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“The economic sanctions imposed on Syrian people by the Western governments in the name of democracy and political liberty have created horrendous consequences in a country that endured wars, siege and abandonment for over 10 years,” said P…
Read MoreSam Brownback, the US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom from 2018 to 2021, offered his assessment of violence in Africa’s most populous nation (map).
Read MoreThe synod’s three areas of focus are “forming parishes in the service of evangelization; forming missionary disciples who know Jesus’ love and respond to his call; and forming youth and young adults in and for a Church that is always …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Abortion, COVID-19 vaccine, Ethics, Features, News, Special Report, Vaccinations |
Editor’s note: The following is Part 2 of a two-part essay on the complex and often disturbing relationship—scientifically, historically, and otherwise—between the creation of vaccines, the eugenics movement, and the abortion industry. Part 1 is on […..
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, faith and politics, News, US bishops, USCCB |
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops plans to devote part of its national meeting next month to the sensitive issue of which Catholics are worthy of receiving Communion, despite calls for a delay.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Colorado, Contraception, immigrants and refugees, News, Undocumented immigrants |
A Colorado bill would provide free contraceptives and reproductive care to people living in the U.S. illegally.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report |
An internal investigation into an apparent bureaucratic blunder by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration that scuttled a statewide voter referendum sought by victims of childhood sexual abuse found no evidence of a deliberate attempt to derail it.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Churches, Crime, Florida, News |
A Florida-based group of Romanian nationals stole $740,000 from hundreds of churches by taking donation checks from their mailboxes and cashing them, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Wednesday.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, Cei, Dicastery for Communication, lead, News, News Analysis, pre-seminary, Vatican Press Office, Vatican reform |
The conclusion many Italians in and around the Vatican have already drawn about Pope Francis’s reform is that it’s a Gattopardesca reform, meaning one in which lots of things change so the fundamentals can remain the same, and the start of this week has done little to convince them otherwise.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Church in Europe, COMECE, Coronavirus, COVID-19, European bishops, lead, Lebanon, News, United Nations |
In response to a letter from the bishops and patriarchs of Lebanon asking for European intervention as the country plunges even further into a black hole, Europe’s bishops have pledged support and have asked government leaders to take action.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, Church in the US, German bishops, lead, News, Second Vatican Council, Synod, women's ordination |
In a new letter, Archbishop Samuel Aquila took aim at the German episcopacy for what he considers “radical” proposals that came out of the first forum of the German Synodal Path that took place earlier this year.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | *, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Mary, motherhood, News, The Visitation |
Monday, May 31st, is the Feast of the Visitation of Our Lord. It is a feast day that draws us into a deeper love of Our Lord and Our Heavenly Mother. It is also through the Visitation that mothers can enter more deeply into the joy of their vocation, as well as the joy of […]
Posted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Featured, Marriage & Family, News |
As Catholic parents we want to do absolutely everything in our power to help our kids develop a relationship with the Blessed Trinity that will sustain them into eternity. In short—we want to raise saints. But how do we do that? Well, I recently met a gentleman, Patrick O’Hearn, who spent the last three years […]
Lex orandi, lex credendi, goes the ancient Latin motto – loosely translated: The rule of praying is the rule of believing. In other words, our liturgical life reveals our faith life. What we do on our knees points to what we hold in our hearts as well as how we’ll act in the world. The liturgical calendar […]
Posted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | 2021, Anthony Esolen, Bach’s Passion According to Saint Matthew, Columns, Doctor Faustus, Eastern Pennsylvania, Fr. Aidan Nichols’ “the warmth and wonder of created things”, Laudato Si, News, Pentecost, The Catholic Thing, Transfiguration, What the English Bishops Did for Pentecost |
Anthony Esolen: Mass is the central thing. It is the moment atop Mount Tabor. It is the descent of the Holy Spirit in tongues of fire.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | In the News, News |
A street artist in Rome created an image of Jesus that the Vatican appropriated, without credit or payment, to use…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | In the News, News |
The Archbishop of San Francisco on Tuesday responded to attempts by other U.S. bishops to delay consideration of a teaching…
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