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Posted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | Afghan National Security Forces, Afghanistan, Biden, End this war, News, Taliban, U.S. & World News, U.S. military presence |
President Joe Biden said the decision to end 20 years of U.S. military presence in Afghanistan on Aug. 31 came down to limiting further loss of American lives in a place where the country no longer had vital interests.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | Biking for Babies, Celebration of Life, culture of life, Emily Mastronicola, Featured, News, U.S. & World News |
This is the way Emily Mastronicola dreamed it would be. On the last day of a grueling, weeklong journey that tested people’s hearts and spirits, the 26-year-old Catholic woman from Indianapolis took the lead of a team of cyclists preparing to meet with other groups from across the country for a triumphant, last-mile ride together toward the “Celebration of Life” finish line in St. Louis.
Read MoreFr. Kolumban Reichlin, O.S.B., the new chaplain of the Pontifical Swiss Guard. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Sep 1, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
The Pontifical Swiss Guard’s new chaplain is the Swiss Benedictine Fr. Kolumban Reichlin, who completed p…
Posted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | Care for Our Common Home, care of creation, Catholic Climate Covenant, Climate change, Creighton University, Featured, Laudato Si, Maryknoll, News, Protect the environment, U.S. & World News |
It was after reading Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home,” that Emily Burke began wondering what she, as a student at Jesuit-run Creighton University, could do to help protect the environment.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | care of creation, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Environment, News, Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Video, pope's worldwide prayer network, Vatican |
People should change the way they eat, travel and use natural resources, energy and products so they minimize their harm to the earth, Pope Francis said.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | Afghanistan, Associated Press, Asylum seekers, Catholic Charities, Catholic Church, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, Migration and Refugee Services, News, USCCB |
The effort by U.S. faith groups to help resettle Afghan refugees follows a long history of religious involvement in refugee policy.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | Associated Press, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Catholic Church, Church bombings, Church in Asia, Easter Sunday bombing, News, Sri Lanka |
A Sri Lankan Catholic leader has said the government must win back the confidence of the church before the two sides can hold talks on the church’s criticisms of inquiries into 2019 Easter Sunday bomb blasts that killed 269 people.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | Care for Our Common Home, Electric vehicles, Laudato Si, News, U.S. & World News |
Delia Moon Meier, an executive of an Iowa company that runs “the world’s largest truck stop,” wants to make patrons driving electric vehicles feel just as comfortable as long-haul truckers filling their rigs with diesel fuel.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | Care for Our Common Home, Electric vehicles, Laudato Si, News, U.S. & World News |
Delia Moon Meier, an executive of an Iowa company that runs “the world’s largest truck stop,” wants to make patrons driving electric vehicles feel just as comfortable as long-haul truckers filling their rigs with diesel fuel.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | Archdiocese of Portland, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, Jesuits, News |
The new leader of Jesuits in the western United States is both a champion and student of migrants.
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 1, 2021 / 12:30 pm (CNA).
President Joe Biden on Wednesday said his administration is “deeply committed” to upholding legal abortion, after Texas’ pro-life “heartbeat” law went i…
Posted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in Europe, faith and politics, German Church, Germany, News |
Armin Laschet, candidate for chancellor of Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union, hopes to succeed Angela Merkel to the highest German political office.
Read MorePope Francis greets supporters of the Laudato Si’ Movement at his general audience at the Vatican, Sept. 1, 2021. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Sep 1, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis is inviting Catholics around the world to pray this month…
Posted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | care of creation, Christian ecology movement, Eco-friendly life, Featured, From the Pope, Glasgow, News, Scotland, U.N. Climate Change Conference |
People should change the way they eat, travel and use natural resources, energy and products so they minimize their harm to the earth, Pope Francis said.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | Afghanistan, Featured, Kabul, News, U.S. & World News, U.S. military presence in Afghanistan |
As Aug. 30 ended in the U.S. and a new day began in a different time zone in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 31, 2021, the U.S. Central Command released a green-tinted photo of a soldier about to get on a cargo plane, a photographic coda to seal the historic moment that put an end to nearly two decades of U.S. military presence in Afghanistan.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | 2021 - September Releases, Latest News Releases, News |
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio: The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, has been exonerated by the Congregation for the Diocese of the Faith at the Vatican of charges that he sexual…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 1, 2021 | Catholic men, Devotions, Discipline, Featured, gentleman, News, podcast |
In this episode of The Catholic Gentleman, Sam and John discuss some incredibly rich traditions within the Catholic Church and the sad decline in our modern times to actively practicing them. These practices have been either marginalized or forgotten but have great value for the Church and our individual pursuit of holiness.
The post 7 Lost Catholic Traditions And Why We Need To Bring Them Back appeared first on The Catholic Gentleman.
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