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WASHINGTON – Since the release of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Congress has been taking up legislative proposals that are harmful to the common good. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed, and the…
Read MoreReading 1 JER 28:1-17
In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah,
in the fifth month of the fourth year,
the prophet Hananiah, son of Azzur, from Gibeon,
said to me in the house of the LORD
in the presence of the prie…
On the last day of his apostolic journey to Canada, Pope Francis took a three-hour flight from Québec to Iqaluit, a town of 8,000 that is the capital of Nunavut territory (map).
“How evil it is to break the bonds uniting parents and chi…
Read MoreAn African National Eucharistic Congress will take place in Washington, DC in July 2023. The US bishops’ conference estimates that 20% of the nation’s dioceses have at least 10,000 African Catholic immigrants.
“Although the Church…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 1, 2022 | Africa, Caritas Internationalis, Church in Africa, food insecurity, lead, News, Sahel, World hunger |
Africa is facing a looming food crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, since the continent imported 44 percent of its wheat from the two countries in the period from 2018 to 2020.
Read MorePope Francis will travel to Kazakhstan in September, to participate in the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
The Vatican announced on August 1 that Pope Francis would make the trip, to join in a conference dedicated to how re…
Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad has confirmed that he plans to step down when he reaches his 75th birthday in a little less than a year.
All bishops are expected to submit their resignations when they reach 75, although they may rema…
The Institute of Christ the King has stopped the celebration of Mass for the public at its headquarters shrine in Chicago, after Cardinal Blase Cupich withdrew permission for the use of the traditional Latin liturgy.
Read MorePope Francis met on August 1 with President Ratu Williame Maivalili Katonivere of Fiji.
A brief Vatican statement released after the meeting indicated that the conversation had centered on the issue of climate change.
The Pope’s August 2022 prayer intention, disseminated by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer), is “we pray for small and medium sized businesses; in the midst of economic and social crisis, may they find ways …
Read MoreArchbishop José Luis Escobar has welcomed the extension of a government emergency decree allowing for a crackdown on violent street gangs.
Although some human-rights activists have criticized the government’s campaign, charging that innocen…
Under the guise of “strengthening nondiscrimination in health care,” the Biden administration has announced a proposed rule that “would force health care workers to perform gender transition procedures, require health insurance issuer…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 1, 2022 | Canada, lead, News, Papal health, Papal travel, Pope Francis, Vatican |
Pope Francis told reporters on his return flight from Canada that he will likely have to slow down due to his ongoing knee pain, however, his busy fall schedule doesn’t appear to include much room for down time.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 1, 2022 | Argentina, Church in the Americas, lead, News, Poverty, President Alberto Fernandez |
In July, Argentina saw two ministers of the economy step down, and with a yearly inflation rate well over 50 percent, the bishops are asking for real solutions from the political leadership.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 1, 2022 | Argentina, Church in the Americas, lead, News, Poverty, President Alberto Fernandez |
In July, Argentina saw two ministers of the economy step down, and with a yearly inflation rate well over 50 percent, the bishops are asking for real solutions from the political leadership.
Read MoreAn English appeals court has rejected a bid to stop the removal of life-support systems from young Archie Battersbee, leaving the boy’s parents with only a final appeal to the country’s supreme court.
At an emergency hearing on August 1, t…
Two American prelates have taken sharply contrasting steps to implement the provisions of Traditionis Custodes.
Read MoreAt his public audience on Sunday, July 31, Pope Francis said that in Ukraine, “the only reasonable thing to do would be to stop and negotiate.” The Pope said that he was praying for Ukraine during his week-long visit to Canada, “askin…
Read MoreThe Associated Press has issued new guidelines for journalists, telling them to use “unbiased language” in their coverage of issues involving sex and gender.
The AP proclaims: “A person’s sex and gender are usually assigned at …
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