarah Weddington, The Catholic Thing |
Brad Miner reviews the new film about the case that legalized abortion and concludes you’d be better off watching ‘Gosnell’ or ‘Unplanned.’
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