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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, addressed the general assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies.
Read More“More than a month since Colombians first took to the streets this year to protest against a botched tax overhaul and the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, tensions across the country are escalating rapidly with more than a do…
Read MoreParalyzed from the waste down, Michael Haddad is a Lebanese Christian and climate activist who plans to traverse the Arctic.
Read MoreThe “situation in Nigeria beggars belief and comprehension,” Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, capital of Sokoto State (map), preached on May 31. “Nowhere in the world are innocent citizens being gruesomely murdered in broad daylight wi…
Read MoreCommenting on his June prayer intention, Pope Francis begins, “Is it true, what some people say—that young people don’t want to get married, especially during these difficult times? Getting married and sharing one’s life is something…
Read MoreThe Holy See and Vatican City State are now among the IRS’ list of jurisdictions with approved know-your-customer rules. “If a country is on the approved list,” the IRS states, “entities and branches located in that country may…
Read MoreCanada’s bishops expressed “deepest sorrow” following the discovery of a mass grave at a residential school for Native Americans.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Church Reform, clerical sexual abuse and coverup, Come una madre amorevole, Justice, News, Pope Francis, Top Story, Vos Estis Lux Mundi |
The secrecy of the Church’s judicial processes hurts the innocent, while the opacity of her general practices tends to protect evildoers. Together, the Church’s secrecy and opacity undermine public confidence in her ability to deliver anything like justice.
The post Crime & Punishment: Church leaders’ disastrous refusal to abandon secrecy appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Associated Press, Canada, canadian bishops, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, First Nations, Native Americans, News |
Canada’s Indigenous services minister said Wednesday that Pope Francis needs to issue a formal apology for the role the Catholic Church played in Canada’s residential school system, days after the remains of 215 children were located at what was once the country’s largest such school.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic healthcare, Church in the US, News, Nursing, Pennsylvania |
A man who oversaw a suburban Philadelphia nursing home pleaded no contest Wednesday to endangering three residents who before dying suffered health complications because of inadequate staffing levels, prosecutors said.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Diocese of Burlington, News, School vouchers, Vermont |
A federal appeals court on Wednesday explained its decision to stop Vermont from excluding tuition funding for students who attend a religious school, saying a lower court ruling from earlier this year did not go far enough to accomplish that.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Associated Press, California, Catholic Church, Church in the US, COVID restrictions, COVID-19 pandemic, Lockdowns, News |
The state of California has agreed not to impose greater coronavirus restrictions on church gatherings than it does on retail establishments in a pair of settlements that provide more than $2 million in fees to lawyers who challenged the rules as a violation of religious freedom.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, Massachusetts, News, Springfield |
The Catholic Diocese of Springfield on Wednesday added 40 names to its list of church employees who have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct involving a child.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Aid to the Church in Need, Caritas, Church in the Middle East, lead, Lebanon, News, Pope Francis |
ROME – Catholic charities in Lebanon are applauding Pope Francis decision to invite the country’s Christian leaders to the Vatican on July 1 to pray for peace and stability in the country. “It’s a very positive thing,” said Father Michel Abboud, president of Caritas Lebanon. “The pope is always thinking
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Bishop Michael Olson, Canon Law, Catholic University of America, Church in the US, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Lay people, lead, News, Pope Francis |
From the perspective of someone that doesn’t claim to be a canon law expert, but champions the importance that the Church root out sexual abuse, Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth considers the new canon law revisions the “most profound step so far.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | lead, Liturgy, News, Pope Francis, Second Vatican Council, Summorum Pontificium, Traditionalists, Vatican |
As rumors continue to foment that Pope Francis could further restrict access to the extraordinary form, one liturgical expert has said that regardless of what happens, one’s relationship with God shouldn’t suffer as a result.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, China, Chinese Catholics, Church in Asia, Hong Kong, News |
The protesters killed in Tiananmen Square in mainland China on June 4, 1989, used to be remembered in Hong Kong with an annual candlelight vigil in the city’s expansive Victoria Park, attended by crowds as big as 130,000, all holding flickering candles.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Corpus Christi, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Incarnation, News, Sacred Heart of Jesus |
The month of June, with liturgical feasts dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to His Body and Blood (in the Eucharist), is a fitting time to re-visit an age-old stumbling block—the very real human nature of Christ. Heretics throughout Church history struggled with that doctrine, and (in subtle ways) we still do today. […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 3, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
Laudetur Jesus Christus! Praise be to Jesus Christ! Jesus tells his disciples at the Last Supper, “This is my body…This is my blood…which is given up for you” Recall their response. He instructed them: “Do this in memory of me.” And so they did. The twelve offered him their bodies and blood for the rest […]
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