State funeral for slain Japanese former leader was divisive, archbishop says
Japan’s decision to give a rare state funeral to former prime minister Shinzo Abe “divided society,” according to the archbishop of Tokyo.
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Posted by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | Assassinations, Church in Asia, Japan, lead, News, Tokyo |
Japan’s decision to give a rare state funeral to former prime minister Shinzo Abe “divided society,” according to the archbishop of Tokyo.
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Catholic bishops in Northern Ireland are calling on the government to do more to tackle the cost-of-living crisis hitting the UK.
Read MoreOn September 27, the memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, the bishops of Northern Ireland issued a statement on the economic crisis there.
As “multiple economic pressures converge to create life threatening levels of deprivation and fear for indi…
Read MoreThis article offers an overview of Association Lazare (the Lazarus Association), whose work Pope Francis offered encouraged in 2020.
Last year, the Pope addressed members of the association, and in a recent book, the Pope responded to 100 questio…
Read MoreMahsa Amini, 22, was killed while in Iranian police custody. Her death has sparked protests across the nation.
Read More“The experience of our members is that hostility to the old Mass is found above all in the older generation age of bishops and senior clergy,” said Joseph Shaw, who leads the Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce (FIUV) and the UK-based Latin…
Read MoreThe Pillar analyzes the work of Alessandro Diddi, who became the Vatican’s top prosecutor following the resignation of Gian Piero Milano.
Read MoreAndrea Tornielli’s Vita di Gesù [Life of Jesus] “can help us enter into contact with him so that he does not remain only a great figure, a historical protagonist, a religious leader, or a teacher of morals, but that he might become ea…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | England, News, Queen Elizabeth II, The Dispatch |
Americans have many reasons to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, one of the few truly noble figures on the contemporary world stage. We were deeply touched by her decision to have the band […]
Read MoreBishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996 for his work to end violence in East Timor, has been portrayed as a serial child molester, in an investigative report by a Dutch magazine, De Groene Amsterdammer.
The article cit…
A lead editorial in the Times of London criticizes the silence of the Holy See regarding the criminal trial of Cardinal Joseph Zen:
“The Vatican’s failure to protest against Zen’s arrest illustrates the uncomfortable moral consequenc…
Pope Francis will travel to Bahrain in November, the Vatican has announced.
The papal trip—the first visit by a Roman Pontiff to Bahrain—will take place November 3-6.
The Pope will visit the cities of Manama and Awali, and take part in th…
Posted by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | News, Pilgrimage, Pilgrimages, Prayer & Spiritual Life |
A Mother Superior wrote to me about her experience in Sydney Australia with the Olive Wood Rosary I sent her which had touched all the holy sites. Greetings in the Lord Jesus Steve and Janet!!! and welcome home from what looked like a thoroughly blessed pilgrimage to the Holy Land!! I saw your wonderful videos […]
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, General, In the Spotlight, News |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Fr. Robert Phelps, O.F.M. Cap. Christ at the Last Supper Like the hub of a wheel, around which was all the movement of the Seder he sat; the banter, the tinkle of cups, the sound of movement, the…
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What was the Second Vatican Council all about? With the 60th anniversary of the council’s opening now close at hand,…
The post Sticking to the letter of Vatican II appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
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It’s a fact that should not be lost on anyone that many Catholic voters who elected Meloni as Italy’s new…
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Read MoreWith this ambiguous earth His dealings have been told us. These abide: The signal to a maid, the human birth,…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | In the News, News |
The Belgian bishops’ introduction of blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples has drawn a rebuke from Cardinal Francis Arinze, the former…
The post Cardinal Arinze to Belgian bishops: You can’t bless “gay” unions appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
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The FBI is disputing published accounts of a “SWAT” raid on a pro-life Catholic family’s home in Pennsylvania last week….
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A sacrament, as we learned from our catechism, is a visible sign of grace that does what it signifies. Its…
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