Background: World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation (CWN)
In 2015, Pope Francis established September 1 as the annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation in the Catholic Church.
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In 2015, Pope Francis established September 1 as the annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation in the Catholic Church.
Read MorePope Francis has granted a 90-minute interview to the Spanish radio station COPE; the full interview will be released on September 1. Rumors of a papal resignation have appeared recently in the Italian press.
Read MoreDescribing the Church as “the one national institution in Haiti that functions,” NPR reports that “hundreds of churches now [lie] in ruins after a powerful earthquake devastated southern Haiti more than two weeks ago.”Following …
Read MoreBishop George Leo Thomas of Las Vegas, Nevada, has joined the list of bishops instructing priests not to support parishioners seeking religious exemptions from Covid-vaccine requirements.
Read MoreIn an August 28 letter, the 73-year-old American cardinal said that he is continuing to recover from Covid.“I have been transferred out of the Medical Intensive Care Unit and settled in a hospital room where the doctors, nurses, and numerous hosp…
Read MoreIn a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its statutory authority in issuing the nationwide eviction moratorium.“So our work is going to need to really focus on helping our diocesa…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Urosa, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Church in the Americas, lead, News, Nicaragua, Venezuela |
ROME – Pope Francis’ former cathedral in Argentina was vandalized over the weekend, two Latin American cardinals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 and a bishop in Venezuela has clashed with military forces who blocked humanitarian aid from reaching a severely flooded region. Never in shortage of news, here’s a round-up […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | Afghanistan, COPE, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
ROME – In a new interview, Pope Francis appears to criticize the handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan by the United States that triggered scenes of chaos and violence at the Kabul airport, saying that while “I don’t want to judge” nevertheless “they didn’t take into account all the eventualities.” […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | Catholic Charities USA, Church in the US, Congress, COVID-19, evictions, lead, News, U.S. Supreme Court |
The president of Catholic charities USA says it’s crucial to educate local Catholic charities, landlords and renters on how to access the billions of dollars of rental assistance that’s available from the federal government.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | duns scotus, Friedrich Nietzsche, individualism, News, relativism, The Dispatch |
For God and country Individualism has come under attack in recent years. It is often seen as self-serving and contrary to the common good. This runs contrary to America’s founding documents, which were designed to […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
Church documents and teachings have strongly insisted upon the indispensable necessity of the family, the strong, stable, permanent family. The church calls the family “The Domestic Church”. Saint John Paul II has asserted that the family is the basic cell of society and the way the family goes is the way the society goes. This […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | 177 American suicided War on Terror veterans, 2021, 30, A Christian Response to a Defeat, Columns, defeat, despair, family tragedy in war, Iraq War, Michele Malia McAloon, Moses, News, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Romans 12:12, St Michael the Archangel Defend us in battle., St. Paul, suicide, The Catholic Thing, War in Afghanistan |
Michele McAloon: When we recall the sacrifices of our military in Iraq and Afghanistan, we must not despair. Remember too Christ’s sacrifice.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | atonement, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, labor, News, Sophia Excerpts, Work |
From what flows the joys of human work? God wanted man himself to be the creator of his own well-being. In depriving him of all ready-made instruments, God left him with the most precious gifts of all: reason and his hands. Here precisely is the source of all our joy in work. Thanks to our […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | Commentary, News |
Fr. Thomas Weinandy is a committed Capuchin, but this new volume of his trilogy on the Gospels brings to mind…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | In the News, News |
Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke issued a personal statement via Twitter on Saturday, thanking his doctors, all those who have offered…
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Read MoreOpen the gates for me, Open the gates of the peaceful castle, rosy in the West, In the sweet dim…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | In the News, News |
The Vatican is reportedly using Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as an intermediary. The discussions would address the humanitarian crisis…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | Commentary, News |
Despite ongoing rumors, there is no confirmation that Pope Francis is drafting a document that defines the role and tasks…
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Read MoreAccording to the former calendar (1962), today is the feast of St. Raymund Nonnatus who devoted his life to the ransoming of Christians held prisoner by the Mohammedans. He was one of the first members of the Order of Our Lady of Ransom (or Mercedarian…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 31, 2021 | Homily of the Day, News |
What is it in Christ’s words that have the power to drive out unclean spirits? While human words are always linked to the rational or abstract, God’s words are linked to action. We see this in the bible. In the book of Genesis, God’s words equal action: “Let there be light and there was light.” […]
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