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“We stand in prayerful solidarity with all those who hurt and who are suffering from the painful realities of residential schools,” St. Patrick Co-Cathedral. “We pray for healing, for all who hurt and for reconciliation which honors …
Read MoreCalgary is located in Alberta (map), where a church recently went up in flames.“The vandalism of Churches across Alberta is appalling,” Alberta Premier Jason Kenney tweeted. Referring to vandalism at an African evangelical church, he wrot…
Read MoreUS Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland recently announced “a comprehensive review of the troubled legacy of federal boarding school policies” for Native Americans, “with an emphasis on cemeteries or potential burial sites.”&l…
Read MoreBorn in 1948, Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako became Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in 2013. The church (CNEWA profile) is among the Eastern Catholic churches in full communion with the Holy See.
Read MoreThe vandalism at Holy Ghost Church in Denver is one of over 75 acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction at US parishes since May 2020.
Read More“Amid the pandemic, more than 200 schools closed permanently, and enrollment at the 5,981 remaining schools fell by 6.4%—or more than 111,000 students – for the 2020-2021 academic year,” according it the report on the “ biggest …
Read MoreFr. Hans Zollner. / Rebecski CC 4.0
Rome, Italy, Jul 2, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Safeguarding expert Fr. Hans Zollner S.J. will serve as the director of a new anthropology institute succeeding the Center for Child Protection in Rome.The Pontifical…
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 2, 2021 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
Independence Day evokes a positive spirit among Americans. We view ourselves as “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” So much of our nation’s foundation springs from goodness, courage, and virtue. The freedom once fought for by the courageous men of the Revolution, however, is radically different from the doctrine of […]
The Pew Research Center has published “ Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation.”In his report on the study, Anto Akkara writes that India’s current government “government has been accused of discrimination against citizens…
Read MoreReferring to “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, gender non-conforming, and non-binary” persons, the executive order requires “diversity in federal workforce outreach, recruitment, leadership paths, and training—as well…
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Pope Francis waves to pilgrims during his March 28, 2018 general audience in St. Peter’s Square. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
Vatican City, Jul 2, 2021 / 03:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Friday that there “cannot and must not” be any opposition between faith and science.
The pope made the comment in a video message to participants in the “Science for Peace” event, an international meeting held on July 2-3 in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy.
“Dear and distinguished scientists, your meeting is a great gift of hope for humanity,” the pope said.
“Never before as in this time have we been aware of the need to relaunch scientific research to face the challenges of contemporary society.”
“And I am pleased that it is the diocesan community of Teramo which is promoting this meeting, thus testifying that there cannot and must not be any opposition between faith and science.”
The gathering, promoted by the Diocese of Teramo-Atri, is hosted by the University of Teramo and the Sanctuary of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows.
The sanctuary — at the foot of the Gran Sasso d’Italia, a massif in the Apennine Mountains — is the burial place of St. Gabriel, an Italian Passionist, and a popular pilgrimage destination.
The Church is currently celebrating the centenary of St. Gabriel’s canonization. The Jubilee of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows began on Feb. 27 and will end on the same date in 2022.
The Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, the world’s largest underground research center, is located beneath the massif.
Referring to his latest encyclical, Fratelli tutti, the pope said it was vital that scientists worked together for the good of all.
“Moreover, as I noted in the encyclical, it is important not to overlook the ‘risk that a single scientific advance will be seen as the only possible lens for viewing a particular aspect of life, society, and the world,’” he said.
The pope noted that the coronavirus pandemic had prompted the scientific community to rethink “prevention, treatment, and health organization,” paying greater attention to relations between people.
He said: “Faced with the new challenges, you are entrusted, dear friends in science — yes, you! – with the task of testifying to the possibility of building a new social bond, endeavoring to bring scientific research closer to all the community, from the local to the international, and that together it is possible to overcome every conflict.”
“Science is a great resource for building peace!”
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims during his March 28, 2018 general audience in St. Peter’s Square. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
Vatican City, Jul 2, 2021 / 03:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Friday that there “cannot and must not” be any opposition between faith and science.
The pope made the comment in a video message to participants in the “Science for Peace” event, an international meeting held on July 2-3 in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy.
“Dear and distinguished scientists, your meeting is a great gift of hope for humanity,” the pope said.
“Never before as in this time have we been aware of the need to relaunch scientific research to face the challenges of contemporary society.”
“And I am pleased that it is the diocesan community of Teramo which is promoting this meeting, thus testifying that there cannot and must not be any opposition between faith and science.”
The gathering, promoted by the Diocese of Teramo-Atri, is hosted by the University of Teramo and the Sanctuary of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows.
The sanctuary — at the foot of the Gran Sasso d’Italia, a massif in the Apennine Mountains — is the burial place of St. Gabriel, an Italian Passionist, and a popular pilgrimage destination.
The Church is currently celebrating the centenary of St. Gabriel’s canonization. The Jubilee of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows began on Feb. 27 and will end on the same date in 2022.
The Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, the world’s largest underground research center, is located beneath the massif.
Referring to his latest encyclical, Fratelli tutti, the pope said it was vital that scientists worked together for the good of all.
“Moreover, as I noted in the encyclical, it is important not to overlook the ‘risk that a single scientific advance will be seen as the only possible lens for viewing a particular aspect of life, society, and the world,’” he said.
The pope noted that the coronavirus pandemic had prompted the scientific community to rethink “prevention, treatment, and health organization,” paying greater attention to relations between people.
He said: “Faced with the new challenges, you are entrusted, dear friends in science — yes, you! – with the task of testifying to the possibility of building a new social bond, endeavoring to bring scientific research closer to all the community, from the local to the international, and that together it is possible to overcome every conflict.”
“Science is a great resource for building peace!”
A tea chest displayed in the "Seton Family Treasures" exhibit at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Courtesy photo.
Baltimore, Md., Jul 2, 2021 / 03:01 am (CNA).
The exhibit, which is called the “Se…
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 2, 2021 | Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Imagine living in an America where there were almost no Catholic churches open to the public. Imagine an America where the act of attending Mass could be considered a crime. Imagine an America where the Catholic Church was openly mocked and denounced, where the loyalty of Catholics to their country was questioned, and where the […]
WASHINGTON – Catholics in some of the most impoverished regions of Latin America will benefit from more than $2.5 million given by parishioners in the United States, as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Church in Latin Americ…
Read MoreReading I Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67
The span of Sarah’s life was one hundred and twenty-seven years.
She died in Kiriatharba (that is, Hebron)
in the land of Canaan,
and Abraham performed the customary mourning rites for her.
Then …
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 2, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church bombings, Church in Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, News |
At least nine civilians, including women, were killed in an attack by rebels in Congo’s eastern city of Beni.
Read More“This week, the House Committee on Appropriations will mark up the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) and State, Foreign Operations (SFOPs) appropriations bills, which currently exclude longstanding bipartisan policies that prevent …
Read MoreIn an interview published on L’Osservatore Romano’s 160th anniversary, Pope Francis praised the Vatican newspaper as “a newspaper that forms. A newspaper that, in addition to the function of evangelization, also has a very important d…
Read MoreThe Vatican has released a video in which Pope Francis comments on his July prayer intention: “We pray that, in social, economic and political situations of conflict, we may be courageous and passionate architects of dialogue and friendship.&rdq…
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