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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, read excerpts of the Pope’s message at COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (video, 2:03:41).“Sadly, we must acknowledge how far we remain from achieving the go…
Read MoreCardinal George Pell told Italian journalists that the Vatican lost money in a London real-estate deal because of resistance to the financial reforms he had sought—resistance that was led by the Secretariat of State. The Vatican’s former to…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | lead, News, North Korea, Papal travel, peace, Pope Francis, South Korea, Vatican |
After South Korean President Moon Jae-in invited Pope Francis to visit North Korea last week, a prominent archbishop indicated that the Vatican is working to foster conditions in which a papal visit to the Asian nation is possible.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | lead, News, North Korea, Papal travel, peace, Pope Francis, South Korea, Vatican |
After South Korean President Moon Jae-in invited Pope Francis to visit North Korea last week, a prominent archbishop indicated that the Vatican is working to foster conditions in which a papal visit to the Asian nation is possible.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Church in the US, Latin Mass, lead, News, Pope Francis, Second Vatican Council, Traditionis custodes |
Pope Francis’s decision to restrict celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass in July, says Cardinal Blase Cupich, was grounded in uniting the global church around a “single and identical prayer” that is the contemporary Mass.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Church in the US, Latin Mass, lead, News, Pope Francis, Second Vatican Council, Traditionis custodes |
Pope Francis’s decision to restrict celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass in July, says Cardinal Blase Cupich, was grounded in uniting the global church around a “single and identical prayer” that is the contemporary Mass.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Bishop Rolando Alvarez, Bishop Silvio Baez, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Church in the Americas, Daniel Ortega, Elections, News, Nicaragua |
Though Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has secured a win the Nov. 7 presidential elections, the Catholic bishops and priests continue sounding the voice of alarm, even though the police set up a booth across the house of the lone cardinal.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Bishop Rolando Alvarez, Bishop Silvio Baez, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Church in the Americas, Daniel Ortega, Elections, News, Nicaragua |
Though Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has secured a win the Nov. 7 presidential elections, the Catholic bishops and priests continue sounding the voice of alarm, even though the police set up a booth across the house of the lone cardinal.
Read MoreA friend who works for one of the Forbes’ “Fifty Best Employers” recently told me about the organization’s LGBTQ+ alliance, which now pushes its government-sanctioned messaging on the workforce through regular emails. One newsletter explained […]…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
Imagine what the world would look like if all of us spent as much time in prayer, at Mass, and Eucharistic Adoration, as we do complaining about things. What would the world look like if we truly were living in the Spirit? Seeking God’s face in everything. Seeking His will over our own. The world would begin to transform overnight.
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News |
The New Testament calls Jesus our Lord and Savior very, very often. If you flip to any random page in it, you will be very likely to find at least one of these words used to describe him, and 2,000 years later, they have become so commonplace that we almost don’t even notice them anymore. […]
Posted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Daily Quote, News, Saints, St. Charles Borromeo |
A Daily Quote to Inspire Your Catholic Faith “Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing, but live otherwise, and your words will bring only cynical laughter and a derisive shake of the h…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | 2021, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, News, Pope Francis, Pope Francis meets Joe Biden at the Vatican, Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing, Who Benefits from the Status Quo?, “good Catholic” “keep going to Communion" |
Let’s assume, for the moment, that President Biden’s account of his meeting with Pope Francis is accurate. Let’s assume, because…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | Commentary, News |
The Court refused to stop a lawsuit against a California Catholic hospital, Dignity Health, that refused to perform a gender-reassignment…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | In the News, News |
Glenn Youngkin, a businessman making his first foray into electoral politics, is the first Republican to be elected governor in…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2021 | In the News, News |
A draft text of a document on “Eucharistic worthiness,” finalized in September, addresses the states of grace and sin which…
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Read MoreAs the Pope makes clear in Evangelium Vitae, the pro-life imperative also entails political responsibilities. This is most evident in…
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