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Posted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, Indigenous peoples, lead, News |
A group of at least 850 members of several indigenous peoples from Brazil camped in the nation’s capital was visited on June 28 by the Secretary General of the Bishops’ Conference, along with other Brazilian bishops.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Catholic Church, Christian Aid, famine, Hunger, Interviews, lead, News, World hunger |
Countries in Africa are some of the worst hit when it comes to access to food, according to the UK-based charity, Christian Aid.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | autism, Catholic colleges, Church in the US, lead, Marquette University, News |
A cluttered mind, organization and depression were challenges that followed Ryan Lynch to Marquette University as a freshman last fall, not to mention the task of navigating life in a new environment in the throes of a pandemic.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Adoration, Eucharist, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, worship |
“Eucharistic Adoration will save the world.” I’ve heard these words spoken by multiple priests in social media in recent months and it is the truth. The Church has forgotten her center due to the worldly desires of her members to busy themselves in utilitarian pursuits. The human tendency to constantly be in a state of […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Communion, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, forgiveness, News, Reconciliation, Saints, Sophia Excerpts, St. Peter Julian Eymard |
The Eucharist, we may say, is Jesus establishing intimacy between man and God. But the mysteries of the close union Jesus forms with us in Communion!
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Culture, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, junipero serra, News, Saints |
The last year was a tough one, even for a Catholic saint. Saint Junípero Serra, the 18th-century Spanish priest—who Pope Francis called “the evangelizer of the west in the United States” and whose feast day is July 1—has been taking it in the chin. Vandalism of public statues of Junípero Serra have taken place by […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Angels, C. S. Lewis, charity, Faith, Featured, Glory, God, Heaven, Hope, In the Spotlight, News, Scripture |
Heaven’s Difference If a thing makes no difference, it is a waste of time to think about it. We should begin, then, with the question, “What difference does Heaven make to earth, to now, to our lives?” The answer to the question is only the…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | 2021, Benedict XVI, Biden and Pelosi, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, letter from 60 Democrats, Mario Cuomo’s infamous Notre Dame speech, News, personally opposed but, politicization of the Eucharist, pro-choice Catholics, Stephen P. White's "Our Indefensible, The Catholic Thing, Unsustainable Status Quo" |
Stephen P. White: Denying Communion to pro-choice pols isn’t the goal; defending the innocent and bringing souls closer to God’s mercy is.
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Read MoreBenedict XVI arrived in Brazil on Wednesday, starting his first papal trip to Latin America with strong words against abortion,…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Commentary, News |
Sixty Congressional Democrats asserting it’s possible to be Catholic and pro-choice. One thing to know about them—and it’s essential—each of…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | In the News, News |
Bishop Robert Barron, auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles and head of Word on Fire ministries, called out Catholic Democratic lawmakers…
The post Bp. Barron: Dialogue with Dems becoming impossible appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Commentary, News |
The parish council of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., released a statement on Monday, which said that the…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | In the News, News |
Barbara Samuells, president of Catholics for Freedom of Religion, a New York-based grassroots advocacy group that educates Catholic parishes about…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Homily of the Day, News |
When the teachers of the Law questioned in their minds how Jesus could forgive sins, he asked them, “Why do you have such evil thoughts? Which is easier to say: ‘Your sins are forgiven’ or ‘Stand up and walk’”? And before they could answer, to prove himself Jesus cured the paralyzed man, “Stand up! Take […]
Read MoreMiguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junipero when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua for twelve years. At age 37, he went to …
Read MoreAt the weekly General Audience on June 30, 2021, Pope Francis reflected on the Letter of St. Paul to the Galatians, and said God’s grace turned sinful Saul into the Apostle to the Gentiles.
Read MoreOn the Solemnity of the Saints Apostles Peter and Paul, June 29, 2021, the Holy Father Francis blessed the pallia, taken from the Confession of the Apostle Peter and destined for the metropolitan archbishops appointed during the course of the year. The…
Read MoreMiguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junipero when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua for twelve years. At age 37, he went to …
Read MoreThe French Catholic bishops have expressed regret at the approval of new legislation on bioethics, pointing particularly to new approval for assisted human reproduction. Archbishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort of Reims, president of the episcopal conferenc…
Read MorePope Francis was joined by a dozen Christian leaders in a day of prayer and consultations for the future of Lebanon at the Vatican on July 1. The prelates joined in prayer at the papal altar in St. Peter’s basilica, then walked to the grotto to l…
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