Select Page
On December 1, the Franciscan Custody in the Holy Land—the Franciscan province that includes the Holy Land and Cyprus—released additional details about the Pope’s apostolic journey to Cyprus and Greece.The Pope will be staying at the…
Read MoreAn Iowa judge has ordered the state’s Department of Human Services to provide Medicaid coverage for sex-change surgeries.
Judge William Kelly ruled that “once the medical community determined that surgery is medically necessary to treat …
Read MoreIn the Central African nation of 27.7 million (map), unidentified gunmen killed three students and a teacher.
Read MoreWorld AIDS Day “is an important occasion to remember the many people who are affected by this virus,” Pope Francis said following his December 1 general audience.
“For many of them, in some areas of the world, access to the neces…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2021 | Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Deciding whether or not to attend the weddings of those not living in accord with the Church’s teaching on sexuality is, for many of us, an agonizing matter. People often ask for my advice. (I find it easier to advise them than to make similar decisions in my own life!) John,* a Catholic father, asked […]
Posted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2021 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
What is the Church for? If a member of an uncontacted tribe entered a typical Catholic parish today, how long would it take him to learn an accurate answer to that question? Recently, Fr. James Grant wrote in these pages about putting the parish mission into action. He points out clear problems in the Church: […]
WASHINGTON – In the midst of Advent as the Catholic Church prepares for the birth of our Lord at Christmas, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on National Collections expressed his gratitude for the generosity of…
Read MoreReading I Is 26:1-6
On that day they will sing this song in the land of Judah:
“A strong city have we;
he sets up walls and ramparts to protect us.
Open up the gates
to let in a nation that is just,
on…
Posted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Lafayette, Louisiana, News, saints and martyrs, USCCB |
A Louisiana girl often called “The Little Cajun Saint” has been moved a second step toward actual sainthood, along with a teacher who evangelized door to door in Cajun country and a man who worked for decades at a Hansen’s disease colony in Hawaii.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Archbishop William E. Lori, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Father Frank Pavone, News, Priests for Life, Roe v. Wade, U.S. Supreme Court, USCCB, USCCB committee on pro-life activities |
he chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee Dec. 1 urged Catholics, people of other faiths and all people of goodwill to unite in prayer that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Congressman Chris Smith, Live Action, March for Life, News, Roe v. Wade, Susan B Anthony List, the pro-life movement, U.S. Supreme Court |
The pro-life rally on the sidewalk outside the U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 1 found much to cheer about as the nine justices inside heard arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Read MoreOn the eve of Pope Francis’s apostolic journey to Cyprus and Greece, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, discussed the challenges the two nations face, as well as the Pope’s hopes for the journey.
Read MorePope Francis recently addressed the organizers of the intercultural festival of Giavera del Montello. Giavera is a town of 5,000 in Italy’s Province of Troviso (map).
Read MoreOn November 27, Myanmar’s military burned down the Catholic church in the town of Thantlang in western Myanmar (map), according to the report. In October, 10,000 residents fled Thantlang, the Associated Press reported.
Read MoreA coalition of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim organizations, joined by committee chairmen of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, warned on December 1 that the Act would “interfere with faith-based providers’ protected rights under Title …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Archbishop William E. Lori, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Roe v. Wade, the pro-life movement, U.S. Supreme Court, USCCB, USCCB committee on pro-life activities |
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the Supreme Court’s first major abortion case in decades — which looked at Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — the majority of justices Dec. 1 seemed willing to let that ban stay in place. But it was unclear if they would take […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Archbishop William E. Lori, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Roe v. Wade, the pro-life movement, U.S. Supreme Court, USCCB, USCCB committee on pro-life activities |
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the Supreme Court’s first major abortion case in decades — which looked at Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — the majority of justices Dec. 1 seemed willing to let that ban stay in place. But it was unclear if they would take […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, Cyprus, Greece, migrants and refugees, News, Papal Trips, Pope Francis, Pope in Greece & Cyprus |
Pope Francis’s trip to Cyprus and Greece is drawing new attention to the plight of migrants on Europe’s borders.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2021 | Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop Robert Brennan, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Brooklyn, News |
Bishop Robert J. Brennan, 59, previously the bishop of Columbus, Ohio, succeeds Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, 77, whose retirement became effective Sept. 29, as Bishop of Brooklyn.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Dec 2, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Catholic News Service, Chile, Church in the Americas, News |
Lawmakers in Chile’s lower house of congress narrowly defeated a bill that would have allowed abortion early in a pregnancy.
Read More
Recent Comments