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In November, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa invited the Pontiff to visit the Middle Eastern nation, and in December, the Arabian peninsula’s largest cathedral was dedicated there.
Read MoreCardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, of Luxembourg has been appointed the relator general at the 2023 Synod of Bishops, whose theme is “For a synodal Church: communion, participation and mission.”
Commenting on the ordination of women as…
Read More“It became a pastoral struggle in the two dioceses [Kamloops and Prince George] trying to manage parishes where parishioners on one side were defying vaccine and mask regulations, while other parishioners were ready to report non-compliant parish…
Read MoreIslam is the official religion of the Arabian peninsula nation of 10 million (map); 78% of its residents are Muslim, 11% are Christian (10% Catholic), and 6% are Hindu. Pope Francis made an apostolic journey there in 2019.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 28, 2022 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
Canada has been beaten and abused, and many have forgotten how to fight. But out of nowhere have come the most unlikely of heroes who are set to stare down Trudeau: tens of thousands of truck drivers.
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor of the Church
Reading I 2 Sm 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17
At the turn of the year, when kings go out on campaign,
David sent out Joab along with his officers
and the army of…
The number of Orthodox clergy in Africa who have transferred to the Moscow Patriarchate’s has increased from 102 (from 8 nations) to 150 (from 12 nations) over the past month, according to Moscow’s Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, Metropolitan…
Read MoreThe survivor, Edith Bruck, was born in Hungary and lives in Rome. Pope Francis visited her apartment last February.
Read MoreThe Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to pay $550,000 to St. Vincent Catholic Charities in Lansing. In 2019, the state had threatened to close adoption agencies that did not place children with same-sex couples.
“The…
Read More94% of the Caucasus nation’s 3 million people (map) are Christian, and 82% are members of the Armenian Apostolic Church, an
Oriental Orthodox church that ceased to be in full communion with the Holy See following the Ecumenical Council of Chalc…
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States, led a prayer vigil for peace in Ukraine on January 26, the day on which Pope Francis asked the faithful to pray for that intention.
Read MoreMsgr. Janusz Urbańczyk, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Office in Vienna, as well as several Vienna-based agencies, addressed the permanent council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Holoca…
Read MoreFour statues at the Fatima grotto at Nativity Catholic Church in Burke, VA, have been vandalized and damaged beyond repair.
“The Grotto is a place of prayer, peace, and healing,” the parish said in a statement. “We pray for the …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 28, 2022 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, festivals, lead, News, Processions, Spain |
It’s hours before dawn in Acehuche, and noise awakes residents for some of the biggest dates in the local calendar: the three-day celebration of the fur-covered characters known as “Carantoñas” that resemble wild beasts.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 28, 2022 | Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Church in the Americas, lead, Mexico, News, pontifical commission for latin america, Women |
María Luisa Aspe, a Mexican historian who serves as a member of the Vatican´s commission for Latin America, says that when it comes to women, the Catholic hierarchy is “trying,” but doesn’t understand their importance in the Church and in society.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 28, 2022 | Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Church in Africa, lead, News, Religious Freedom, Sudan |
Christian Solidarity Worldwide has accused Sudan’s military government of rolling back the progress made under the civilian government since a coup on October 25,2021.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 28, 2022 | Bishop Michael Olson, Church in the US, Church shooting, Fort Worth, lead, News |
Trained lay parishioners, known as “guardians,” were the unsung heroes in the Good Shepherd Catholic Community Church response to the hostage situation at nearby Beth Israel Synagogue a few weeks ago.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jan 28, 2022 | News, The Dispatch |
How many people have died as a result of Communism? The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation makes the bold statement on the front page of their web site that 100 million human beings have been […]
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