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Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna has been chosen by Pope Francis as president of the Italian bishops’ conference.
The 66-year-old Cardinal Zuppi was ordained in 1981, named an auxiliary of the Rome diocese in 2012, and appointed Archbishop of Bo…
The chairman of the German bishops’ conference has expressed disappointment that Pope Francis has not endorsed changes in Church teaching on homosexuality and women’s ordination, but allowed that the Pontiff is “doing what he can.&rdq…
Read MoreAs a May 27 meeting of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate looms later this week, many Orthodox parishes are leaving that body to ally themselves with the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kiev Patriarchate.
One survey shows that sin…
On May 21, Pope Francis received participants in the 46th general chapterof the
Brothers of the Christian Schools. The religious institute was founded by St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle; the chapter’s theme is “Building new paths to trans…
Blessed James Alberione, SSP (1884-1971) started Famiglia Cristiana, now the Italian Catholic magazine with the highest circulation.
“Today two roads open up before us in particular: the road of fraternity and the road of integral ecology,&…
Read MoreCardinal Joseph Zen appeared in a Hong Kong court on May 24, to answer a charge that he and five co-defendants violated Chinese law by failing to gain government approval for an organization that helped democracy activists with their legal costs.
Card…
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi attended Mass and apparently received Communion on Sunday, May 22, despite the order by San Francisco’s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone barring her from the Eucharist.
Pelosi attended Mass in Washington, DC, at …
“Confirmation is a gift, and we must conserve this gift, take care of the gift,” Pope Francis said in his May 21 address. “And how is it conserved? First of all with prayer, asking the Lord to give us the strength to go forward, that …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 24, 2022 | News, United Kingdom |
The Catholic bishop overseeing the island of Jersey has called on clergy and parishioners to “speak out” and mobilise against proposals to legalize assisted suicide there. Jersey, located in the English Channel near the French coast, is under the purview of the Diocese of Portsmouth. Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth has spoken out repeatedly in
The post Bishop of Portsmouth urges Jersey Catholics to fight against euthanasia proposals appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreIn 1845, President James K. Polk sent diplomat John Slidell to Mexico City to offer $30 million for New Mexico, California, and other territories north of the Rio Grande. Mexico refused the offer. A frustrated […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 24, 2022 | Cardinal Angelo Becciu, lead, London financial scandal, News, News Analysis, Papacy, Vatican |
If we want to talk about how challenging a particular gig is, a strong case can be made that the single toughest assignment in the Catholic Church belongs to the sostituto, or “substitute,” in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State.
Read MoreArchbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, the president of the Polish bishops’ conference, argues that it is “crucially important that the Holy See supports Ukraine” in the current conflict.
The Polish archbishop said that current Vatican policy…
The Archdiocese of Washington, DC, accidentally revealed that reporters’ questions about the ban on Communion for Speaker Nancy Pelosi “will be ignored,” in an email mistakenly sent to a reporter for the Washington Examiner.
The arch…
The New York archdiocese will shut down Catholic New York, the archdiocesan newspaper, in November.
Catholic New York, long a weekly publication, had moved to a biweekly schedule. But the steady decline in circulation of diocesan publications evidentl…
Posted by bcadmin | May 24, 2022 | Australia, Church in Oceania, lead, News, Pope Francis, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Looking at his country from afar, the Ukrainian bishop in Australia says he often “can’t sleep” because his family is back home.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 24, 2022 | Church in Europe, lead, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, News, Patriarch Kirill, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis |
Ukraine’s top Greek Catholic prelate has condemned the justification of the current war ravaging the country on grounds that Christian morality is being protected, saying the logic is similar to the fundamentalism espoused by Islamic terrorists.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 24, 2022 | earthen vessels, jars of clay, News, Prayer, prayer life, Prayer Life & Liturgy, Scripture |
One day this mortal flesh will be taken away from us, the earthen vessel that now covers the light that burns within us will be broken, and we will see our own light the way God see us. The Light is Hidden, But Never Extinguished Many of us might remem…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 24, 2022 | Commentary, News |
The story of St. Paul’s arrival in Philippi and later of his arrest, beating, and imprisonment, serves as a kind…
The post Why was Paul arrested in Philippi? appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
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