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Readings for the VigilReadings for the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Reading I Is 49:1-6
Hear me, O coastlands,
listen, O distant peoples.
The LORD called me from birth,
from my mother’s womb he gave me my…
WASHINGTON—On June 21, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States dismissed Mayorkas v. Innovation Law Lab and ordered that the lower court’s judgement be vacated as moot. Additionally, the Court denied a motion to intervene filed by the States of Te…
Read MoreCathay Wagantall, a Member of Parliament from Saskatchewan, sponsored the bill, which was defeated in a 248-82 vote.
Read MoreSolo, also known as Surakarta, is a city of 525,000 in Central Java (map) in Indonesia. “The motives for the desecration are not yet known, but radical [Islamist] indoctrination in school has not been ruled out,” according to the report.
Read MoreAt a June 24 meeting with leaders of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches (ROACO), Pope Francis said that the faithful “cannot remain indifferent when we think of the deserted streets of Jerusalem.” He acknowledged that Cov…
Read More“It is gravely wrong to force all Americans to pay for the killing of innocent babies with their tax dollars,” the US bishops’ conference said in a statement on the House decision not to allow a vote on the No Taxpayer Funding for A…
Read MoreIn December, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Michael Fisher as bishop of the New York diocese. He succeeded Bishop Richard Malone, who resigned in 2019. In February 2020, the diocese filed for bankruptcy; in November, the New York State attorney gener…
Read More“Last week, my brother bishops and I voted overwhelmingly to issue a teaching document on the beauty and power of the Eucharist,” Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a state…
Read MoreIn an essay for First Things, San Francisco’s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone provides a point-by-point rebuttal of the arguments set forth by Democratic members of the House of Representatives against the US bishops’ plan to issue a teachi…
Read MoreThe Department of Education has issued a directive that all public schools must recognize the chosen “gender identities” of their students. The ruling requires that biological males be allowed to use facilities set aside for females. Secret…
Read MoreThe Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan was operated by the Sisters of Notre Dame des Missions de Lyon (1899-1901) and the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Hyacinthe (1901-1979). The Cowessess First Nation “did not give a specific nu…
Read MoreBishop Georg Bätzing, the president of the German bishops’ conference, met on June 24 with Pope Francis, and afterward told reporters that the Pontiff had “encouraged us to continue on the Synodal Path we have chosen.” He said th…
Read MoreSecretariat for the Economy has issued detailed rules for purchasing and contracts issued by Vatican agencies. The rules provide for implementation of the policies set out by Pope Francis in a May motu proprio, designed to set standards for transparenc…
Read MoreThe Catholic Near East Welfare Association offers an overview of Catholic education in Lebanon (map), a nation of 5.5 million that is 59% Muslim and 35% Christian (28% Catholic). “Currently, there are 365 Catholic schools in Lebanon, belonging to…
Read MoreItalian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has brushed aside Vatican opposition to legislation against “homophobia,” saying that Italy is “a lay state” and need not be governed by Catholic teaching. He said that Italy would make its ow…
Read MoreThe US bishops’ Religious Freedom Week began on June 22 and concludes on June 29. In addition to his homily, Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, VA also issued a statement in which he highlighted the threat to religious freedom posed by the …
Read MoreBishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois has decried “simply false” reports that the US bishops decided to proceed with a statement on the Eucharist despite Vatican disapproval. Bishop Paprocki also rejected arguments that the statem…
Read MoreL’Osservatore Romano has devoted brief but prominent front-page coverage to the UN Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict, which was released on June 21.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Church in Europe, Holy See, homophobia, Italy, Lateran Pacts, law, lead, News, Vatican |
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi Wednesday evening snubbed the Holy See’s protest of a proposed anti-homophobia law, saying Italy is a secular state and as such, can decide on its own whether a proposed legislation is constitutional.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2021 | Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Central America, Church in the Americas, Church in the US, Kamala Harris, lead, Migration, News, President Joe Biden, USCCB |
A final readout of the emergency immigration summit earlier this month attended by church leaders from the U.S., Mexico and Central America includes a plan of action for welcoming, advocacy and addressing root causes.
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