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Posted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Middle East - Africa, News |
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Bamako, Mali, Jun 24, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).
Kidnappers freed a Catholic priest and four other people on Wednesday in the West African nation of Mali.Gunmen released Fr. Léon Douyon on June 23, 72…
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | affordable housing, Catholic Charities, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News |
Officials overseeing Catholic Charities-connected housing initiatives are calling on Congress to boost funding and expand tax credits for affordable housing programs that serve older adults and homeless people.
Read MoreBishop of Viviers speaks about the reality awaiting the diocese’s newest and long-awaited presbyter
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Amazon region, Associated Press, Brazil, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, Indigenous peoples, Jair Bolsonaro, News |
Hundreds of Indigenous people gathered outside Brazil’s Congress on Wednesday to push for rejection of a bill that could loosen protections for their lands — a proposal that has already prompted clashes with police.
Read MoreThe Mali War began in 2012; it pits Mali’s government (supported by France) against various Islamist groups. The West African nation of 19.6 million (map) is 89% Muslim, with 9% adhering to ethnic religions.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Bishop David J. Malloy, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, President Joe Biden, US bishops, USCCB, Vaccinations, vaccine, Vaccines |
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops praised President Joe Biden June 23 for his commitment to provide 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income countries.
Read MoreChristians claim that, starting with Abraham and culminating in Jesus, God intervened in history. What is the evidence for this claim? Consider:• The unique history of the Jewish people. This small shepherd people has survived for millennia desp…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, Gibraltar, News, the pro-life movement, United Kingdom |
Gibraltar was holding a referendum Thursday on whether to introduce exceptions to the British territory’s ban on abortion.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, Congressman Chris Smith, Democratic Party, faith and politics, Hyde Amendment, News, Republican Party, U.S. Congress |
Several Republican leaders in the House asked their Democratic counterparts June 22 to take up a measure that would make the long-standing Hyde Amendment permanent.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, Greece, Greek Orthodox, News, Orthodox Church |
Seven senior members of Greece’s Orthodox Church and three others were hospitalized with burns Wednesday after being attacked with a caustic liquid, allegedly by a priest facing a disciplinary hearing, authorities said.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
So, Joe Biden did not, after all, interrupt his preparations for the planned Super Summit with Vladimir Putin the other day in order to fly down to Rome and see the pope. It is just as well, perhaps, inasmuch as the Vatican having nixed the notion of allowing Biden to attend morning Mass with His […]
The Office of Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has issued a Report on Review of Child Sexual Abuse by Clergy in the Catholic Church. “The cover-up was extensive,” the report concluded. “The image and reputation of the Church were put…
Read More“Members of all Massachusetts chapters of the Catholic Worker Movement and all affiliates were informed by hospital police that they are not authorized or permitted to enter St. Vincent Hospital after activists held an ‘exorcism of the demo…
Read More“The policy states that UC physicians must be permitted to provide any treatment to a patient at a sectarian hospital even if the treatment violates religious restrictions and the patient can’t be safely transferred to another facility,&rdq…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in Philippines, News, Philippines |
Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III died Thursday.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Bishop David J. Malloy, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Lebanon, News, USCCB |
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ international policy committee joined Pope Francis in his solidarity with the people of Lebanon as their country endures an ongoing and protracted political and economic crisis.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
Seven years ago, I wrote a dark comedy about political correctness run amok in the military. To quote from the back cover of Insecurity, “Gays, Muslims, and security threats are multiplying at Fort Camp, but no one seems to notice.” The Muslim officers at Fort Camp and other nearby army bases are plotting a coup […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | abuse payouts, Archdiocese of Chicago, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News |
Two men who said they were sexually molested decades ago by a notorious Catholic priest who was imprisoned for molesting other boys have agreed to a settlement of $880,000 from the Archdiocese of Chicago
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Vigil
Mass during the Day
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Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Chris…
Readings for the Mass during the DayReadings for the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Reading I Jer 1:4-10
In the days of King Josiah, the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
Before I formed you in the womb I k…
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