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Posted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | Associated Press, Chaplains, Church in the US, Hospitals, News, North Carolina, religious liberty |
North Carolina hospitals would be required to let a pastor or other clergy member visit a patient even during a declared emergency like a pandemic under legislation that received final General Assembly approval on Wednesday.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, Indigenous peoples, Jair Bolsonaro, lead, News |
More than 6,000 indigenous protestors have been camped in Brasília since August 22 in order to follow a Supreme Court deliberation regarding their land rights.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | Ambazonia, Anglophone crisis, Cameroon, Catholic Church, Church in Africa, News |
Suspected separatists in Cameroon are asking for a ransom of over $36,000 for the release of Msgr. Julius Agbortoko, the vicar general of the Diocese of Mamfe, in Cameroon’s troubled South West region.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | Afghanistan, Church in Europe, community of sant'egidio, Humanitarian corridor, lead, News, Refugees, Taliban |
With potentially thousands still stuck in Afghanistan hoping to be evacuated after most western troops have withdrawn, Catholic aid agencies are stepping in with the hope of expanding access to safe passage for those who still wish to get out.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Mary, Miscarriage, News, rosary, Sorrowful Mysteries |
I have now lost five babies to miscarriage. The agony and grief does not somehow get easier simply because I’ve been through it five times. If anything, it gets harder because it is difficult to fathom. The only answer in the face of grief and loss is the Cross. Suffering is a mystery we must […]
The book of Numbers introduces us to a strange and controversial character named Balaam, a fortune-teller from the region of Moab (see Numbers 22 and 23). Right after the episode with the bronze serpent, Moses and his people, who were in exodus in the desert, were going to meet Balaam. King Balak commanded him to […]
Posted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | 2021, 4th-century Arthurian story, A Midwinter Knight’s Dream: A Review of "The Green Knight", Alicia Vikander, Brad Miner, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Chivalry, Christian knighthood, Columns, David Lowrey, Dev Patel, J.R.R. Tolkien, Joel Edgerton, News, Ralph Ineson, The Catholic Thing, The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man’s Guide to Chivalry |
Brad Miner reviews the new movie based on the 14th-century tale of Christian knighthood, which so completely misses the point of its source.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | In the News, News |
Sam Brownback, a Catholic who served as U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom from 2018 to 2021 and was formerly…
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Read MoreSir Gawain, who had thus won grace of his life, rode through wild ways on [his horse] Gringalet; oft he…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | Commentary, News |
God is Love and His Law (no matter how averse we are to “rules”) is ultimately an expression of His…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | Commentary, News |
Six reasons why vocal Vatican advocacy for such basic human rights as religious freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of association,…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, happiness, Negativity, News |
How sad, how lack-luster a life he leads Who delights to describe the death he sees. How rotten be the heart of a brother Who snivels ‘bout the rot in another! One thing we can know for certain about heaven is that this is not it. Anyone with eyes and ears knows well the incredible […]
Posted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | In the News, News |
In a memo sent to “the Community’’ at the North American College (NAC), rector Fr. Peter Harman announced that all…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | News, Quote of the Day |
“The human intellect is a gift from God, and it must be used as He intended — to glorify Him.”
-Fr. George W. Rutler, Grace and Truth: Twenty Steps to Embracing Virtue and Saving Civilization
Read MoreThe Vatican released this English translation of Pope Francis’ 90-minute interview with Carlos Herrera of Spain’s Radio COPE. In the wide-ranging interview–excerpts of which were previously released–Pope Francis dismissed resignation rumors and discussed Afghanistan, China, Cardinal Becciu, the traditional Latin Mass, Hungarian President Viktor Orban, ecology, and the up coming document on the restructuring of the Curia.
Read MoreAccording to the former calendar (1962), today is the feast of St. Stephen of Hungary. His feast is currently celebrated on August 16.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | Homily of the Day, News |
If we can come before Jesus with that kind of an attitude, then like his apostles, Jesus may also tell us “do not be afraid” and to be “fishers of men.” Peter was called to be an Apostle. Each one of us may not have the same calling but this should not matter. What matters […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | News, Today's Saint |
Today’s teens get a party and maybe a car, but at age 16, this teenager became a monk! St. Agricolus, also known as Agricola, was born in Avignon, around 630, the son of Saint Magnus of Avignon, who as a layman, served in the French Senate and, upon the death of his wife, became a […]
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