The Sad Tale of Spiritual Father vs. Spiritual Son
The treatment of Fr. Eduard Perrone by his bishop reveals a case of broken spiritual fatherhood.
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Posted by bcadmin | Mar 3, 2022 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
The treatment of Fr. Eduard Perrone by his bishop reveals a case of broken spiritual fatherhood.
With Pope Francis suffering from acute knee pain, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, presided in his place at the Ash Wednesday Mass in the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome.
The Pope’s homily, read by Cardinal P…
Read MorePope Francis made these remarks, some of them extemporaneous, following his March 2 general audience.
“You were the first to support Ukraine, opening your borders, your hearts and the doors of your homes to Ukrainians fleeing war,” the…
Read MoreThe 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings killed 269 people and injured over 500. Former President Maithripala Sirisena said he would “swear on the Holy Cross” that he had no prior knowledge of the bombings; an official of the Archdiocese of Colo…
Read More“The German Catholic ‘synodal way’ has made frequent headlines in recent years, as it has clashed over Church teaching and governance with Pope Francis and the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,” the rep…
Read MorePope Francis has sent a message to the Church in Brazil for the Brazilian bishops’ annual Lenten Brotherhood campaign.
“I hope with all my heart that the choice of the theme “Fraternity and Education” may become a cause for …
Read MoreThe southwestern African nation of 33.6 million (map) is 93% Christian (57% Catholic) and 5% ethnic religionist. Pope Benedict XVI made an apostolic journey there in 2009.
Read MoreThe federal appellate court has upheld a lower court decision in favor of 35 service members from “the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant branches of Christianity” who lodged religious objections to the Covid vaccine.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 3, 2022 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Has the Bride of Christ become like an old widow, who, caught within her inertness and fixed habits, periodically looks out into the flock—and rails against it?
WASHINGTON – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C., 75, from the Office of Bishop of Peoria. Bishop Louis Tylka, up until now coadjutor bishop of the same diocese, will succeed him as bishop of Peoria.
The appoint…
Read MoreReading I Dt 30:15-20
Moses said to the people:
“Today I have set before you
life and prosperity, death and doom.
If you obey the commandments of the LORD, your God,
which I enjoin on you today,
loving him, and walking in his ways,
an…
Posted by bcadmin | Mar 3, 2022 | News, United Kingdom |
The Prince of Wales has visited the spiritual leader of Ukrainian Catholics in the UK to show his solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Joined by wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles paid tribute to the “extraordinary bravery, generosity and fortitude of the Ukrainian community” in the face of the invasion of the
The post Prince Charles visits Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral to pledge solidarity with victims of Russian invasion appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who holds a primacy of honor among the Orthodox churches, told CNN Turkey that “the whole world is against Russia.”
“We are entering a new period of the Cold War,” he continue…
At least two bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) have instructed their priests to stop praying for Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in the sacred liturgy. Patriarch Kirill has responded by declaring the action to be an act of schis…
Read MoreIn a statement issued on March 2—the seventh day of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine—Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, spoke of “the call of the Holy Father Pope Francis to unite t…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 3, 2022 | Archbishop Michael Byrnes, ash wednesday, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, Guam, Lent, News |
As the Lenten season began, Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes of Agaña encouraged everyone to not only fast and sacrifice but to immerse themselves in the Bible and in prayer while striving to draw closer to God.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 3, 2022 | Church in Europe, Gemelli Hospital, lead, Medical care, News, Rome, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis |
Rome’s Gemelli hospital has begun treatment for a 7-year-old Ukrainian girl from Kyiv whose cancer treatment was interrupted after Russia’s invasion last week.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 3, 2022 | Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Church in Europe, lead, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, News, Russia, Ukraine, Vatican |
Argentine Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, the head of the Vatican’s office for Eastern Churches, called Russia’s military action against Ukraine as an “unjustified invasion” and a “senseless war.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 3, 2022 | Becket Fund, Church in the US, lead, News, Religious Freedom, U.S. Supreme Court, USCCB |
The USCCB had a friend-of-the-court brief filed on its behalf March 2 in support of a former high school football coach who sued a school district after he lost his job for refusing to stop kneeling and praying on the fifty-yard line after games.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 3, 2022 | Apostolic Nuncio, Church in Europe, Holy See diplomacy, lead, News, Pope Francis, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Vatican diplomacy, War |
Currently in Kyiv, the Vatican’s ambassador to Ukraine has said that regardless of expectations that a Russian assault on the city is imminent, he is determined to stay and be with the people as a sign of the pope’s closeness.
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