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Posted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | Central America, Church in the Americas, Honduras, lead, News, organized crime |
In Honduras, a local bishop is calling for an “authentic peace” after claiming the Central American nation is “tormented” by violence related to organized crime and war.
Read MoreThe Central African nation of 28.5 million (map) is 61% Christian (and 29% Catholic), 20% Muslim, and 18% ethnic religionist.
The consecration of the nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the bishops’ national pilgrimage and prayer for p…
On April 25, Pope Francis received pilgrims from the Catholic chaplaincy at Queen’s University, Belfast in Northern Ireland.
“The Christian faith is fundamentally about an encounter with Jesus Christ,” Pope Francis said. “…
Read MoreOn April 25, Pope Francis received participants in a meeting of Trinitarian International Solidarity, an apostolate of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.
St. John of Matha (1160-1213) founded the Order; its founding charism was the redemption o…
Read MoreIn an April 25 message, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, deplored continued Russian attacks and said that “Mariupol cries out to the world: Stop this war! Do everything possible to save people…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | Bishop Daniel Flores, Church in the US, criminal justice, Death penalty, lead, News, Sister Helen Prejean, Texas, Texas Conference of Catholic Bishops |
Soon after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay on the execution of Melissa Lucio on April 25 the bishops of Texas both commended her religious conversion, and lamented a flawed justice system that resulted in a “dubious” conviction.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Church in Asia, Easter, Easter Sunday bombing, lead, News, Pope Francis, Sri Lanka, Terrorism, Vatican |
Victims of the gruesome 2019 bombings in Sri Lanka gathered in Rome this week alongside local church leaders to seek support from the pope and to call for justice and an independent inquiry into who is responsible.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | News, Riddles and Fun |
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | Acts of the Apostles, Apologetics & Education, Featured, Holy Scripture, Mary, News |
If there were ever an action book present in the Bible that moves quickly from one scene of action to the next, it would have to be The Acts of the Apostles. The Apostles arrested and thrown in jail, a young man persecuting Christians and throwing them in jail, his conversion through a powerful light […]
Christianity and/or religion in the anglo-saxon world of our time has been something optional. Some of us went to church…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | In the News, News |
A new alumni group launched at the University of Notre Dame celebrated same-sex civil marriage and transgenderism on the Indiana…
The post Signs of the Times at Notre Dame appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | Commentary, News |
The great Father Schall on the limits of Catholic dialogue with secularism and other religions: “Catholicism is not a ‘religion,’…
The post Dialogue is never enough appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | In the News, News |
A 72-year-old nun is being praised for her “extraordinary courage” after she sought to disarm a man stabbing a priest…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | 2022, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Crusaders, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Judaism and Christianity, News, Orhtodox Easter, Passover, Pre-Constantinian Rome, Ramadan, Robert Royal, Robert Royal's "Riding the Waves of History", Rudyard Kipling's "Recessional", sites of the Crucifixion and Resurrection, St. Helena, The Catholic Thing, Western Easter Octave, “holy” war |
This is a special religious season. The Western Easter Octave ended Sunday, which was also Eastern Orthodox Easter. The Jewish…
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Read MoreGospel Verse, John 3:14-15:The Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.The devotion to Our Lady of Good Counsel originated at Gennazzano, Italy, a village in the neighborhood of Rome, where an Augustinia…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | Daily Verse, Eternal life, News |
ENCOUNTERING THE WORD — YOUR DAILY BIBLE VERSES “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) Image credit: “Jesus and the Woman of Samaria” by Paol…
Read MorePope Francis has named Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Lille to become the next Archbishop of Paris.
The new archbishop replaces Archbishop Michel Aupetit, who resigned last November amid reports that he had been involved in an improper relationship with…
A new draft constitution for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, which would decrease the authority of the grand master, is likely to continue controversy within the ancient order.
The Pillar, which obtained a copy of the draft document, reports th…
For the second time in a week, Pope Francis cancelled his scheduled appointments on Tuesday, April 26.
“Due to pain in his knee, and on medical advice, Pope Francis has interrupted his activities planned for today,” the Vatican press offic…
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