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Posted by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2022 | Associated Press, Cardinal Joseph Zen, China, Chinese Catholics, Church in Asia, Hong Kong, News |
Authorities in Hong Kong say 29 out of 47 pro-democracy activists charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” under a tough National Security Law have entered guilty pleas in court.
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Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa walks with other pilgrims to the Shrine of the Divine Child in July 2022. / Credit: Manuel Obando and Diocese Media
Madrid, Spain, Aug 18, 2022 / 11:29 am (CNA).
At least two Spanish archdioceses have express…
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2022 | Fun Stuff, News, Riddles and Fun |
St. Aldhelm wrote a collection of 100 riddles called “Aeinigmata.” This was originally published by Aleteia. “Adept at music and poetry, Aldhelm composed ballads that remained popular as late as the 12th century, and played the harp, fiddle and pipes. “As Abbot of Malmesbury, Aldhelm noticed that the local people spent their time at Mass […]
The post St. Anselm: Can you solve this medieval saint’s puzzling riddles? appeared first on Defenders of the Catholic Faith.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2022 | Associated Press, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, lead, News, Vatican |
The Vatican said Thursday that a preliminary church investigation into sexual assault allegations by a Canadian woman against a top cardinal, Marc Ouellet, has determined the case doesn’t warrant further investigation.
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Cardinal Marc Ouellet. / Daniel Ibañez / CNA
Rome Newsroom, Aug 18, 2022 / 10:11 am (CNA).
The Vatican said Thursday it will not hold a trial against Cardinal Marc Ouellet over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman.Ouellet, prefect of the V…
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2022 | Asia - Pacific, News |
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CNA Newsroom, Aug 18, 2022 / 09:38 am (CNA).
The Anglican Church in Australia has split over the question of whether marriage is only between a man and a woman and accusations that bishops are out of touch with gras…
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2022 | Americas, Bishop Rolando Alvarez of Matagalpa, News, Nicaragua, Pope Francis |
Despite protests from the Latin American Church and an appeal from the Vatican for dialogue a understanding, the Nicaraguan government continues to raise tensions with the local clergy. Since August 4, President Daniel Ortega’s regime has been forbidding Bishop Rolando Alvarez of Matagalpa to leave his rectory, along with a group of five members of
The post Persecution of Church officials in Nicaragua intensifies appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2022 | Latest News Releases, News |
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the changes in our culture: When I was growing up on Long Island, we had ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS and three local channels on TV. I later learned that having seven channels was actually a high number compare…
Read MoreThe Catholic Church has repeatedly tried to point out the importance of non-violence but violence still persists in the tiny southern African nation of absolute monarchy
Read MoreIn the midst of secular Europe, Taizé has become a place of ecumenical life lived in a simple manner
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The Court of Appeal is based at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. / Anthony M. from Rome, Italy – Flickr via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).
Rome Newsroom, Aug 18, 2022 / 07:31 am (CNA).
Can a department of the Vatican, a sovereign state, be forced…
Our cost of living is (at least partly) an outworking of the cost of our principles
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2022 | Assumption of Our Lady, Comment, Features, News, Opinion, Pope Francis, Vatican |
Changing the outer circumstances of who we are is no guarantee of a change at a deeper level, where most of our pain is to found
The post On Our Lady, the Assumption and ‘Trans’ appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read MoreRussian Catholics going for Pope Francis’ visit to Kazakhstan is seen as the Church’s unity in diversity and an expression of human fraternity
Read MoreA new pro-euthanasia campaign aimed at persuading Christians that compassion should compel them to support expanded access to “medical assistance in dying (MAiD)” is dangerously misleading, say secular and Catholic experts on the issue.
Read MoreA dispatch from the listening phase of the synod in the United States
Read MoreReimagining loss and deep grief as a sickness of the soul and embracing the healing Sacrament of Anointing the Sick in all its potential
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 18, 2022 | Eucharist, Featured, News, Real Presence |
Something new struck me in my travels throughout the United States and the world this year. In the churches I visited, I discovered saints unknown to me, holding Eucharistic images like a monstrance or a ciborium. I would snap a picture and if there was no identifying information, I would ask someone, “Who is that […]
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