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Msgr. Thomas Powers. / Screenshot from Bridgeport Diocese YouTube channel.
Rome, Italy, Mar 30, 2022 / 05:53 am (CNA).
The Vatican has appointed Connecticut priest Msgr. Thomas W. Powers as the next rector of the Pontifical North American Colle…
The tribal notion of religion and friendship used by political leaders is the opposite of the Gospel command to love, even one’s enemies
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Päivi Räsänen, Finland’s interior minister from 2011 to 2015. / Courtesy of ADF International.
Helsinki, Finland, Mar 30, 2022 / 05:05 am (CNA).
The verdict in the closely watched trial of a Finnish Christian MP was announced on Wednesday. A co…
A debate is raging within Catholicism over the legitimacy of modern liberalism. R.R. Reno, editor of First Things magazine, stops by to help us understand the stakes in the debate.
Cy Kellet:
Modern ideas about freedom are not setting people free. Cat…
Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, March 30, 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
Vatican City, Mar 30, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that the “rhetoric of inclusion” alone is not enough to forge a …
The Vatican’s education congregation has published a document responding to conflicts over the interpretation of the concept of “Catholic identity” in Catholic school settings. The 20-page instruction affirmed the importance of a Catholic educational project with an evangelical goal and explained the role that teachers and administrators play in its achievement. “The whole school community
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
Are we now required to embrace any enemy of Russia, even if they themselves are repulsive?
Posted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Today’s dating includes people sorted and selected on dating apps, used and abused by their “lover,” and tossed aside none the wiser. Not surprisingly, those who go through this process have largely given up on marriage.
WASHINGTON – On March 23, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 8-1 in favor of John Ramirez, a death row inmate, in his challenge to the State of Texas’s denial of his request that his pastor audibly pray and lay hands on him as the state execu…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – On March 23, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 8-1 in favor of John Ramirez, a death row inmate, in his challenge to the State of Texas’s denial of his request that his pastor audibly pray and lay hands on him as the state execu…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – On March 23, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 8-1 in favor of John Ramirez, a death row inmate, in his challenge to the State of Texas’s denial of his request that his pastor audibly pray and lay hands on him as the state execu…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Most Reverend Paul R. Sanchez, 75, from the Office of Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn.
The resignation was publicized in Washington on March 30, 2022, by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostoli…
Read MoreReading I Is 49:8-15
Thus says the LORD:
In a time of favor I answer you,
on the day of salvation I help you;
and I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people,
To restore the land
and …
Posted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | anti-Christian violence, Church in Asia, Church in India, Hindu nationalism, India, lead, Murder, News |
MUMBAI, India – A Christian pastor was murdered in India days after being threatened by Hindu nationalists. Yalam Sankar, 50, was stabbed to death on March 17 by five men who dragged him out of his house in Angampalli village in the Bijhapur district of Chhattisgarh state, in central India. […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Column, Easter Issue 2022, Magazine, News |
The mystical number conjures thoughts of the Holy Spirit to whom this month is dedicated and who, at this time of turmoil, is wanted more than ever
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Column, Easter Issue 2022, Magazine, Music, News, stabat mater |
Michael White is charmed by fast-rising Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński’s rendition of Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Cardinal Michael Czerny, Caritas, Church in Europe, lead, News, Pope Francis, Russia, Ukraine |
According to the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the crimes being committed under the leadership of Russian Vladimir Putin during the invasion of Ukraine are reminiscent to those of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Archbishop Paul Etienne, Archdiocese of Seattle, Carbon offsets, Church in the US, Environment, Laudato Si, lead, News, Pope Francis, USCCB |
The Archdiocese of Seattle and its St. James Cathedral will sell and redevelop four properties in the city’s First Hill neighborhood as part of a project that aims to create affordable housing, and steer the neighborhood towards carbon neutrality.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Church in Europe, lead, Malta, migrants and refugees, News, Papal travel, Pope Francis, Pope in Malta |
Since its establishment in 1971, the John XXIII Peace Lab has sought to be a beacon of hope and justice for the needy in Malta, and more recently, it has become a source of unprejudiced welcome for migrants and asylum seekers entering Europe.
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