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Posted by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2021 | Bambino Gesu Hospital, Catholic hospitals, Gemelli Hospital, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
Children who are in two of Rome’s largest hospitals – including the one where Pope Francis is recovering from Sunday’s surgery – have sent the pontiff “get well” cards.
Read MoreA New York financial services firm, Ria R Squared, filed suit against Paul McGown, alleging that he forged bake statements to leverage a $15-million loan. Wyoming Catholic College has issued a statement on its former CFO, who was placed on leave and r…
Read More“Ryan Denton is an evangelical Christian, and proselytizing is a tenet of his faith,” the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals noted in its decision. “When he arrived at the El Paso Art and Farmers Market to proselytize, City officials to…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholics and politics, Catholics and Protestants, Church in the US, faith and politics, News, Pew Research Center, Poll, Protestants |
Catholic priests’ homilies did not mention political events nearly as much as did sermons by Protestant preachers, according to a report issued July 8 by the Pew Research Center.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2021 | Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Church in Philippines, News, Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte |
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines elected Bishop Pablo Virgilio David of Caloocan as its new president July 8.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, News, South Sudan |
A triumphant independence euphoria worldwide 10 years ago welcomed the birth of the Republic of South Sudan, the world’s newest nation. But today, church leaders say there is little to celebrate.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Sacred Heart, Salesian, Sophia Excerpts |
John 15:9–17: Biblical Narration After the tearful detour to Bethany, Jesus enters the holy city of Jerusalem. Joyous acclamations accompany Him, but He knows that the hour of His suffering and death is drawing near. Before that hour arrives, and away from the misguided crowds, He takes the opportunity to provide His apostles with a […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2021 | Archdiocese of Miami, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Disaster, Florida, Miami, News |
Rescue workers now focused on finding remains instead of survivors in the rubble of a Florida condominium collapse vowed Thursday to keep up their search for victims until they cleared all the debris at the site.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2021 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
It’s fitting that the battle for our persecuted priests is raging in the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois. It was here, one hundred years ago, that the diocese’s first bishop, the Reverend Peter J. Muldoon, issued letters to his priests calling them to form what he called “parish councils.” Muldoon had come of age in the […]
The Beirut explosion displaced 300,000 people and caused $15 billion in property damage.Eleven months later, Archbishop Abdel Sater of Beirut said that his priorities were “to be beside [the people], consoling them, encouraging them, following t…
Read MoreThe 84-year-old Indian Jesuit, arrested on charges of Maoist terrorism, died following nine months in prison Journalist Anto Akkara has reported on the national and international reaction to the priest’s death.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Senate has passed a resolution “to recognize May first of each calendar year as St. Joseph the Worker day in Louisiana; to commemorate the ‘Year of St. Joseph’; and on May first of each calendar year, to recognize and a…
Read MoreOnce a church for Polish immigrants in the Redberry Lake region, the building was a “community landmark where people would gather and take wedding photos,” CTV News reported.
Read More67% of congregations in the US heard at least one sermon on the election during fall 2020, according to the survey. The election was far less likely to be mentioned in Catholic sermons (41%) than in evangelical Protestant (73%), black Protestant (63%),…
Read MoreThe arson at St. Mary’s Catholic Church is one of over 75 acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction at US parishes since May 2020.
Read MoreBishop Gregory Bittman of Nelson (a city near the US border) made his comments following vandalism at his cathedral.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2021 | Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Depending on where one receives the news, there are conflicting reasons given as to why employers are having a hard time filling vacancies. I had a shuttle driver share with me his belief that there are too many people “taking a long vacation on Uncle Sam’s dime.” Whether or not one agrees with this belief, […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2021 | Beirut, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Lebanon, Maronite Church, News |
In a flash, people’s lives were forever changed shortly after 6 p.m. Aug. 4. And from the moment after the blast, the driving concern for Maronite Catholic Archbishop Paul Abdel Sater was to be beside the people of his archdiocese in their suffering and to keep them in their homes.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2021 | Archdiocese of Miami, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Haiti, Miami, News |
An apparent sense of quiet and shock in Haiti following the assassination of that country’s embattled president July 7 was mirrored in Florida’s Little Haiti neighborhood.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 9, 2021 | Asylum seekers, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, News, President Joe Biden, U.S.-Mexico border |
The call to end a U.S. policy that keeps migrants out because of COVID-19 fears has been a constant rallying cry among immigrant advocate circles this summer.
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