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WASHINGTON – Upon the news of the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong on May 11, Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace called for prayer and the p…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Upon the news of the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong on May 11, Bishop David J. Malloy of Rockford and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace called for prayer and the p…
Read MoreReading I Acts 13:13-25
From Paphos, Paul and his companions
set sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia.
But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia.
On the sabbath they …
Posted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop William E. Lori, Church in the US, lead, News, pro-choice, pro-life, Protest, Roe v. Wade, U.S. Supreme Court, USCCB, Vandalism |
The U.S. Bishops’ Conference has invited Catholics to fast and pray the Rosary on Friday, May 13, in response to national tensions over a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, and put abortion law solely in the hands of the states.
Read MoreCardinal Joseph Zen, the 90-year-old retired Bishop of Hong Kong, has been released on bail, hours after his arrest for “foreign collusion,” in violation of Hong Kong’s 2020 national security law.
Read More“We hope this meeting will give us a chance to save their lives, actually,” the wife of a soldier in the besieged Ukrainian city said after meeting with the Pope on May 11. “Our soldiers are ready to be evacuated to a third country.&…
Read MoreFifty years after Nick Ut took one of the most famous photographs of the Vietnam War—a picture of a young girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, fleeing a napalm attack—the pair met with Pope Francis on May 11.
In 2017, Kim Phuc wrote a memoir and …
Read MoreFather Joseph Aketeh Bako, who ministered in Nigeria’s Kaduna State (map) and was abducted in March, has been killed by his captors.
Since 2011, Islamist groups have killed over 37,500 people in Kaduna and other northern Nigerian states, acc…
Read MoreThree decades after the Holy See recognized a newly independent Croatia (map), the Vatican’s Secretary of State traveled to the largely Catholic nation.
“If 30 years ago Croatia was recognized by most members of the international commun…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | News, The Dispatch |
The evils of the 20th century hold a strange fascination. We cannot help but read and reread accounts of totalitarian oppression, such as Elie Wiesel’s Night, Anne Frank’s Diary, Viktor Frankl’s profound Man’s Search for […]
Read MoreOn May 11, Pope Francis issued an appeal for peace in Sri Lanka (map) amid the protests there.
“I address a special thought to the people of Sri Lanka, especially the young, who in recent times have made their voices heard in the face of the…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | News, Traditionis custodes |
There has long been a strange asymmetry between conservatives and progressives in the Catholic Church. Theological conservatives—priests and bishops as well as lay people—have prided themselves on their obedience, and progressives have flaunted their disobedience. To give the most extreme […]
The post Obedience, Disobedience, and Rash Obedience: a Virtue in a time of Crisis appeared first on OnePeterFive.
Read MoreAli Harbi Ali, a British-born child of Somali refugees and an ISIS sympathizer, has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal 2021 murder of David Amess, a Catholic MP (Member of Parliament).
Police prevented a priest from administering last…
Read MoreRussian soldiers ransacked and looted the seminary of the Latin-rite Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, according to Aid to the Church in Need, which is raising funds for the seminary’s restoration.
“They took everything they could: kitchen uten…
Read MoreOn May 11, the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022 (S.4132) was defeated in the Senate in a 49-51 vote, with 60 votes needed to invoke cloture (“end the filibuster”).
The bill, approved by the House in a 218-211 vote, had pre…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | daily life, dark night, Featured, News, plan of life, prayer life, Prayer Life & Liturgy, Spiritual Life, struggle, Surrender & Strength |
The Beginning One of the biggest obstacles for me in the early days of my faith journey was the lack of a prayer life. I knew I needed to pray, but I couldn’t ever remember sincerely praying about anything. Perhaps part of me was struggling with the ty…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | In the News, News |
The prelate was arrested ostensibly in connection with an investigation into the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which helped people involved in…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | In the News, News |
The arrests of Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun and four pro-democracy activists Wednesday on charges of alleged “collusion with foreign forces”…
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Read MoreLove bade me welcome. Yet my soul drew back Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow…
The post Love (III) appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | May 12, 2022 | Commentary, News |
The USCCB announced a request that American Catholics pray the rosary this Friday, May 13, amid growing demonstrations over the…
The post Bishops: pray over ‘Roe’ protests appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
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