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Bishop José Álvarez Lagos surrounded by police officers on Aug. 4, 2022. / Diocese Media TV Merced / Diocese of Matagalpa
ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 12, 2022 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Rolando Álvarez, who has been kept un…
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic News Service, Holy See Mission to the United Nations, News, nuclear disarmament, Nuclear weapons, United Nations, Vatican |
Nuclear-weapon-free zones model a way forward toward a world free of nuclear weapons, said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | News, peace, Peace on the earth, Peace that is not of this world, Prince of Peace, Sunday Scriptures |
This weekend’s Gospel passage features some of the more perplexing words spoken by our Lord. Today, the Prince of Peace asks: “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division” (Lk 12:51). How is it that the one who is the source of unity and peace can say that he has actively come to divide, to set the world on fire?
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, News, Nigeria, Nigerian bishops |
Nigerian officials identified six suspects arrested in connection with the June 5 attack that killed 40 people at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, News, Paraguay |
Fernando Lugo, a former bishop who served as the nation’s president 2008-2012, was in an induced coma after suffering a stroke Aug. 10 while working in Congress.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Hiroshima, News, nuclear disarmament, Nuclear weapons |
An Aug. 9 event by Catholics to promote peace in the world was interrupted by what the U.S. Secret Service said was an unprovoked assault on one of its officers.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Feature2, Feature3, Local Church, News, Persecuted Christians |
The Cardinal is accused by China’s Communist dictatorship of not having registered a humanitarian Fund in which the Cardinal was listed as trustee. To be tried in addition to Cardinal Joseph Zen are five other persons linked to the “Democratic Front” (Human rights organization critical of the Chinese Government).
The post Chinese Communist Regime To Put on Trial Cardinal Emeritus of Hong Kong appeared first on ZENIT – English.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Archbishop Paul Coakley, Church in the US, News, USCCB |
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ domestic policy committee praised the Senate for tackling environmental concerns and lowering drug prices by passing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Associated Press, Catholic colleges, Catholic Universities, Church in the US, covid, COVID restrictions, COVID-19 vaccine, Creighton University, News |
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by a handful of Creighton University students who sought to be exempt from the private Catholic school’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate last year.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Middle East - Africa, News |
Displaced Nigerians camped near St. Francis Xavier Parish in Agagbe, Nigeria, in 2022. / Courtesy of Adakole Daniel
Jos, Nigeria, Aug 12, 2022 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
The news that help was on the way didn’t come soon enough for Joy Akaa.The 30-year-…
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | News, The Dispatch |
These are not the best of times for America’s men and boys. Recent data suggest the extent of the problem, without getting at its roots. Men now make up only 40.5% of college enrollment. Men’s […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Editor's Corner, News |
For the feast of Saints Anne and Joachim on July 26th, just prior to the papal visit, I went on pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Anne de Beaupré, dedicated to the mother of the Blessed Virgin, and the grandmother of Our Lod. We may as well put a word in also for poor Joachim,[…]
The post Pèlerinage dans La Belle Province appeared first on Catholic Insight.
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Salman Rushdie speaks at the Frankfurt Bookfair, Oct. 12, 2017. / Markus Wissmann/Shutterstock
Denver Newsroom, Aug 12, 2022 / 12:01 pm (CNA).
The author Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” led to a call for his assassination from …
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Assumption, Assumption of Mary, Blessed Mother, News, Practicing Catholic |
Why do Catholics believe that the Blessed Virgin Mary was assumed into heaven, body and soul?
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Assisted suicide, Associated Press, bioethics, Canada, Church in the Americas, euthanasia, News |
Human rights advocates say the country’s euthanasia regulations lack necessary safeguards, devalue the lives of disabled people and are prompting doctors and health workers to suggest the procedure to those who might not otherwise consider it.
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Father Capodanno with fellow Marines in Vietnam
Denver Newsroom, Aug 12, 2022 / 09:40 am (CNA).
There is a new obstacle for the sainthood cause of Father Vincent Capodanno, the “grunt padre” who died on a Vietnam battlefield as a military chapl…
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