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Bishop Robert Barron. Photo courtesy of DeChant-Hughes Public Relations. / null
Vatican City, Jun 2, 2022 / 04:05 am (CNA).
The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Robert Barron to lead the Diocese of Winona-Roches…
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 2, 2022 | Associated Press, Canada, canadian bishops, First Nations, Indigenous peoples, lead, News |
Indigenous leaders met with Canadian bishops on Wednesday and were told Pope Francis won’t add more stops, as they requested, to his trip to Canada.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 2, 2022 | capital punishment, Catholic missionaries, Central African Republic, Church in Africa, Death penalty, lead, News |
An Italian missionary working in the Central African Republic (CAR) has welcomed the end to capital punishment in the impoverished country.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 2, 2022 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
In spite of being atheistic liberals, comedians Bill Maher and Ricky Gervais appear to be fed up with the latest lie of the sexual revolution, transgenderism.
Pope Francis will make a six-day apostolic journey to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan in July. The Kivu conflict in eastern DR Congo began in 2004.
Read MoreKatholikentag is a German Catholic gathering first held in 1848. Bishop Gebhard Fürst of Rottenburg-Stuttgart spoke in favor of weapons shipments o Ukraine, and Cardinal Peter Turkson, recently appointed chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sci…
Read MoreLamenting recent Russian advances in eastern Ukraine, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said that “we are seeing today how silence can kill.”
“All those who stay quiet, who lack …
Read MoreOn May 31, the Feast of the Visitation and final day of the month dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis presided at the recitation of the Holy Rosary for peace at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
As they watched a live vid…
Read MoreIn recent years, Turkey has invaded and occupied portions of northern Syria. Turkish troops have now destroyed a church in the village of Tell Tamer.
Read MoreShelling by Russian troops has caused heavy damage to Sviatohirsk Lavra, a major Ukrainian Orthodox monastery established in 1526. Two monks and a nun have been killed, and three monks have been injured.
The monastery is part of the Ukrainian Orth…
Read More“Today is the start of #Pride Month,” the United States Embassy to the Holy See tweeted on June 1. “The United States respects and promotes the equality and human dignity of all people including the LGBTQIA+ community. #PrideMonth #Al…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 2, 2022 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
The Founders’ republican ideals put a premium on personal independence, and having a population that could defend itself was part of that tradition. Moreover, it was also considered a check against tyrannical governments.
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 2, 2022 | Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Church in the US, deaf ministries, lead, News, Synod |
Anna Wade’s lack of attention at Mass has nothing to do with the Mass itself. It’s because she’s deaf, and the church she attends doesn’t have accommodations – a problem she and others say exists in dioceses and churches throughout the country.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 2, 2022 | Kazakhstan, lead, News, Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis, Russian Orthodox Church, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Vatican |
On Tuesday the Vatican announced that Pope Francis will travel to Kazakhstan in September for an international interfaith summit that is also expected to draw the participation of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill.
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Religious Freedom Week takes place June 22-29. It begins with the feast day of Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher, includes the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and ends with the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
The theme for this year is Lif…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations has released the results of the study A Portrait of the Permanent Diaconate: A Study for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops…
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop John M. Quinn, 76, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, and has appointed Bishop Robert E. Barron, auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles, as his successor.
The res…
Read MoreReading I Acts 22:30; 23:6-11
Wishing to determine the truth
about why Paul was being accused by the Jews,
the commander freed him
and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to convene.
Then he brought Paul down and made …
“There is the fashion —in every age, but in this age in the Church’s life I consider it dangerous —that instead of drawing from the roots in order to move forward – meaning fine traditions – we ‘step back,’ not going…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 2, 2022 | Acts of the Apostles, Christmas, Easter, Francis X. Weiser, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, Jesus Christ, News, Pentecost, The Dispatch |
How do you celebrate Pentecost? In years past, my tradition consisted of showing up to Sunday Mass, glancing at the bulletin, and thinking, “Is it Pentecost already? I should have worn my red dress.” Why […]
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