Priest’s unexplained expulsion from Russia fuels fears for foreign clergy
A Catholic priest was expelled from Russia without explanation, amid fears for the well-being of other clergy ministering in the country.
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Posted by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Russia, Russian bishop conference, Russian Catholic Church |
A Catholic priest was expelled from Russia without explanation, amid fears for the well-being of other clergy ministering in the country.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
My enthusiasm for “Father Stu” was dampened after reading a negative review, but I found the film to be a wonderful story of God condescending to the most wretched of sinners and raising him up.
The Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life has published an eight-page text, Points of Reflection for a Synodal Journey with Families.
“Families wish to walk along the synodal path as pastoral and ecclesial subjects, giving their contribution …
Read More55 members of the Manitoba Métis Federation met with Pope Francis on April 21.
David Chartrand, the Federation’s president, said that “many were just crying in tears as they got their gift and their handshake from the Pope. And he…
Read MoreEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who holds a primacy of honor among the Orthodox churches, said in his Easter message that “we stand and suffer alongside the pious and courageous people of Ukraine that bear a heavy cross … It…
Read MoreOn April 21, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met privately with Pope Francis for 40 minutes at the Vatican and discussed refugees, with an apparent absence of the tensions that surrounded their meeting in Hungary last September.
Read MoreMetropolitan Onufriy, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), called for an Easter ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor to the besieged city of Mariupol.
“The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, with the help of the episc…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, war crimes |
Circumstantial and direct evidence as well as eyewitness accounts point to the atrocities being perpetrated by members of the Russian military since it invaded Ukraine Feb. 24.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Bishop Fulton Sheen can be a figure around which all orthodox Catholics—whether “traditional” or “conservative”—can unite in combatting our current crisis.
WASHINGTON – On April 21, the Biden Administration announced the creation of “Uniting for Ukraine,” a streamlined process for displaced Ukrainians seeking to enter the United States. The program relies heavily on humanitarian parole, a mechanism in U.S…
Read MoreReading I Acts 4:1-12
After the crippled man had been cured,
while Peter and John were still speaking to the people,
the priests, the captain of the temple guard,
and the Sadducees confronted them,
disturbed that they were teaching t…
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Apologetics & Education, Featured, History, News, Sophia Excerpts, the Enlightenment |
By May 1778, Voltaire was dying. The Enlightener received a dignified and modest letter from a priest, the Abbé Gaultier, who was a Jesuit before the suppression. It seemed there was always a Jesuit about Voltaire, a biographer remarked, from his earliest school days to playing chess at Ferney. “When Voltaire heard the word ‘Jesuit’ […]
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Africa, Church in Africa, lead, News, Pope Francis, South Sudan |
Looking to Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to South Sudan and recent actions by the country’s leaders to fully implement an ongoing peace process, one bishop has said he is hopeful in the steps being taken.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Hungary, lead, Malta, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis, President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Refugees, Ukraine Crisis |
Pro-Orban media in Hungary have used “cretinous” and “senile” to characterize the pope’s views on immigration, while a member of Orbán’s Fidesz party has dubbed Francis the “Soros Pope” for his views on the economy.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | interview, lead, News, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Pope Francis, Russia, Ukraine, Vatican |
Pope Francis told an Argentine journalist that his planned second meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill – penciled in for June in Jerusalem – has been canceled.
Read MoreEthiopia celebrates Easter according to the Julian Calendar instead of the Gregorian Calendar, a week later this year than in the Roman Catholic Church
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Fun Stuff, News, Riddles and Fun |
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Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, the longtime personal secretary to Pope John Paul II, has been cleared of charges that he was negligent in responding to sex-abuse allegations while serving as Archbishop of Krakow from 2005 to 2016.
A Vatican investigatio…
Posted by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Between the Sundays, News, Prayer Life & Liturgy |
“We place limits on God’s mercy that he does not, whether because we want to see others receive justice or because we feel unworthy of his love.” In the octave of Easter, the Church simultaneously celebrates the Divine Mercy novena. This wasn’t t…
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In Psalm 19, the Psalmist David praises and thanks God for His law. The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The decree of the LORD is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart. The command of the LORD is clear, enlightening the eye. […]
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