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Posted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Gaudium et spes, just war, News, Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul I, Russia, St. Augustine, The Dispatch, Ukraine, Vatican II, Vladimir Putin |
Every war is a defeat for humanity, because men and women endowed with reason should be able to resolve their differences without mass violence. Reason, however, can be corrupted by ignorance, passion, ideology, pride, and […]
Read MoreMembers of the Churches and Mining Network, a coalition of churches and environmental activists, met with officials of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Pontifical Commission for Latin America on March 28.
Many in Latin Am…
Read MoreThe Ukrainian government said that at least 59 houses of worship have been “badly affected” by the Russian invasion.
“While Kremlin propagandists are cynically covering their imperial ambitions with statements about ‘protect…
Read MoreOn March 27, members of an armed group kidnapped Father Leo Raphael Ozigi and 44 other villagers in Munya, Nigeria (map).
“The village where the priest was abducted along with other residents is just one of at least six villages in Munya gove…
Read MoreA Vatican tribunal has ruled that Cardinal Angelo Becciu can offer testimony against a fellow defendant, Cecilia Marogna, in the landmark financial-misconduct trial.
Cardinal Becciu had said that his work with Marogna, a security consultant, involved …
Pope Francis paid tribute to the “faith and priestly zeal” of Cardinal Antonios Naguib, who died on March 28 at the age of 87, and was Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church from 2006 to 2013.
Recalling that the cardinal’s motto…
Read MoreOn March 29, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, celebrated a Mass in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls to mark the 40th anniversary of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Unit…
Read MoreEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who holds a primacy of honor among the Orthodox churches, made his remarks while visiting Poland.
“It is simply impossible to imagine how much devastation this atrocious invasion has caused …
Read MoreLi Qiaochu has been imprisoned for a year and faces a charge of inciting subversion. She was detained after she visited an imprisoned activist and tweeted that he was being “severely tortured.”
Read MoreOn March 29, the director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, presented the program for the Pope’s apostolic journey to Malta (map, which will take place April 2-3.
The journey’s theme is “They showed us unusual kindness&…
Read MoreArchbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during his visit to Poland and renewed his condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Many of the aggressor&rsquo…
Read MoreUpon delivering the ambulance in Lviv, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, said, “The Pontiff is always the one who builds bridges, who brings peace, and this ambulance is specifically for the people who suffer but also represents the H…
Read MoreReferring to a leading Italian volunteer organization, Pope Francis wrote, “My blessing goes to you dear friends of Unitalsi Lombarda and to the families of the children who will find welcome and closeness in the home whose construction you are s…
Read MoreMajor Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, decried the forced deportation of Ukrainians to Sakhalin (map), an island 4,500 miles away in far eastern Russia.
“We see that, as it was in the days of Sta…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, General, In the Spotlight, News |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Jeffrey Essmann. Fasting I’m not complaining I should sayRight off. In fact, I rather likeThe hunger in an abstruse way;Anticipate its subtle spikeAt 3:00 or 4:00 each afternoonAnd tell myself I’…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Best of Week, confession, contrition, Featured, News, Prayer & Spirituality, Sophia Excerpts |
Dear Father Kerper: In one of your letters, the Act of Contrition came up in the question and in your answer. I’m embarrassed to say that I have no idea what the Act of Contrition is. What is it, and why is it so important? Please don’t be embarrassed by asking. Your great question reminds […]
Posted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Commentary, News |
Pope Francis’ landmark constitution on the organization of the Roman curia, Praedicate Evangelium, made headlines across the Church this month…
The post The pope’s next big reform appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | In the News, News |
Peter K. Kilpatrick, a former dean of the engineering school at the University of Notre Dame who has served as…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Commentary, News |
According to some analysts, the Russian president hopes to reconstitute the Mongol empire of the Middle Ages, stretching from Mongolia…
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Read MoreMost of what happens happens beyond words. The lexicon of lip and fingertip defies translation into common speech. I recognize…
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