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The settlement follows the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that the city of Philadelphia should not require Catholic Social Services to provide foster-care referrals for same-sex couples.The city had cut off funding for the archdiocesan agency,…
Read MoreBishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, said he understood all who were “desperate and stunned” by the Pope’s decision not to accept the resignations of three German bishops accused of mishandling…
Read MoreThe US House of Representatives, in a 218-211 vote, recently approved the sweeping Women’s Health Protection Act.“We believe it is likely that the Senate will also vote on this bill in the very near future,” the USCCB said in a new a…
Read MoreThe USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty has maintained a list of acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction at parishes in the United States.
Read MoreIn a 75-68 vote, the lower house of Chile’s legislature has passed legislation that would legalize abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.“The defense of unborn life is intimately linked to the defense of all human rights,” the …
Read More“Protestants and Jehovah’s Witnesses are the main targets” of the new law, which will permit authorities to “verify the formation of pastors for faith communities, especially those who have studied abroad,” according to th…
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Over the past few months, a number of Catholics have expressed their exasperation with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone—one of our best American bishops, by all accounts—for admitting on the Crisis Point podcast that he wasn’t ready to deny Nancy Pelosi Holy Communion for her rabid and long-time pro-abortion advocacy. If even one of our strongest bishops […]
Citing Lebanon’s economic collapse, the head of the Beirut-based Syriac Catholic Church (CNEWA profile), an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See, is exempting Syriac Catholic families from tuition fees at Catholic schools …
Read MoreThe central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh (map), where the wedding took place, is 91% Hindu, 7% Muslim, and 0.3% Christian.“There has been a rise in attacks on Christians since the state amended a more than three-decades-old anti-conversion law …
Read MoreBorn in Mozambique (map) in 1924, Cardinal dos Santos entered the Franciscan order in 1948 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1953. From 1974 to 2003, he was archbishop of the nation’s capital. The nation’s first indigenous priest and bi…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 1, 2021 | Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
For the past two months I have not known what is going on with liberal Catholics like Mark Shea, or Simcha Fisher, or Dawn Eden, or the guy who runs WherePeterIs, or any of the rogues’ gallery I’ve had so much fun with on Twitter these past few years. The reason is that in early […]
St. Joseph with the Infant Jesus, by Guido Reni / Wikimedia/Public domain
Denver Newsroom, Oct 1, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA).
St. Joseph’s ‘faithful trust and courage” provide a powerful pro-life witness, a US bishop has said, marking the start of Re…
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church
Reading I Bar 1:15-22
During the Babylonian captivity, the exiles prayed:
“Justice is with the Lord, our God;
and we today are flushed with …
At a September 30 press conference (video) on the 10th World Meeting of Families, Cardinal Kevin Farrell said that the June 2022 event, in addition to being celebrated in Rome, will be celebrated in all the dioceses of the world.Since 1994, the World …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 1, 2021 | Catholic tat, Features, Magazine, News, October 2021 |
Religious relics and devotional merchandise can be macabre, thought-provoking, whimsical and, in some cases, downright entertaining. In Italy, one can visit reliquaries housing the mummified head of St Catherine of Siena or the uncorrupted tongue of St Anthony of Padua before buying blue plastic keyrings of the pierced St Sebastian – what my cheeky godson
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 1, 2021 | Magazine, News, News Analysis, October 2021, Synod, Synod 2021, Vatican |
A synod on synodality may seem like an oxymoron but that is what is beginning this month. Pope Francis wants to rethink how the Church is run, and a synod – an assembly of the Church – is one way he hopes to address the issue of greater lay involvement in decision-making. The synod was
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 1, 2021 | assisted dying, Assisted Dying Bill 2021, euthanasia, Features, Magazine, News, October 2021 |
The spectre of so-called “assisted dying” is rearing its head again, as the British Medical Association controversially changes its stance to “neutral” and Baroness Meacher’s private member’s bill is soon to have its second reading. The sad case of Alta Fixsler, a brain-damaged Hasidic Jewish girl, reveals not only that euthanasia without consent is already
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Read MoreThe Pope’s October prayer intention, disseminated by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer), is “We pray that every baptized person may be engaged in evangelization, available to the mission, by being witnesses o…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 1, 2021 | Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Financial reform, lead, London deal, News, Vatican, Vatican finances, Vatican trial |
When the Vatican’s megatrial for financial crimes begins next week, one of the star figures will be Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who is the first cardinal to be indicted by the small city-state.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 1, 2021 | Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Dicastery for Family Laity and Life, lead, News, Vatican, World Meeting of Families |
Adapting both to the ever-changing COVID-19 related restrictions, next year’s World Meeting of Families (WMF) will take place both in Rome and in every diocese around the world.
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