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“In 1799, when French soldiers withdrawing from Naples sacked churches and monasteries, these meek disciples of Christ resisted with heroic courage, unto death, to defend the Eucharist from desecration,” the Pontiff said of the Cistercian m…
Read MoreThe Food and Drug Administration announced that an abortion pill will be available through the mail for the duration of the pandemic.
Read More“I am following with deep concern the events in several areas of eastern Ukraine, where in recent months violations of the cease-fire have multiplied, and I observe with great apprehension the increase of military activities,” Pope Francis …
Read MoreDuring his April 18 Regina Caeli address, Pope Francis reflected on Luke 24:35-48, the Gospel reading of the day.
Read MoreIn April 1991, Pope St. John Paul II established the Moscow archdiocese and an apostolic administration (now a diocese) in Siberia.
Read More“Other Catholic institutions are encouraging widespread vaccination, but have stopped short of instituting vaccine requirements,” the Register reported.
Read MorePope Francis is “probably today, in the world, one of the greatest champions of the cause of the most vulnerable,” said Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Read More“For the Naval Commander, the Consort, the Father of a great family, for the leader in benevolence and education the battle is over, and all is quiet again in the forest,” Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher preached. “The great tree ma…
Read MoreCardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi said “he wanted the United States to align their positions with those of France on a possible solution to the Lebanon question,” according to the report.
Read More“I ask circus performers of all latitudes who are suffering so much during this pandemic to bring their art, as soon as possible, to the places where children and the elderly suffer,” said Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery f…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
“The early church was a socialist church.” So said Rev. Raphael Warnock in 2016, four years before the citizens of Georgia elected him a U.S. senator. It’s a strange statement, least of all because the description “socialist church” is an oxymoron. Not only would the Church fathers be puzzled by it, but so would socialism’s […]
WASHINGTON— The Biden Administration announced Friday afternoon that it will not increase the historically low number of refugees who can be resettled in the United States for the current fiscal year. However, it will restore the long-time practice of …
Read MoreWASHINGTON – In commemoration of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on April 24, Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on International Justice and Peace highlighted the tragic loss of…
Read MoreReading I Acts 6:8-15
Stephen, filled with grace and power,
was working great wonders and signs among the people.
Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen,
Cyreneans, and Alexandrians,
and people from Cilicia and Asia,
c…
“During the campaign and during his first few weeks in office, President Biden really promised to welcome more refugees into the country and to restore the global leadership role that the U.S. has played in terms of resettlement,” said Rach…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, News, Pope Francis, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Vatican |
Pope Francis on Sunday voiced apprehension over a recent Russian troop buildup near the border with Ukraine and called for efforts to ease tensions in the 7-year conflict in eastern Ukraine pitting Ukrainian forces against Russia-backed rebels.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Aid to the Church in Need, Cabo Delgado, Catholic Church, Church in Africa, lead, Mozambique, News |
In Pemba, a the capital of Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, people have learned to sleep with one eye open: Increased violence in the province has caused over 750,000 people to flee their homes and some fear the port city will be the next target.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Books, Catholic Church, Culture, Interviews, lead, News |
Gracy Olmstead spoke to Crux about her book “Uprooted: Recovering the Legacy of the Places We’ve Left Behind.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | Catholic Church, China, Church in Asia, democracy, Hong Kong, lead, Missionaries, News |
A longtime missionary in Hong Kong and a personal friend to several of the pro-democracy activists who received jail sentences last week for their vocal opposition to the city’s new national security law, has praised them as courageous witnesses in the face of oppression.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 19, 2021 | News, Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction |
After several years of regular spiritual direction, I’ve come more and more to realize the beauty of this relationship with someone which consistently serves to strengthen and deepen my own relationship with God. I’ve grown so much from the grace of accountability, of someone else’s wise perspective, of her gentle guidance to help me navigate […]
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