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Posted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Greek Orthodox, News, Patriarch Bartholomew |
The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians was staying overnight in a New York City hospital after having a stent placement Wednesday afternoon at the conclusion of his U.S. visit.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Catholic Church, Catholic news, Free Access, News, Vatican, Vatican Library, Vatican News |
Vatican City, Nov 3, 2021 / 14:00 pm The Vatican’s historic library has created a new space for hosting temporary art exhibitions. Pope Francis will inaugurate the gallery and visit its first exhibit on Nov. 5. The Vatican’s librarian Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça said in a Nov. 3 press release: “The Vatican Apostolic Library
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | clerical sexual abuse, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
In a letter sent to Italian associations, Pope Francis on Thursday referred to sexual abuse as “a culture of death” that can only be eradicated by a systemic action of preventive alliance.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Asia, Catholic news, Free Access, News, Persecuted Christians |
Rome Newsroom, Nov 3, 2021 / 07:00 am A prisoner held in a cell in North Korea for two months noticed a distinctive pattern of behavior among some of the fellow detainees who called themselves Christians. They “would pray in the corner of the cell that was hidden from the CCTV camera … They would
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Read MoreCommenting on his November prayer intention (people who suffer from depression), Pope Francis begins, “Overwork and work-related stress cause many people to experience extreme exhaustion —mental, emotional, affective, and physical exhaustion. Sa…
Read More“This is a potential catastrophe for freedom of religion,” Wesley Smith in his analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the California case. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch were the only three justices who were willin…
Read More“A majority of the Supreme Court signaled . . . they would allow abortion providers to pursue a court challenge to the controversial Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second-largest state after six weeks of pregnan…
Read More“The Biden administration late Friday asked the courts to unwind a decision forcing them to reimplement the Remain in Mexico policy after it once again issued a memo rescinding the Trump-era directive,” The Hill reported.Bishop Mario Dorso…
Read MoreIn remarks that were not included in the Vatican’s English translation of the November 3 general audience, Pope Francis repeatedly urged the faithful to pray for the dead.“Yesterday, celebrating the commemoration of all the faithful depar…
Read More“Each time when President Biden is spoken of as a Roman Catholic, I wonder what in fact Joe Biden’s Catholicity is like and about,” Metropolitan Hilarion, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church …
Read MoreArchbishop Franco Coppola, the apostolic nuncio to Mexico, said that 12 Mexican bishops are under Vatican investigation for allegedly covering up abuse. The nation has 99 dioceses.
Read MoreThe theme of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops is For a synodal church: communion, participation, and mission. The synod began in Rome on October 9 and in local dioceses on October 17.Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontif…
Read MorePope Francis met on November 4 with Palestinian President Mahoud Abbas. After the meeting the Vatican issued a statement calling upon Israel and Palestine “to reactivate direct dialogue in order to achieve a two-state solution.”
The Vatic…
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
The “popular movements” are the vanguard of the Catholic social justice warriors. They consist of a vast menagerie of Leftist activists and community organizers found in political action groups, Basic Christian Communities, worker organizations, and indigenous peoples’ lobbies. They exist worldwide, especially in less-developed nations, and they implement the tenets of liberation theology. Pope Francis […]
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
There’s a growing consensus on the Left regarding religious exemptions: namely, that they’re absurd. “Dump COVID vaccine religious exemptions—there is no Church of Moderna Disbelievers,” declares the editorial board at the Los Angeles Times. There have been similar op-eds at MSNBC and Wired. But it’s not just frustration with resistance to the vaccine mandates. In […]
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop
Reading I Rom 14:7-12
Brothers and sisters:
None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself.
For if we live, we live for the Lord,
and if we die, we die for the Lord…
The Vatican may explore the possibility of a trip by Pope Francis to North Korea, a ranking Vatican official has disclosed. President Moon Jae-in of South Korea recently issued an invitation to the Pontiff. Archbishop Lazarus You Heung-sik, the Korean-…
Read MoreTexas voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment that bans government restrictions on religious services. The measure—which won support on more than 60% of the ballots cast—forbids the sort of restrictions that were imposed on ch…
Read More“Art opens us up to worlds of different vision,” Cardinal Peter Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development said of the exhibition, which coincides with COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.A s…
Read MoreEthiopian and Eritrean troops are fighting against the regional government and local rebels in the Tigray War, which began in November 2020.The conflict has been marked by extreme brutality,
and the government has declared a state of emergency as …
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