A Constitution for the Catholic Church
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The idea of creating a new Constitution for the Church is not new
Read MoreAfter a diplomatic rift caused by one of many papal remarks on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Vatican on Tuesday released a statement saying that he unambiguously condemns the “large-scale war in Ukraine initiated by the Russian Federation.”
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Pope Francis speaks at his general audience in Paul VI Hall on Aug. 10, 2022. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Rome Newsroom, Aug 30, 2022 / 05:51 am (CNA).
The Holy See said Pope Francis’ recent comments on a car bombing that killed the daughter of an ally…
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI / Vatican Media
CNA Newsroom, Aug 30, 2022 / 05:15 am (CNA).
After a website dedicated to Benedict XVI received thousands of congratulations in 24 languages on the occasion of his 95th birthday this year, the org…
Sacred Heart Cathedral in Sarajevo, where Pope Francis met with priests, religious, and seminarians, June 6, 2015. / Andreas Duren/CNA.
CNA Newsroom, Aug 30, 2022 / 03:34 am (CNA).
A prominent Bosnian cardinal has said that “forgiveness can be …
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 30, 2022 | Agony in the Garden, consolation, Featured, News, suffering |
“After withdrawing about a stone’s throw from them and kneeling, he prayed, saying, ‘Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done.’ And to strengthen him an angel from heaven appeared to him.” -Luke 22:41-43 Sometimes we find ourselves in places where we beg God […]
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 30, 2022 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
LaBeouf’s attraction to Catholicism came from his immersion into the Church’s life. No pastoral program, no bishops’ conference initiative, no academic monograph “sold” him the Faith.
Posted by bcadmin | Aug 30, 2022 | Catholic Living, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
It is an axiom of membership among believing Roman Catholics that nothing matters more than the pursuit of holiness
Reading 1 1 COR 2:10B-16
Brothers and sisters:
The Spirit scrutinizes everything, even the depths of God.
Among men, who knows what pertains to the man
except his spirit that is within?
Similarly, no one knows what pertains to God e…
“There is a dark and wide gap between the Church and the poor,” said Cardinal Jose Advincula. “The Church does not know the poor, and the poor do not know the Church.”
Read MoreThe prelate, who ministered with the approval of the Holy See and the Chinese government, is credited with revitalizing the Church in Ankang, a city of 2.6 million in Shaanxi Province (map).
According to the report, he was “condemned to re-ed…
Read MoreEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, born in 1940, was installed in 1991 as Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch. He holds a primacy of honor among the Orthodox churches.
Patriarch Kirill, born in 1946, was installed in 2009 as Patriar…
Read MoreOn August 29, the world’s cardinals began a two-day meeting to reflect on the recent reform of the Roman Curia. Pope Francis presided at the meeting.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 30, 2022 | Associated Press, Canada, First Nations, Indigenous peoples, Native Americans, News |
The Canadian government raised the Survivors’ Flag on Parliament Hill Monday as a way to honor Indigenous Peoples forced to attend the country’s notorious residential schools.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 30, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, HHS mandate, News, Religious exemptions, Transgender |
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a Texas federal court ruling that exempts a group of religious health care providers from the abortion and gender transition requirements of the Affordable Care Act.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 30, 2022 | Cardinals, Consistory, Curial reform, Evangelization, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
Pope Francis’s new cardinals represent an increasingly global and younger cadre of leaders who do not belong to the western world and thus have other priorities, and who exude zeal to implement the pope’s vision for evangelization.
Read MoreProposition 1, which will be voted on in November, “is an expensive and misleading ballot measure that allows unlimited late-term abortions — for any reason, at any time, even moments before birth, paid for by tax dollars,” the California C…
Read MoreIn March, Russian troops took control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
“The events surrounding the Zaporizhzhia NPP are of the utmost concern,” the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said in a summary of remarks by Major…
Read MoreFollowing the creation of 20 new cardinals, Pope Francis introduced the cardinals to Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI.
The cardinals received the blessing of the Pope and his predecessor, and all prayed the Salve Regina.
Read MoreIn a message for the new school year, Mexico’s bishops called for a revitalization of education “with faith, hope and charity in daily striving for serene and effective change that will overcome the tide of a culture of death, abuse, corrup…
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