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Posted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Asia - Pacific, News |
Officers patrol Tiananmen Square in Beijing, May 2013. / Alexandre Kuma via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
Denver Newsroom, Jun 3, 2021 / 17:01 pm (CNA).
An organization aiming to support the democratic movement and religious freedom in Hong Kong spo…
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Vandalized statue of Mary, St. Adalbert parish, Queens, New York / St. Adalbert parish
Washington D.C., Jun 3, 2021 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
A parish in Queens, New York is raising funds to repair its statue of Mary, which was found knocked over and sp…
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Broadleaf Books, News, Nick Ripatrozone, Twenty Something, Wild Belief |
The sense of place and pull to the wild that inspired Nick Ripatrozone’s new book are tucked in his very name. The rip-roaring surname is the name of a mountain town in central Italy, which the 40-year-old writer has visited.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Middle East - Africa, News |
Fr. Joe Keke, 75, who was released after spending two weeks in captivity, June 3, 2021. Credit: Fr. Chris Omotosho.
Sokoto, Nigeria, Jun 3, 2021 / 15:39 pm (CNA).
Fr. Joe Keke, who was kidnapped along with slain Fr. Alphonsus Bello when a parish…
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Catholic Extension, Lumen Christi Award, News, U.S. & World News |
The 34 nominees for Catholic Extension’s 2021-2022 annual Lumen Christi Award are “as varied as the Church itself and have shown great resolve during this most difficult year,” said the Chicago-based organization.
Read MoreFrom Tomás Luis de Victoria, his motet in praise of the Holy Eucharist, from 1585, in an era when the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was suppressed throughout Europe, falling into the errors of Protestantism. But beauty is one of the best ways of reminding us of the truth of what Christ has left us[…]
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Articles, Featured Highlights, News |
O Sacred banquet in which Christ is received, the memory of His Passion is renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us (St. Thomas Aquinas, +1274). ⧾ As we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ or Corpus Christi as it is traditionally[…]
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Christian communion, Coon Rapids, Epiphany, Epiphany in Coon Rapids, Featured, Kathleen Gavlas, News, Why I am Catholic |
Put simply, my need to know the truth is why I’m Catholic. To be clear, I don’t mean secular truth — I needed to know which Christian communion had the fullness of truth I longed to embrace.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Father Christopher Collins, Father Larry Snyder, Featured, Jesuit, Local News, News, University of St. Thomas |
Father Christopher Collins will serve as vice president for mission at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul beginning July 1. The 49-year-old Jesuit priest, who attended UST in the early ’90s, replaces Father Larry Snyder, who is retiring from the position after assuming it in 2015.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Anti-Christian persecution, Asia Bibi, Associated Press, blasphemy laws, Church in Asia, News, Pakistan |
A Pakistani appeals court on Thursday acquitted a Christian couple sentenced to death on blasphemy charges for allegedly insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, their defense lawyer said.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Wisconsin |
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is refusing to turn over documents to state investigators who are looking into clergy sexual abuse in Wisconsin’s five Catholic dioceses, warning Attorney General Josh Kaul that the records are sealed and that Kaul lacks the authority to initiate such an investigation.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, India, News, Vaccinations |
A Catholic priest has lambasted a court in India for saying younger people should be prioritized in handing out COVID-19 vaccines, since the older population – most vulnerable to the disease – has “lived its life.”
Read MoreArchbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB / Archdiocese of Vancouver
Washington D.C., Jun 3, 2021 / 14:21 pm (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Vancouver has promised transparency and support for burial and identification efforts, following the discovery of unma…
A Corpus Christi procession in Poznań, Poland, June 3, 2021. Credit: Archdiocese of Poznań.
Warsaw, Poland, Jun 3, 2021 / 14:20 pm (CNA).
Catholics took part in Corpus Christi processions across Poland Thursday. People took to the streets J…
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Holy See, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Moneyval, News, U.S. & World News, United States, Vatican Bank, Vatican City State |
The United States added Vatican City State to its list of countries that conform to international standards regarding the verification of the identity of persons conducting financial transactions through its institutions, including the so-called Vatican bank.
Read MoreLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Jun 3, 2021 / 13:50 pm (CNA).
Five days after the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain, passed a law recognizing transgender identity, Jonathan Robayna, who pleaded guilty to killing his cousin in …
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