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Posted by bcadmin | Aug 17, 2022 | Ahiara, Bishop Peter Okpaleke, Church in Africa, Consistory, Consistory for Creation of Cardinals, lead, News, Nigeria, Pope Francis |
A week before Cardinal-designate Peter Okpaleke found out that Pope Francis would be making him a cardinal, news of his death circulated on Facebook, so it wasn’t hard for him to presume that the pontiff’s decision was, like his death, fake news.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 17, 2022 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
The synodal process appears to be an attempt to make everyone complicit in the guilt of our leaders.
A Georgia judge has ruled that he does not have authority to halt enforcement of Georgia’s 2019 LIFE Act, which bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
Read MoreLongtime Vatican journalist Sandro Magister has published a “plea for a lawful and effective reform process to avoid a possible break-up of the Order of Malta,” signed by the heads of the order in 13 nations.
Read MoreSt. Anthony Catholic School in Washington, DC, has been vandalized twice since August 11. Since May 2020, there have been at least 160 acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction at parishes and other Catholic sites in the United States.
Read MoreAn independent investigation, authorized by the leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention (the United States’ largest Protestant denomination), resulted in a 300-page report showing that leaders repeatedly ignored complaints of sexual abuse,…
Read MoreBishop Sithembele Sipuka of Mthatha is president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference. In addition to expressing support for the ordination of married men, the prelate expressed concern that there are no African prelates who curr…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 17, 2022 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
The single greatest contributor to our social pathologies such as addiction, mental illness, suicide, and violent crime is the breakdown of marriage and the family.
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 17, 2022 | Abortion, Catholic journalism, Christian writers, Georgia, journalism, lay preachers, New York City, News, Pope Francis, The Dispatch, The Rosary, Traditional Latin Mass, Trappists, Vaccine mandates |
Catholic Journalism – Every act of teaching or communication, as Augustine addresses in his De catechizandis rudibus, must be attentive to the desires of the listener. The Future of Catholic Journalism (Church Life Journal, Notre Dame […]
Read MoreReading 1 EZ 34:1-11
The word of the Lord came to me:
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,
in these words prophesy to them to the shepherds:
Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the shepherds of Israel
who have been past…
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 17, 2022 | News, Pilgrimage |
Our journey through Europe has come to an end. And what a wonderful pilgrimage it was! Today you will see a lot of folks sharing their thoughts, saying goodbye and reminiscing. Our final dinner together was a delightful time. And here’s a picture of our group earlier in the day in front of the cathedral […]
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Read MoreA Protestant church in California has won a court appeal against more than $200,000 in fines that were imposed because the church violated state and country restrictions on public meetings during the Covid lockdown.
Calvary Chapel San Jose had been he…
The abduction Father Chinedu Nwadike and Emmanuel Nwafor took place in Nigeria’s Enugu State (map).
Read MoreDeputy President William Ruto was declared winner of Kenya’s presidential election with 50.5% of the vote. Opposition leader Raila Odinga vowed to challenge the result.
Read MoreIn March 2021, the Jesuits in the United States pledged $100 million to make reparation to descendants of 272 slaves sold by the order in 1838.
A leader of the descendants “expressed deep dissatisfaction with the order’s lack of progres…
Read MoreBishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, discussed the new restrictions that he has imposed on the traditional liturgy, during a diocesan broadcast on August 10.
The bishop explained that his directives were issued in a bid to show fealty to th…
Pope Francis resumed his series of talks on old age at his weekly public audience on August 17, speaking about “the wisdom of dying.”
“Death is certainly a difficult passage from life,” the Pope said; “but it is also one …
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Dicastery (formerly Congregation) for Bishops since 2010, has been accused in a Canadian lawsuit of sexual assault.
Ouellet was previously Archbishop of Québec, and the inappropriate kissing and touching of…
Read MoreThe Ukrainian city was the site of the Bucha massacre in March 2022. Andrii Yurash, Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See, has hinted that Pope Francis might stop in Ukraine en route to Kazakhstan, which the Pope will visit in September.
Read MorePlanned Parenthood is expecting to spend $50 million on political campaigns during the 2022 off-year elections.
The Planned Parenthood campaign will target pro-life legislators, particularly in swing states. The unprecedented commitment of funds has …
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