In Praise of the (Former) Society of Jesus
The Jesuits used to be God’s Marines. They have become God’s embarrassment.
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Posted by bcadmin | Aug 2, 2022 | Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
The Jesuits used to be God’s Marines. They have become God’s embarrassment.
Reading 1 JER 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22
The following message came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel:
Write all the words I have spoken to you in a book.For thus says the LORD:
Incurable is your wound,…
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 2, 2022 | Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Church in the Americas, lead, News, Nicaragua |
Nicaragua’s bishops conference on Sunday marked the second anniversary of the attack against the image of the Blood of Christ, a historic crucifix that was burned after an unknown person threw an incendiary device in the Cathedral of Managua.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 2, 2022 | Archdiocese of Milan, Italy, lead, Mafia, News, News Analysis, Youth |
Legendarily, Pope Francis has called on Catholics to “meet people where they are,” not waiting for them to walk through the doors of a church but rather carrying the faith to the streets.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 2, 2022 | Church in Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, lead, Middle East, News, Patriarch Luis Sako |
Demonstrators stormed Iraqi’s parliament and high-security Green Zone over the weekend, prompting one of the country’s top Catholic prelates to condemn sectarianism and call for dialogue, lest the situation worsen.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 2, 2022 | Bucket list, Father Rick Ginther, News, U.S. & World News |
A year after driving a Mustang on a racetrack at more than 100 mph, Father Rick Ginther will cross off another dream from his bucket list when he strides onto Victory Field before the start of the Indianapolis Indians game Aug. 4.
Read MoreBishop Hubert Leteng, who resigned as bishop of Ruteng in 2017 amid accusations that he spent diocesan funds to support a mistress, died on July 31 at the age of 63.
Following Bishop Leteng’s resignation, the Vatican permitted him to minist…
Read More“I always grew up in a time when it was dramatically countercultural to live the faith,” said Tim Glemkowski, 33, the executive director of the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. “We are going to be remarkably intent…
Read More“The use of nuclear weapons, as well as their mere possession, is immoral,” Pope Francis tweeted on August 1. “Trying to defend and ensure stability and peace through a false sense of security and a ‘balance of terror’ en…
Read MoreAt the conclusion of Pope Francis’s apostolic journey to Canada, the Canadian Catholic of Catholic Bishops thanked Pope Francis for his visit.
The bishops also pledged to be guided by five requests made by members of indigenous communities, …
Read MoreA 1976 Michigan law that bans discrimination on the basis of sex implicitly bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, the state’s Supreme Court has ruled.
The court cited the US Supreme Court’s 2020 Bos…
Read MoreThe Symposium of the Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Madagascar called on the continent’s political leaders to “do their utmost to fight against insecurity for our peoples and our countries.”
“Several regions of our…
Read MoreSince the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, members of Congress have focused on legislation that “places no value on the lives of children until their moment of birth, severs sex and marriage from their meaning, promotes using people as means to ends, …
Read MoreOn July 31, the memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the Society of Jesus concluded the Ignatian Year, which commemorated the 500th anniversary of the saint’s conversion.
“Falling in love with Jesus, building fraternity and accompanying J…
Read MoreIn 2019, Kansas’s highest court discovered a right to abortion in the state constitution. On August 2, voters across the state will decide whether to enact the Value Them Both Amendment, which would nullify the decision and permit legislators to…
Read MoreBishop Oliver Dashe Doeme of Maiduguri said that Christ appeared to him and said three times, “Boko Haram is gone.”
Maiduguri is located in the part of Nigeria in which the jihadist terrorist organization has been most active.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 2, 2022 | Commentary, News |
Pope Francis has accused the Church of genocide in Canada. If so, why evangelize? As Dr. Johnson (a sort of…
The post What Dr. Johnson can teach Pope Francis appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 2, 2022 | In the News, News |
The Apostolic Journey will happen September 13-15 in the majority Muslim nation in the city of Nur-Sultan. The occasion is the…
The post Pope to Kazakhstan next month appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 2, 2022 | In the News, News |
Wealthy out-of-state donors who back legalized abortion are funding opposition to a Kansas constitutional amendment that would end the state…
The post Out-of-state money attacks life in Kansas appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
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