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The Chosen. / Press image.
CNA Staff, Apr 19, 2021 / 14:12 pm (CNA).
The Easter Sunday season two premiere of The Chosen, an evangelical Christian-produced internet series dramatizing the life of Jesus and his disciples, could have significant …
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Biden, capital punishment, Death penalty, News, U.S. & World News |
The death penalty has been getting attention across the country this year with legislation introduced or voted on in several states aimed at limiting, repealing or even renewing capital punishment.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | archbishop bernard hebda, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, George Floyd, Minneapolis, Minnesota, News, police brutality, Racism |
As closing arguments began April 19 in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda and priests across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offered special Masses “For the Preservation of Peace and Justice.”
Read MoreThe Umschlagplatz Monument in Warsaw, Poland, where more than 300,000 Jews were transported from the Warsaw Ghetto to Nazi death camps. / Sr. Amata CSFN
CNA Staff, Apr 19, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
The uprising — the largest single Jewish revolt …
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, College of Cardinals, Lesotho, News, Obituary |
Cardinal Sebastian Koto Khoarai, the first and only cardinal from Lesotho, died April 17 at the age of 91 in Mazenod, Lesotho.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | abuse cover-up, Bishop Michael Hoeppner, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, Diocese of Crookston, News, Vos Estis Lux Mundi |
Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner presided over a farewell Mass to the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, April 15, two days after Pope Francis accepted the bishop’s resignation from pastoral governance of the northeast Minnesota diocese.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Cabo Delgado, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Islamic State, Mozambique, News, Pemba |
Catholic bishops in Mozambique expressed concerns about ongoing violence in the country and increasing food insecurity — especially in the midst of the pandemic.
Read MoreHis Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk. / ACI Group
Rome Newsroom, Apr 19, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
‘On behalf of the Ukrainian people, I ask you to pray for peace,’ says Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church leader
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | abuse cover-up, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, German bishops, German Church, Germany, News |
Catholic laypeople in the Archdiocese of Cologne have called for a local synod to address the ongoing crisis in Germany’s most populous diocese.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Archbishop Eamon Martin, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, COVID-19 pandemic, Lockdowns, News, Religious Freedom, Republic of Ireland |
The head of the Irish bishops’ conference said the government’s move to criminalize attendance at Mass as part of COVID-19 regulations was a “potential infringement of religious freedom and of constitutional rights.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Italy, Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Italy, Martyrs, News, Pope Francis, saints and martyrs, Vatican |
The Catholic Church’s newest blesseds are six “meek disciples of Christ,” who showed heroic courage defending the Eucharist from profanation when French troops sacked their Italian monastery in 1799 and scattered the Blessed Sacrament on the floor while searching for any valuables they could carry away, Pope Francis said.
Read MoreArmenian orphans being deported from Turkey. Ca. 1920. / Everett Collection/Shutterstock
Washington D.C., Apr 19, 2021 / 11:15 am (CNA).
The U.S. bishops’ conference issued a statement on Monday recognizing the upcoming anniversary of the Armen…
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Angelus, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, News, Pope Francis, Regina Coeli, St. Peter's Square, Sunday Angelus, Vatican |
Greeting visitors in St. Peter’s Square after nearly a month of tight restrictions due to the pandemic, Pope Francis said he was happy to see people allowed to gather and be present for Sunday noonday prayer.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Archbishop Hebda, Daunte Wright, Derek Chauvin, Featured, George Floyd, Justice, Local News, News, peace, prayers, trial |
As closing arguments began April 19 in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Archbishop Bernard Hebda and priests across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis offered special Masses for the Preservation of Peace and Justice.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Anti-Christian persecution, anti-Christian violence, Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Coptic Christians, Coptic Church, Egypt, Islamic State, News |
Egypt police killed three suspected militants allegedly involved in the slaying of a Coptic Christian man kidnapped more than five months ago in a restive part of Sinai Peninsula, the Interior Ministry said Monday.
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