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A British human rights activist has said that it would make a “big difference” if the Vatican publicly expressed its…
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We must rid ourselves of the illusion that Christ and the Church have ever been triumphant in this world. Our…
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In his latest salvo to challenge Rome’s authority, the president of Germany’s bishops’ conference has said that any German Protestant…
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Read MoreFrom the first moments that the issue of abortion began to arise as one of the central, contentious parts of…
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As conservatism wanes with the rise of illiberal liberalism, conservatives should defend the human goods threatened by liberal ideas taken…
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Read MoreThe devotion to our Lady of Good Counsel originated at Gennazzano, a village in the neighborhood of Rome, where an Augustinian church, in which is enshrined a miraculous picture of our Lady, had been for centuries a place of popular pilgrimage. This fe…
Read MoreI admire anyone who has the guts to write anything at all.” — E.B. White The novel Cheaper by the Dozen saved my life. Like every student who passes through St. John’s College’s Great Books […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 25, 2021 | News, The Dispatch |
Mention the Second Vatican Council, and you’ll find some younger Catholics glazing over. Many born in the seventies and eighties missed the euphoria of the Council and the revolution realized in its aftermath. Our earliest […]
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For more than a dozen years I have taught a course titled “Eastern Christian Encounters with Islam”. The course aims to show the complicated history between Eastern Christians and Muslims in such countries as Syria, […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 25, 2021 | Armenia, Armenian genocide, Associated Press, Church in the US, News, President Joe Biden, Turkey |
Armenian Americans celebrated the news Saturday that President Joe Biden formally declared the systematic killing and deportation of hundreds of thousands of their ancestors by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 1900s to be “genocide,” saying the recognition was long overdue.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 25, 2021 | Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, News, U.S.-Mexico border |
The principal message of an April 15 Georgetown University webinar on immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border: Don’t believe everything you hear from politicians. Because more often than not, no one pays close attention to the reality of border issues, and repeat the same old talking points.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 25, 2021 | Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Indianapolis, mass shooting, News |
As John and Mary Weisert looked forward to their 50th wedding anniversary later this year, they did so from the foundations of love and faith that still deeply marked their marriage.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 25, 2021 | Abortion, Bishop Edward J. Burns, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Dallas, Diocese of Dallas, News, Roe v. Wade, the pro-life movement |
Thousands of pro-life advocates from across America will gather together online and in person for the National Prayer Luncheon for Life April 30 to honor “high-impact pro-life organizations” and award $85,000 in grants for ongoing effective pro-life ministry and advocacy.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 25, 2021 | Armenia, Armenian genocide, Associated Press, Church in Europe, News, President Joe Biden, Turkey |
The systematic killing and deportation of more than a million Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century was “genocide,” the United States formally declared on Saturday, as President Joe Biden used that precise word after the White House had avoided it for decades for fear of alienating ally Turkey.
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