King and Queen of Jordan given Path to Peace Award
The 2022 award affiliated with the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations was given to the Jordanian monarchs for their service to peace, interfaith harmony
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The 2022 award affiliated with the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations was given to the Jordanian monarchs for their service to peace, interfaith harmony
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Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on May 11, 2022. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, May 12, 2022 / 05:35 am (CNA).
Pope Francis decried the low birth rate in Western countries on Thursday, describing it as an urgent socia…

The fallen angels have shown us what they fear most. A little over a week ago, the Supreme Court of the United States experienced an unprecedented leak. In a most sinister manner, a document drafted by Justice Samuel Alito […]
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Is man obliged to obey the commands of human lawgivers? Do human laws bind men? The answer is yes. Just human laws are means to man’s final end. If man chooses to have the end, he must choose the means to it. So just human laws bind man’s conscience, obliging him to obey. St. Thomas […]
Posted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | antichrist, Featured, News |
It is traditionally understood that the Antichrist, the man of sin, will be preceded by a series of forerunners that pave the way for his arrival, just as the prophets and the patriarchs heralded the coming of Christ. In its most basic definition, ‘antichrist’ refers to anything that is opposed to Christ. Therefore, all sin, […]
Cardinal Joseph Zen. / Rock Li via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Rome Newsroom, May 12, 2022 / 04:59 am (CNA).
The Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong said in a statement on Thursday that it was “extremely concerned” about “Cardinal Joseph Zen’s incident…
Posted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Dostoevsky, Featured, Literature, News, virtues |
Taking on a large task can be daunting at the outset. However, I was eager to start my project of reading as many of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s works as I could over the course of one year. His work is viewed as difficult by some because of the sheer length of some of the novels, references […]
Pope Francis visits a reception center for asylum seekers in Castelnuovo di Porto, Italy, on March 24, 2016. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, May 12, 2022 / 04:27 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Thursday that migrants and refugees have “enormous pote…
Posted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of San Diego, News, Obituary, San Diego |
A funeral Mass will be celebrated May 17 for retired Bishop Robert H. Brom of San Diego, who died May 10 in San Diego. He was 83.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Archdiocese of Baltimore, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, Maryland, News |
A former Maryland priest was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in federal prison followed by lifetime supervised release for coercion and enticement of a child he met through the church to engage in illegal sexual activity.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, Jerusalem, Jordan, News |
Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Queen Rania were honored May 9 with the annual Path to Peace Award from the foundation that supports the work of the Vatican Mission to the United Nations.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
The arrest of Cardinal Zen brings to the fore some awkward questions about the Vatican’s cozy relationship with Beijing.
Moneyval, the agency of the Council of Europe that combats money laundering and the financing of terrorism, recently praised the Holy See’s efforts against money laundering, but raised “a red flag for potential abuse of the internal system…
Read MoreFather Yusuf Jabo Sakarya and Father Behnam Hanam Mikho Khozymi, slain by Turkish soldiers in 1915, were among the victims of the Sayfo, or Assyrian genocide.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Associated Press, Cardinal Joseph Zen, China, Chinese Catholics, Church in Asia, Hong Kong, News |
Cardinal Joseph Zen, the 90-year-old Catholic cleric arrested by Hong Kong police on national security charges, has long been a fiery critic of Beijing’s control of religion and political monopoly, along with efforts by the Vatican to reach a working arrangement with the ruling Communist Party.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
The millions of women who have had abortions, and those who performed abortions, are all in need of healing, the true healing that only Our Savior Jesus can bring.
Posted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Church in the Middle East, Israel, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, lead, News, Palestine |
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has condemned the killing of a Palestinian journalist by Israeli forces.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Biden Administration, Cardinal Joseph Zen, China, Church in Asia, lead, News, Religious Freedom, USCIRF |
The State Department has condemned the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen and others by Hong Kong police on May 11 as the latest example that the city’s authorities “will pursue all means necessary to stifle dissent and undercut protected rights and freedoms.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | lead, News, Pope Francis, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Vatican, Wednesday Audience |
On Wednesday, at the end of his weekly audience, Pope Francis spent several minutes with the wives of two of the Ukrainian soldiers currently barricaded in the tunnels of the Azovstal steelworks in the city of Mariupol.
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