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New regulations “require all clergy to register with the state in order to serve Catholics while asking Catholics to elect their bishops democratically,” according to the report. “Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, a London-based expert on interna…
Read More“No member of our great nation is weaker, more vulnerable, or less protected, than the child in the womb,” said Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City (KS), chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. “Congress …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2021 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
“If I have to choose between my feelings or experiences and the Bible,” I heard someone say recently, “it’s impossible for me to choose the Bible.” Well, people lie about their feelings all the time, to others and even to themselves. Very often, “He offended me” means “I was looking for a way to hurt […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations has shared the results of the study A Portrait of the Permanent Diaconate: A Study for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 20…
Read MoreReadings for the Memorial of Saint Justin, martyr
Reading 1 Tb 2:9-14
On the night of Pentecost, after I had buried the dead,
I, Tobit, went into my courtyard
to sleep next to the courtyard wall.
My face was uncovered because of the …
In December 2020, Pope Francis announced a year of reflection on his 2016 apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), devoted to joy in the family. The year began on March 19, the fifth anniversary of the document’s publication, an…
Read MoreIn October 2020, Pope Francis named Cardinal Marcello Semeraro the Congregation’s Prefect, replacing Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, who was removed from his post.
Read MoreFollowing the San Jose shooting, Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the US bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, called for prayer, “rational yet effective forms of [gun] regulation,” and &l…
Read More“Food conflicts and the future of food systems” was the theme of the event (video), hosted by the Secretariat of State of the Holy See, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
Read MoreThe monthlong global prayer marathon included the recitation of the Rosary at Marian shrines on each day during the month of May.
Read MoreThe Mount Nyiragongo eruption has destroyed over 1,000 homes.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2021 | Anglican Church, Associated Press, Church in Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, News |
Armed attacks on two different villages overnight in Congo’s eastern Ituri province killed at least 49 people, local government officials said Monday.
Read MoreThe Pope’s June prayer intention, disseminated by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer), is “Let us pray for young people who are preparing for marriage with the support of a Christian community: may they grow i…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic Schools, Church in UK and Ireland, COVID-19 pandemic, Great Britain, London, News, United Kingdom |
Nik Geraj’s voice fills with pain as he talks about how he struggled to help his daughter study during the coronavirus lockdowns that shut her school for more than four months over the past year.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2021 | Cardinal Peter Turkson, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
Quoting both Pope Francis and his predecessor, Benedict XVI, the Vatican’s point man on human development defined hunger as “criminal” and access to food as an “an inalienable right” during an online seminar Monday.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2021 | Books, Interviews, lead, News, pluralism, Religious Freedom, religious liberty |
Andrew T. Walker spoke to Crux about his new book, ‘Liberty for All: Defending Everyone’s Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age.’
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2021 | Catholic Social Services, First Amendment, Foster care, homosexual unions, News, Philadelphia, Religious Freedom, religious liberty, SCOTUS, The Dispatch |
Ken Starr’s new book Religious Liberty in Crisis: Exercising Your Faith in an Age of Uncertainty (Encounter Books, 2021), is a very sound, popular treatment of the constitutional issues surrounding the free-exercise and no-establishment provisions […]
Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted a resolution granting “permanent observer” status to the Holy See. Vatican representatives, who have been participating in WHO assemblies since 1953, will have the right to join in debates, bu…
Read MorePope Francis has issued an apostolic constitution, Pascite Gregem Dei, reforming the section of canon law that deals with individual crimes.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 1, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
I believe we all are like that little girl in her baptism experience. From the moment of our Baptism, we are made children of God even as we are crying in pain and sorrow in this world. It is not by mere chance that we experience both pain and joy as God’s children. Though we have […]
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