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The Vatican newspaper devoted the most prominent front-page coverage in its August 5 edition to the plight of the homeless.
The newspaper reported that “across the globe, the human and humanitarian drama of those without a fixed residence has…
Read MoreOn August 6, Pope Francis received youth of the Équipes Notre-Dame (Teams of Our Lady). Founded by Father Henri Caffarel in 1939, the international movement received Vatican approval in 1992.
“I encourage you to entrust yourselves daily …
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The rising barbarism we see all around us cannot be ignored, nor can we withhold the medicine to cure it.
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Dominic, priest
Reading 1 Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c
On the fifth day of the fourth month of the fifth year,that is, of King Jehoiachin’s exile,The word of the LORD came to the priest Ezekiel,the son of Buzi,…
Read MoreThousands of Catholics took to the streets on August 7 in defense of Archbishop Antony Kariyil, the former vicar of the major archbishop for the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, whom the Vatican ordered to resign.
The prelate has bee…
Read MorePope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of Father Petro Oros (1917-1953), paving the way for his beatification. The Ruthenian Greek Catholic priest, who ministered in secret, was murdered by Communists in Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet U…
Read MoreArchie Battersbee, a British boy who suffered brain damage on April 7, died on August 6 after a judge sided with doctors who wished to end the child’s life support.
On August 5, the Vatican newspaper published an op-ed in defense of Archie.
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The German bishops’ conference has revealed charges that a deceased bishop engaged in sexual abuse of minors, and helped other clerics charged with the same sort of abuse, while serving as head of a charitable organization in Latin America.
Bish…
“May Jesus become your great Friend, your Companion along the way,” Pope Francis said in an address to participants in the Alpha Youth Camp in Molise, Italy. “May the living Jesus become your life! Every day and forever. I repeat wha…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 8, 2022 | Kazakhstan, lead, News, Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Vatican |
Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See has hinted that a possible papal trip to his country could happen before the pope’s visit to Kazakhstan in mid-September, when he is expected to meet with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 8, 2022 | Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Church in Africa, Communal Violence, lead, News, Nigeria |
“Someone will say you are a priest, don’t be involved in politics. We will fight for our people,” said Father Cyriacus Kamai.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 8, 2022 | Cardinal Gegorio Rosa Chavez, Church in the Americas, El Salvador, lead, News, Nicaragua, Pope Francis, President Daniel Ortega |
Pope Francis so far has not spoken out on Alvarez’s detention. However, sources with knowledge of the issue have told Crux the pontiff’s silence may be due to attempts, so far unsuccessful, to defend him behind the scenes.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 8, 2022 | News, The Dispatch |
I’ve been reading the second volume of Peter Seewald’s Benedict XVI: A Life There is much of interest in it, including a new interview with Benedict at the very end. Some of what he says is relevant to […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Aug 8, 2022 | In the News, News |
Nicaraguan authorities have ordered the closure of Catholic media outlets and raided a parish in the Diocese of Matagalpa, the…
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China and Russia are today the subject of almost all the comments on the Holy See’s international policy, in both…
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Britain’s National Health Service has closed a controversial clinic that provided gender-affirming care and puberty blockers to thousands of children,…
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A small but significant number of Catholics remain attracted to the foolish thesis that Benedict XVI should still be considered…
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The editor of a Catholic publication anno Domini 2022 often receives insightful messages from readers, friends, even enemies – some…
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