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The growth in the number of Catholics was “the lowest since a proper census of Catholic churchgoers in Korea was first conducted in 1954,” according to the report. 11% of South Koreans are Catholic.
Read MoreFive priests and two nuns were among ten people kidnapped on April 11. A gang, 400 Mawozo, has demanded $1 million in ransom.
Read More“Bishops and priests are under pressure not to speak out about human rights, and many believe this follows Vatican recommendations,” said Kaciaryna Laurynenka, a theologian and historian. In January, shortly after the government permitted A…
Read MoreThe Christian leaders (including Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, the Primate of All Ireland) addressed their appeal to political leaders in Northern Ireland, the governments of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and the European Union.
Read MoreIn a message to Archbishop Gil Tamayo of Ávila, Pope Francis recalled the 50th anniversary of Pope St. Paul VI’s proclamation of St. Teresa as a doctor of the Church.
Read MoreThe Conference of European Churches (a fellowship of over 100 Orthodox and Protestant communities) and the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences issued the Charta Oecumenica (Ecumenical Charter) in 2001.
Read MoreThe bishops also discussed the importance of freedom of speech: “If Scotland is to be a tolerant, open, diverse country then we must be free to discuss and debate ideas, even those which are deemed by some to be controversial . . . Government mus…
Read MoreFather Thomas Reese, SJ, is former editor of America magazine; President Obama appointed him to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Father Reese also called for “more and better Eucharistic prayers.” and said that bishops&…
Read MoreAndrea Riccardi founded the community in 1968; the international lay association is devoted to prayer, the service of the poor, and peace. The agreement will allow 300 refugees to settle in France.
Read MorePope Francis sent a message encouraging the work of the symposium, organized by Harvard University in partnership with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and Catholic University of America.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 15, 2021 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
It is impossible these days to be a university professor and not be accused of offending someone. Offensiveness is now regarded as a synonym for disagreement. I recall presenting to my class a distinction that psychologist Abraham Maslow made concerning two types of cognition. “Deficiency cognition” (D-cognition) occurs when an object is experienced partially or […]
WASHINGTON – Catholics can now support eight programs administered by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) through the online giving platform #iGiveCatholic Together.
The programs being supported provide material aid to people of all faith…
Read MoreReading I Acts 5:27-33
When the court officers had brought the Apostles in
and made them stand before the Sanhedrin,
the high priest questioned them,
“We gave you strict orders did we not,
to stop teaching in that name.
Yet you have f…
“Our position remains unequivocal,” the bishops said in their message. “Euthanasia and assisted suicide constitute the deliberate killing of human life in violation of God’s commandments; they erode our shared dignity by failin…
Read More“The Holy See’s approach cannot ignore the vision of the human person created in the image and likeness of God, whose ‘value’ consists in his or her transcendent dignity,” said the Vatican’s Secretary of State. &ldqu…
Read MoreTwo teenagers who engaged in the brutal ritual murder of a boy said they were inspired by an animist priestess, who has been arrested. In 2013, the ritual murder of disabled children was banned.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 15, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, RU-486, the pro-life movement |
The decision by the acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to suspend enforcement of the agency’s in-person prescribing requirement for the abortion drug endangers women’s health and possibly their lives, pro-life leaders said.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 15, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Down syndrome, News, Susan B Anthony List, the pro-life movement |
A federal appeals court April 13 upheld a 2017 Ohio law that prohibits doctors from knowingly participating performing an abortion because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 15, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pius XI Seminary, Vatican, Vatican City State, Vatican criminal court, Vatican criminal justice |
Three priests associated with a minor seminary located in the Vatican testified that they neither witnessed nor were informed of suspected cases of sexual abuse occurring at the school.
Read MoreMADISON, Wisconsin — For the second time in just over two weeks, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a rebuke of Gov. Tony Evers, this time saying his administration violated the law by regulating the size […]
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