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Posted by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | Anniversary, Church in Philippines, election, Evangelization, lead, Missionaries, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis, President Rodrigo Duterte |
The Philippines in most respects are a raging Catholic success story, and a country absolutely vital to Catholic fortunes in the 21st century – probably more so, however much it may hurt for Americans to hear it, than the United States.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | Cardinal Peter Turkson, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Environment, lead, News, Pope Francis, Science, Vatican |
World-renowned English anthropologist Jane Goodall has joined her voice to the Vatican’s in calling for the defense of biodiversity, saying she sees Pope Francis as a source of hope for his stance on the environment.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | Aid to the Church in Need, Anti-Christian persecution, Asia Bibi, Church in Asia, lead, News, Religious Freedom |
During the presentation of a report on religious freedom produced by a papal charitable foundation, Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian who spent eight years on death row on blasphemy charges, appealed to her country’s government to put an end to this discriminatory law.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | archbishop bernard hebda, Archbishop Paul Coakley, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Black Lives Matter, Catholic Church, Church in the US, George Floyd, lead, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota Catholic Conference, News, Racial justice, USCCB |
After the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd late Tuesday afternoon, American Catholic Church leaders weighed in with statements that affirmed the jury’s decision, but also recognized the need to continue to work on the issue of racial justice nationwide.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | Gay marriage, IVF, mothers, News, Same-sex "Marriage", surrogacy, surrogate, Top Story, Women |
Tan France promises to love the child a surrogate mother is carrying for him and his partner. But what about the anonymous mother? Surrogacy isn’t an innocent economic exchange.
The post Not Fabulous: Surrogacy Erases Women appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreWith the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Congress prohibited “the federal government from substantially burdening a person’s exercise of religion unless it demonstrates that doing so both furthers a compelling governmental interest and repre…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | Catholics and COVID-19 Vaccines, News, Primate of All Ireland, Republic of Ireland |
“Archbishop Eamon Martin explained the deep concerns already expressed with regard to the criminalising of leading, and gathering for, public worship at this time in Ireland despite the consistent support from the Churches for public health messaging since the beginning of the pandemic.”
The post Archbishop Eamon Martin expresses concerns at criminalisation of public worship in Ireland appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, General, In the Spotlight, News |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Mary Margaret Freeman. […]
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Posted by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | childhood, family, Featured, Marriage & Family, News, Prayer, St. Thérèse of Lisieux |
One night earlier this week, I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders. Everything in life seemed dark and heavy. Everywhere I looked, I saw something wrong. Things that wouldn’t normally bother me suddenly became too much to bear. Nothing felt right or peaceful. I sat down, exhausted, barely able to think or […]
Easter is for those who are suffering, for those who are grieving—because it is only through the experience of the cross that we can fully appreciate the reality of Easter.
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | Daily Quote, News, Saints, Spiritual Life, St. John of the Cross |
A Daily Quote to Inspire Your Catholic Faith “Wisdom enters through love, silence, and mortification. It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.” (St. John of the Cross) The M…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | Best of Week, contemplation, Featured, mysticism, News, Saints, Sophia Excerpts, St. Catherine of Siena |
When we contemplate, we set aside a place, either externally in the physical world or interiorly within our minds and hearts, or both, to ponder, observe, and meditate. After Catherine donned the habit of the Mantellate she spent three years in seclusion, except when she went to church for confession and Mass, in the small […]
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | Encountering the Word, Eternal life, Gospel of John, Jesus Christ, New Testament, News, Scripture |
Encountering the Word — Your Daily Bible Verses “For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John 6:40) Please share on Facebook and other s…
Read MoreSt. Anselm (1033-1109) was born in Aosta, Italy, and died in Canterbuy, England. St. Anselm’s services to the Church are principally the following: First, as Archbishop of Canterbury he defended the rights and liberties of the Church against the encroa…
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The Connecticut House of Representatives has advanced a bill to end the religious exemption from childhood vaccine requirements, beginning in 2022. The bill to end the relig…
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2021 | Articles, Featured Highlights, News |
“ontology” defined ~ the science of being Some students are fortunate enough to have had a teacher who made all the difference in life. I am such a person. During my junior year of high school in Carlsbad, New Mexico, John Hadsell was my English teacher. One day, apparently bored with the insipid materials in[…]
The post Saint Anselm’s Idea of God appeared first on Catholic Insight.
Read MoreCatholic schools in Haiti will be closed for three days, beginning April 21, to call attention to the kidnapping of nine people—including five priests and two nuns—on April 11. Church bells will be tolled at noon on Friday as part of the aw…
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