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Posted by bcadmin | Sep 30, 2022 | Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, capital punishment, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Death penalty, Executions, News, Oklahoma |
Catholic leaders are speaking out about a Sept. 27 decision by Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board to deny clemency to Benjamin Cole, a 57-year-old man sentenced to die for killing his 9-month-old daughter in 2002.
Read MoreExclusive interview with Andrea Riccardi, the Italian historian and founder of the Rome-based Sant’Egidio Community
Read MoreAt a meeting with Jesuits during his recent visit to Kazakhstan, Francis said he asked Russia to release several hundred Ukrainian prisoners of war
Read MoreThe trial of Cardinal Joseph Zen, the retired bishop of Hong Kong, has been adjourned until October 26, following a ruling by Principal Magistrate Ada Yim that there is enough evidence to try him and the other five defendants. The six are accused of a …
Read MoreIn March, the regime of Daniel Ortega expelled the apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag; in July, it expelled the Missionaries of Charity. The Religious Sisters of the Cross, a Eucharistic contemplative community, are now being exp…
Read More“We must stop treating food, which is a fundamental good for all, as a bargaining chip for a few,” Pope Francis wrote in a Spanish-language message for the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.
“Both food loss and…
Read MoreThe Pontifical Academy for Life organized a two-day conference devoted to “The Ethics of Engineering Life.”
“Big leaps towards applying engineering principles to clinics and to restore body functions are provided by the developmen…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 30, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis |
We are witnessing a Mengelian mangling of the medical system, and this piece by Corinna Cohn offers a personal and troubling view of what puberty blockers and ‘gender transitioning’ really imply. It’s a horror story unfolding, one that may have appeared decades ago on some dystopic sci-fi pic, only that no one’s imagination was this[…]
The post The Life Long Tragedy of Preventing Puberty appeared first on Catholic Insight.
Read MoreOpen letter to Church leaders during the Season of Creation, the September 8-October 4 period aimed at renewing humanity’s relationship with the Creator and all of creation
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 30, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis |
Might this catch on again? Roller blading through the woods looks rather intriguing. In accord with Saint Thomas’ discussion of eutrepalia –properly ordered recreation – we should have joy in life, in the midst of all the turmoil.
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Read MoreVatican confirms it sanctioned Bishop Carlos Belo in 2020 for abuse of teenage boys between the 1980s and 2000s. The 74-year-old Salesian resigned in 2002 for “health reasons”.
Read MorePresident Biden has set a refugee cap of 125,000 for fiscal year 2022-23—the same figure he set in 2021-22.
Despite that cap, the United States admitted fewer than 20,000 refugees in 2021-22, excluding Afghans and Ukrainians, who have been admitte…
Read More“Speak with the heart: Veritatem facientes in caritate [doing the truth in charity]” is the theme for the Pope’s message for the 2023 World Communications Day (background).
“In a time characterized – also in ecclesial life – by…
On September 28, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops released its 2021 report on diocesan natural family planning programs.
The most frequently used methods currently taught in diocesan programs are the Billings Ovulation Method, the Marquette Met…
Read MoreStating that “my Church doesn’t even make that argument now,” President Biden blasted Sen. Lindsey Graham’s proposal for a federal ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has welcom…
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