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The fire at St. Anthony of Padua School in Lorain, OH, is one of at least 144 acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction since May 2020 at Catholic sites in the United States.
Read More“Weapons designed to rapidly destroy human bodies have no place in civil society,” Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago said after the Highland Park parade shooting, which left seven dead and 46 injured. “Please join me in praying for th…
Read MoreFather Emmanuel Silas, who was kidnapped on July 4, has regained his freedom.
Father Silas ministers in Kaduna State (map), which “has been one of the hardest hit by the wave of violence and criminality that is sweeping large parts of Nigeri…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Asia, Church in China, News, Opinion, Pope Francis, Vatican |
In a major blow to Chinese Catholics, the Pope has indicated the Vatican’s secretive deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be renewed once again. Coming just a day after reports that the Vatican’s unofficial representative in Hong Kong warned Catholics the freedoms of the past were over, Pope Francis said he hopes the
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
The pope warns against aestheticism. Rightly so. Aestheticism is to a full experience of beauty as sentimentality is to profound and genuine feeling. But it is not aestheticism to long for beauty, as it is not sentimental to long for love.
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Our nation was built upon countless and nameless patriots who sacrificed for the country they loved.
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Associated Press, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Church in Africa, lead, News, South Sudan |
Hundreds of people braved a scorching sun Tuesday to welcome Pope Francis’s envoy to South Sudan’s capital, Juba, where many were disappointed last month when the pontiff canceled a trip to this East African country.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Carbon offsets, Climate change, Fossil fuels, Global warming, Laudato Si, lead, News, Vatican |
ROME – Putting their words into practice, 35 faith institutions have announced their divestment from fossil fuel companies. Organized by the World Council of Churches, Operation Noah, Laudato Si’ Movement, Green Anglicans and GreenFaith, this latest divestment announcement comes from faith institutions in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Italy, the UK […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON – In response to the July 4th shooting in Highland Park, IL, which killed 7 and injured dozens more, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and …
Read MoreWASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced the release of the updated Program of Priestly Formation in the United States of America (PPF). The sixth edition of this document which was promulgated on the Solemnity of the …
Read MoreReading 1 HOS 10:1-3, 7-8, 12
Israel is a luxuriant vine
whose fruit matches its growth.
The more abundant his fruit,
the more altars he built;
The more productive his land,
the more sacred pillars he set up.
Their heart is false,
…
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Drought, Environment, Italy, lead, Natural disasters, News, Water |
As Italy continues to suffer through a prolonged and sweltering heat wave that has seen temperatures top out at record highs, bishops are praying for an end to the drought that is crippling for farmers and agricultural workers throughout the country.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | entertainment, Featured, News, secularism |
Entertainment makes up a great portion of our lives. I myself grew up in the era of the Star Wars prequel movies – and to this day, I’m still a pretty big fan. The thrill of watching the hero win for the millionth time never gets old, and reinventing that same narrative with a new […]
Posted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | China, News, Russia, The Dispatch, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, War |
CRACOW. Four and a half months after Russia invaded Ukraine on the Orwellian pretext of displacing a “Nazi” regime — a regime that enjoys a democratic legitimacy absent from Russia for two decades — what […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, General, In the Spotlight, News |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Jeffrey Essmann. The Whisper “There was a tiny, whispering sound. When he heard this, Elijah hid his face in his cloak.” – 1 Kings 19:12-13 No prophet I secured on Horeb’s peek From Jezebel…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | In the News, News |
Following the murder of six in a July 4th parade in his archdiocese, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich said, “Weapons designed…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | In the News, News |
Pope Francis said he hopes the Vatican’s provisional agreement with China on the appointment of Catholic bishops will be renewed…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Commentary, News |
While it is true that women’s participation in all aspects of society continued to grow in the 1970s and 1980s…
The post Women’s Equality Doesn’t Rest on Abortion Rights appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
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