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In 1952, the US Congress designated the first Thursday in May as an annual national day of prayer.
“Prayer is a sacred right protected by free speech and religious liberty enshrined in our Constitution, and it continues to lift our spirits as…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 6, 2022 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Pope Francis recommended that we “make a mess.” Well, a mess we have – perhaps it’s time to clean things up?
Posted by bcadmin | May 6, 2022 | Church in Europe, lead, News, Pope Francis, Synod of Bishops, Theology |
According to one of the theologians advising the Vatican office organizing the ongoing Synod of Bishop the laity has grown numb after centuries of simply saying “amen.”
Read MoreReading I Acts 9:1-20
Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord,
went to the high priest and asked him
for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that,
if he should find any men or women who belonged t…
Posted by bcadmin | May 6, 2022 | Archbishop Dennis Schnurr, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Church in the US, lead, News, Synod, synodality |
Key findings cited in the first U.S. diocesan synod report available for public consumption highlight a desire from parishioners for the Church to better reach out to the marginalized, be more transparent, and be more consistent in moral teaching.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 6, 2022 | Benedict XVI, John Paul II, lead, News, Papal health, Pope Francis, UISG, Vatican, Women religious |
For the first time, Pope Francis Thursday was seen in public being transported in a wheelchair to an audience with the leaders of women’s religious communities, which the Vatican ascribed to his recent difficulties with knee pain.
Read MoreIn an Italian-language chirograph, Pope Francis has merged the Domus Sanctae Marthae, Domus Romana Sacerdotalis, Domus Internationalis Paulus VI, and Casa San Benedetto foundations.
Read MoreCardinal Angelo Becciu’s “bombshell testimony could pose serious security implications for the Vatican and Catholic Church, since he provided evidence that the Pope was apparently willing to pay ransom to Islamic militants to free a nun,&rd…
Read MoreSince May 2020, there have been at least 129 acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction at parishes and other Catholic sites in the United States.
Read MoreJohn Lee, Hong Kong’s former Secretary of Security and a Catholic layman, has been sanctioned by the US government and banned from YouTube for his role in eroding civil liberties in Hong Kong.
Read MoreFive months before general elections, Brazil’s bishops called for “great and urgent changes,” as “the current situation is very serious. Brazil is not doing well.”
Lamenting violence and ecological damage, the bishops …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 6, 2022 | Asia - Pacific, News |
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Perth, Australia. / Our Lady of Fatima International Pilgrim Statue – Our Lady of Fatima via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Sydney, Australia, May 6, 2022 / 01:45 am (CNA).
Australia’s Catholic…
A Christian Brother’s experience of how prayer has evolved to represent itself to him in all his senses as love
Read MorePope Francis underlined the priority of ecumenism in a May 6 address to the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, saying that “one cannot cannot think of journeying on the path of faith without the company of brothers and sisters from other Chu…
Read MoreCardinal George Pell has indicated that he has doubts about the “spirited defense” that Archbishop Angelo Becciu presented to a Vatican tribunal, saying that the archbishop’s account of his financial dealing is “somewhat incompl…
Read MoreArchbishop Paolo Pezzi, who heads the Mother of God Archdiocese in Moscow, has said that he continues to hope and pray for a negotiated peace in Ukraine. He said that his hope is based on the belief that “the other is never an enemy,” and t…
Read MoreA new Pew Forum survey shows that most Americans favor some restrictions on legal abortion.
The poll, taken in March after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the crucial Dobbs case, showed that only 19% of Americans support unrestricted legal a…
President Ignazio Cassis of the Swiss Federation met with Pope Francis on May 6.
A brief Vatican statement released after the meeting said that the conversation had centered on bilateral relations, but included a discussion of the war in Ukraine.
The…
Meeting on May 6 with new recruits to the Swiss Guard, Pope Francis encouraged them to “dedicate yourselves to an exquisitely ecclesial task,” and to recognize that their duties involve “a Christian and communal witness.”
The P…
Posted by bcadmin | May 6, 2022 | Between the Sundays, Catholic Church, Faith, Featured, Good Shepherd, News, Prayer Life & Liturgy, Schism |
“Anger and frustration do not give you permission to be uncharitable or disrespectful.” This Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter, is “Good Shepherd Sunday.” While the Gospel for this Sunday changes year to year, it always centers on the imp…
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