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“We know our Dalit Christian brothers and sisters are discriminated on the basis of their faith despite the fact that the Indian constitution is religion-neutral,” said Auxiliary Bishop Jacob Muricken of Pala.
Dalits, who were once mor…
Read More“I find it unacceptable when basic human dignity is ignored or exploited or sidelined,” Bishop Stephen Chow, SJ, said in his first interview since his installation in December.
“I’m not a diplomat; a bishop is not a diploma…
Read MorePope Francis instituted the advisory Council of Cardinals in 2013. During their February 21-23, the cardinals discussed “the socio-political and ecclesial situation in their regions of origin,” as well as “the theme of synodality as a…
Read MoreGianluigi Torzi, who faces a Vatican trial, is under investigation in Italy for “packaging bad debts claims to Italian hospitals, and selling them as bond securities with a nominal value of one billion euros,” according to the report.
Read MoreIn 1997, the Hartford Courant published a groundbreaking report on abuse allegations against Father Marcial Maciel, the founder of the Legionaries of Christ. Pope Benedict XVI removed him from ministry in 2006, two years before his death.
Read MorePope Francis is scheduled to make an apostolic journey to Florence on February 27 to meet with the bishops and mayors.
Read MoreSince May 2020, there have been at least 121 acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction at parishes and other Catholic sites in the United States.
Read MoreFather Richard Boyle, SJ, discovered TNO 2021 XD7, and Father Richard D’Souza, SJ, helped discover Pontus, a previously undiscovered galaxy.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 24, 2022 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
There is a great divide in this country, one which has gone largely unnoticed, between those who read and those who won’t.
WASHINGTON – Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement on Ukraine:
“On behalf of my brother bishops, I echo the Holy Father’s call for prayer and fasting to end the war in Ukra…
Read MoreReading I Jas 5:1-6
Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.
Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten,
your gold and silver have corroded,
and that corrosion will be a testimony against y…
The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EU (COMECE) has welcomed the EU’s decision to lend Ukraine €1.2 billion ($1.35 billion).
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“As the current geopolitical tensions are having a detrimental effect on the countr…
Read MoreThe US bishops have approved a National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in 2024 as part of their National Eucharistic Revival.
Budgeted expenses include “$9.945 million for audio-visual production and programming; $4.545 million for the…
Read More“Sadrist” is a reference to Muqtada al-Sadr; the Shiite leader welcomed the Pope’s March 2021 apostolic journey to Iraq.
Read MoreDeclining an invitation to attend a meeting of Mediterranean mayors in Florence, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said in a letter that “in this dramatic time, I feel obliged to be with my people …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 24, 2022 | News, The Dispatch |
Jesus regularly challenged his followers, inviting them to put the kingdom first by denying themselves and taking up their cross. Jesus did not teach self-affirmation of one’s own desires or that we should prioritize human […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 24, 2022 | Akamasoa, Argentina, Church in Africa, lead, Madagascar, News, Pedro Opeka |
ROME – Last week, Pope Francis sent a telegram to the president of Madagascar, expressing his closeness and promising his prayers after learning “with great sorrow” of the “wounds that have once again struck” this African nation, “through repeated cyclones, floods and the destruction of homes.” According to Argentine missionary […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 24, 2022 | Akamasoa, Argentina, Church in Africa, lead, Madagascar, News, Pedro Opeka |
ROME – Last week, Pope Francis sent a telegram to the president of Madagascar, expressing his closeness and promising his prayers after learning “with great sorrow” of the “wounds that have once again struck” this African nation, “through repeated cyclones, floods and the destruction of homes.” According to Argentine missionary […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 24, 2022 | Akamasoa, Argentina, Church in Africa, lead, Madagascar, News, Pedro Opeka |
ROME – Last week, Pope Francis sent a telegram to the president of Madagascar, expressing his closeness and promising his prayers after learning “with great sorrow” of the “wounds that have once again struck” this African nation, “through repeated cyclones, floods and the destruction of homes.” According to Argentine missionary […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 24, 2022 | Abortion, Archbishop William E. Lori, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Church in the US, Congress, lead, News, President Joe Biden, Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS, U.S. Supreme Court |
Ahead of a Senate vote next week, two U.S. Bishops Conference chairmen have labeled a bill that would codify abortion rights into federal law as “built on a false and despairing narrative” that abortion is the only solution to a crisis pregnancy.
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