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A theological symposium on the priesthood, organized by the Congregation for Bishops, included a panel discussion on “Women and ministry — the state of investigation.” Pope Francis delivered the opening address at the symposium.
Read MoreAccording to Scotland’s new National Child Protection Guidelines, police and others should not automatically inform parents of children as young as 13 about their children’s sexual activity.
“This morally bankrupt guidance entire…
Read More“Most parents do a lot, and the Church by vocation is taught to teach the right way, the ways of God and righteousness,” said Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
“All these things are being done, but th…
Read More“The statue of the Holy Family, which has been here for 40 years in front of our activity center, was removed overnight and has just disappeared,” said Father Jimmy Drennan of
St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in San Antonio.
Since M…
Read MoreBorn in 1940, Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi has led the Maronite Church since 2011. Based in Bkerké, Lebanon, the church (CNEWA profile) is among the Eastern Catholic churches in full communion with the Holy See.
Read More“Our founding fathers guaranteed religious liberty at the very beginning of the Bill of Rights,” said Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita. “That’s no coincidence. Religious liberty is America’s first freedom. Here in Indi…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 22, 2022 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
A first-hand witness recalls what Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King were fighting for, and how that message has been distorted today.
The following press release has been amended to correct biographical information for Bishop-elect Fabre.
WASHINGTON – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone, 76, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Charles…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone, 76, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Charleston, and has appointed Reverend Jacques E. Fabre, C.S., as Bishop-elect of Charleston. Bishop-elect Fabre …
Read MoreReading I 1 Pt 5:1-4
Beloved:
I exhort the presbyters among you,
as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of Christ
and one who has a share in the glory to be revealed.
Tend the flock of God in your midst,
overseeing not by…
The bishops of Bolivia are calling for an urgent reform of the justice system, after a series of protests over the release of rapists and murderers rocked the country.
Read MoreDespite a constitutional recognition of religious freedom, at least 53 Christians in the Islamic republic (map) were arrested for their faith in 2021, according to the report.
Read MoreThe 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings killed 269 people and injured over 500.
“There is no confidence in the current government and the Attorney General’s Department,” Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo said following the verdict. &…
Read MoreIn 2017, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, who had resigned from his Argentine diocese for health reasons, to the newly created position of assessor at the Vatican’s Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See (APSA). He no lo…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 22, 2022 | Caritas, Church in Europe, humanitarian aid, lead, News, Pope Francis, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Vatican |
As tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to escalate, Ukraine’s charitable Caritas organization has said it is preparing for a possible humanitarian crisis should war erupt.
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Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki and Bishop Georg Bätzing. / Episkopat.pl/Bistum Limburg.
Warsaw, Poland, Feb 22, 2022 / 02:00 am (CNA).
The president of Poland’s Catholic bishops’ conference expressed “fraternal concern” about the direction of the…
Posted by bcadmin | Feb 22, 2022 | Eucharist, Featured, Lent, News, Prayer & Spirituality, Real Presence, Sophia Excerpts |
The Mass is the miracle in which Jesus calls Christians of every age and every time and every nation to be present at the Last Supper and, in a mystical way, to come to Calvary to stand at the foot of the cross, to relive the hour of His Passion, and to be fed with the Bread from Heaven that becomes His Sacred Body by the power of God’s Word — the same Divine Word that brought this world into creation out of nothing.
Posted by bcadmin | Feb 22, 2022 | A Lamp Unto My Feet, Humility, News, Prayer & Spiritual Life, Scripture |
“Contemplative prayer is not something we can achieve; it is a gift God bestows. But before this is possible, we must work to prepare ourselves and dispose ourselves to receive this gift.” The reward for humility and fear of the Lord i…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 22, 2022 | In the News, News |
According to a Vatican report, just over 20 percent of the world’s Catholics live in Europe, yet 40 percent of…
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Read MoreThe world shines bright for inexperienced eyes, And death seems distant to the gay and strong, And in the youthful…
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