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Pope Francis has received Alassane Ouattara, the president of Côte d’Ivoire since 2010.
In the Vatican statement that followed the September 17 audience, there was a brief reference to the “reconciliation process” in Cô…
Read MoreBishop Franz-Josef Bode, 71, has led the Diocese of Osnabrück since 1995. He has served as deputy chairman of the German bishops’ conference since 2017.
“In the first decades of his term of office, Bishop Bode repeatedly left accuse…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | Art & Culture, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
Before we can have a Christian civilization, we must first have a civilization. We must have rituals and rules. We must have etiquette, a way things are done.
Reading 1 ECCL 1:2-11
Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,
vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!
What profit has man from all the labor
which he toils at under the sun?
One generation passes and another comes,
but the world for…
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, addressed participants in a UN meeting on the 25th anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
The treaty, ratified by 175 nations, will not enter into force un…
Read MoreCardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, has sent a telegram in the Holy Father’s name calling for solidarity for the victims of Hurricane Fiona. The telegram was addressed to bishops in the Dominican Republic and in Pue…
Read More“Today is World Alzheimer’s Day, a disease that affects so many people, who are often pushed to the margins of society because of this condition,” Pope Francis said on September 21, at the conclusion of his general audience. “…
Read MoreClaiming that the Church is involved in arms trafficking, some radio hosts in Haiti have called for attacks on Catholic institutions, the Fides news agency reported.
The Church “is not involved in the arms trade,” the Caribbean nation&rs…
Read MorePope Francis received Vice President David Choquehuanca of Bolivia in a September 21 audience.
The two discussed “the care of Mother Earth and the deepening of democracy,” and prayed together for Bolivian families, according to Erbol (E…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | Anglophone crisis, Cameroon, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, lead, News |
Catholic bishops in Cameroon’s war-torn English-speaking regions said they were left in “shock and utter horror” following the burning of a church and the kidnapping of five priests, a nun and three laypeople.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | Advertising, Church in Italy, Italy, Last Supper, lead, News, News Analysis, Television |
The whole idea of banalizing the Last Supper has rubbed many Italians the wrong way.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | Dicastery for Family Laity and Life, disability, lead, News, Persons with disabilities, Pope Francis, Synod of Bishops, synodality, theology of disability, Vatican |
A Vatican official who works with disabled people has said a mentality change is needed to make the church an ever-more inclusive place for those with disabilities.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | Confessions, News, Saint Augustine, The Dispatch |
On the 28th of August, we celebrated the feast day of the great St. Augustine, the anniversary of the day he died in the year 430 A.D. His name providentially points to his august status […]
Read MoreEthiopian and Eritrean troops are fighting against a separatist coalition in the Tigray War, which began in 2020. A Church source warned that as Eritrean troops attempt to conquer the region, “the situation of the civilian population is dramatic…
Read MoreThe three-page statement, written for Respect Life Month (October), has four sections: “An Answer to Prayer,” “Shifting the Paradigm to ‘Radical Solidarity,’” “Speaking and Living the Truth with Compassion,&rd…
Read MoreCommenting on a regulation that paves the way for abortion in veterans’ hospitals, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Archdiocese for the Military Services said that “the interim final rule allows abortions, including…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | Conversions, News |
Videos of 189 Protestants and other religions who converted to the Catholic Church. Many of them are pastors. You will find Baptists, Pentecostals, Mormans, Jehovahs Witnesses, Atheists, and more. Enjoy! Click here to get started 🙂
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | apathy, cafeteria Catholicism, Catholic Church, courage, Devil, engage, Evangelization, example, Featured, Living the Faith, lukewarm, lukewarmness, News, Prayer, pride, Surrender & Strength, witness |
Last week, we looked at an isolated little town of our own making called Apathy-ville. We looked at how we got here, and why we are called to reject apathy in favor of fortitude and action. “Really, most of us live below the level of our energy. And in…
Read MoreEditor’s note: The following Sept. 13, 2022, kath.net interview by Lothar C. Rilinger, translated for CWR by Frank Nitsche-Robinson, is reprinted here by kind permission of kath.net and Mr. Rilinger. Vatican (kath.net) The term “New […]
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