2 Priests Killed in Nigeria in Separate Incidents
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So, you have a red leather-like Christian Prayer book, or the abridged version Shorter Christian Prayer, or someone bequeathed you the four-volume set, and you’re one of the many who has tried to figure out how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours yourself—and found it’s easier said than done. This convoluted way of prayer […]
In separate statements, the cardinals who lead American dioceses welcomed the Dobbs v. Jackson decision (CWN coverage), which overturned the 1973 decision Roe v. Wade.
Read MoreBONUS EPISODE God Is Present to You
For the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 24), Sister Regina Marie Gorman reflects with us on the ways God remains ever-present to us. The joy of that presence is the key to every life.
Cy Kellett:
Is it real…
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 27, 2022 | Books, Catholic pilgrimages, Church in the Middle East, Holy Land, Jerusalem, lead, News |
As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic begin to ease, and people are allowed to travel again, the Holy Land is ready to welcome pilgrims again.
Read MoreReferring to the Dobbs v. Jackson decision (CWN coverage), the Pontifical Academy for Life said that “the fact that a large country with a long democratic tradition has changed its position on this issue also challenges the whole world.”
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Posted by bcadmin | Jun 27, 2022 | Blessed Virgin Mary, Featured, Immaculate Heart, News |
It was a moment that I will never forget. A few friends and I accompanied the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to a baby’s hospital bedside. He was diagnosed with cancer and the tumors made his little eyes protrude. Tears were shed as the Blessed Mother’s life-size image was gently touched to his […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jun 27, 2022 | Anglophone crisis, Bishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya, Cameroon, Church in Africa, lead, News |
Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of has insisted that in order to effectively fight for justice, peace has to return to Cameroon’s troubled English-speaking regions.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 27, 2022 | News, ProLife & Family Issues |
Here are some responses to common myths about the overturning of Roe v. Wade. We should learn these answers and have them on the tip of our tongue over the next year. Jonah McKeown/CNA | June 24, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday overturning the 1973 decision Roe v. Wade as well […]
The post Answering 7 Myths about the Overturning of Row v. Wade appeared first on Defenders of the Catholic Faith.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 27, 2022 | Brazil, Brazilian Conference of National Bishops, Church in the Americas, Indigenous peoples, lead, News, Pan-Amazon Region, Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network |
A week after the Brazilian police confirmed the killings of British journalist Dom Phillips and of the Brazilian human rights activist Bruno Pereira in the Amazon, the region’s bishops visited Pope Francis and discussed the violence in the region.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 27, 2022 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
We must give thanks to God for this tremendous victory in the cause of the sanctity of human life. But thanks must also go to Donald Trump.
Maronite Bishop Abdallah Elias Zaidan of Los Angeles discussed the deepening economic crisis in Lebanon. His eparchy is sponsoring 450 families per month in a nation whose poverty rate has soared to 90%.
The Maronite Catholic Church (CNEWA profile…
Read More“I am very pleased with this decision,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, said after the EU made Ukraine a candidate for EU membership. “I think it is a very important move … Ukraine belongs to Europ…
Read MoreIndia’s Supreme Court has ordered the establishment of 0.6-mile “eco-sensitive zones” around all ecologically protected areas—leading to the potential eviction of 2 million farmers.
“Today, the irony is that snakes a…
Read More“I am following with concern what is happening in Ecuador,” Pope Francis said to pilgrims on June 26, amid violent unrest in the South American nation that he visited in 2015.
“I am near to the people and encourage all parties…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jun 27, 2022 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
The night that Roe fell, I gathered together with many pro-life friends – some prominent scholars known widely for their pro-life work, others ordinary people who regularly perform hidden acts of charity to aid pregnant women in distress. All were united by their enormous gratitude for the new reality: the right to abortion is no […]
Reading I Am 2:6-10, 13-16
Thus says the LORD:
For three crimes of Israel, and for four,
I will not revoke my word;
Because they sell the just man for silver,
and the poor man for a pair of sandals.
They trample the heads of the weak…
The new newspaper—L’Osservatore di Strada (The Street Observer)—will complement, and not supplant, the Vatican’s daily newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano (The Roman Observer).
The new monthly publication “won&rsquo…
Read MoreOn June 24, Pope Francis received Iratxe García, a Spanish Member of the European Parliament who leads the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D).
The S&D, often described as center-left, is the second largest of the nine coali…
Read MorePope Francis received Gilbert Houngbo, the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in a June 24 audience.
Based in Rome, IFAD is a UN agency that supports increased food production in poor communities.
“I…
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