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In his July 3 Angelus address, Pope Francis reflected on the Gospel reading of the day (Luke 10:1-12, 17-20).
“The evangelizing mission is not based on personal activism, that is, on ‘doing,’ but on the witness of brotherly love…
Read MoreThe University of Idaho’s Office of Civil Rights and Investigations disciplined three Christian law school students after they discussed the biblical view of human sexuality with a lesbian classmate.
Siding with the Christian students, a fed…
Read MoreThe percentage of Australians who describe themselves as Christians fell from 86.2% in 1971 to 43.9% in 2021, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on July 4.
There are 604,900 fewer Anglicans, and 215,900 fewer Catho…
Read More“In 2022, the most violent state so far has been Uttar Pradesh (map), with 48 reported incidents,” according to the report. “Incidents include sexual violence, intimidation and threats, social ostracism, vandalism and desecration of r…
Read More“We renew the invitation to Pope Francis to visit our country and urge you to continue praying for the Ukrainian people,” said Oleg Nikolenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian foreign ministry, following the publication of an interview in which…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 5, 2022 | Abortion, Consistory, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
In a wide-ranging interview with Reuters, Pope Francis sought to quash resignation rumours but may have only ignited them further, and while the Holy Father condemned abortion in the aftermath of the decision to overrule Roe vs. Wade, he seemed not to quite condemn abortion advocates. The Pope first addressed having to cancel his trip
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I have never been a quiet person. From the moment of my birth, my parents describe me as having “a good set of lungs.” It’s been a long-standing joke in my family of origin that I have, at times, been bossy and opinionated, but always loud. My voice carries well. As a writer, I have […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 5, 2022 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
In the latest consistory, Pope Francis yet again snubbed Eastern Europe of new cardinals, in spite of the fact that Eastern Europe has carried the mantle of Catholicism in Europe for some time now.
On July 3, Pope Francis celebrated the Mass of the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time in St. Peter’s Basilica for Rome’s Congolese community.
The Mass was scheduled after the announcement of the postponement of his apostolic journey to the…
Read MorePope Francis has appointed Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski of London as apostolic visitator for Ukrainian Catholics in Ireland and in Northern Ireland.
Nearly 40,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Ireland since the war began.
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Read More“I am sure that you, like myself, are saddened because the war in Ukraine casts its shadow on this celebration,” Pope Francis told members of the European Swimming League on July 4, a month before the European Aquatics Championships.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 5, 2022 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Many workers have became no more than an interchangeable cog in a machine to their employer. They are paid as little as possible while conversely being forced to do as much work as possible for as long as possible in order to maximize profits.
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 5, 2022 | Brazil, Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, Church in the Americas, College of Cardinals, lead, News, Obituary, São Paulo |
Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, the former archbishop of São Paulo, died on July 4 from lung cancer at the age of 87.
Read MoreReading 1 HOS 8:4-7, 11-13
Thus says the LORD:They made kings in Israel, but not by my authority;they established princes, but without my approval.With their silver and gold they madeidols for themselves, to their own destruction.Ca…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 5, 2022 | Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italian bishops, Italy, lead, Natural disasters, News, Prayer |
After an avalanche in northern Italy left several dead and missing over the weekend, regional church leaders have lamented the tragedy and have voiced their closeness to the victims and their families.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 5, 2022 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Church in the US, Gun control, lead, mass shooting, News |
After a gunman killed at least six people and injured dozens more at a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago reiterated the need for elected officials to address gun violence in the U.S.
Read MoreThe 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings killed 269 people and injured over 500. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, the nation’s largest city, is pressing for legal consequences for officials who did not act to avert the attacks.
Read MoreTwo more Catholic priests were kidnapped in Nigeria over the weekend, although one was quickly freed by a police raid.
Father Luigi Brena was seized by armed men in the southern Edo state on July 3. Police tracked the kidnappers to a forest camp, and …
“The tragedies we are living because of climate change must push us to urgently find new paths that are respectful towards people and nature,” Pope Francis said in an Italian-language tweet, after the collapse of an Italian glacier trigge…
Read MorePope Francis says that a secret diplomatic agreement with China, governing the appointment of new bishops, is working well, and he hopes it will be renewed in October.
In an interview with Reuters, the Pope conceded that the appointment of new Chinese…
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