Month: September 2022

Trial set back, but set to go ahead, for Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen (Crux)

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | News |

The trial of Cardinal Joseph Zen, the retired bishop of Hong Kong, has been temporarily delayed— reportedly because the presiding judge has contracted Covid.

A Queen de jure

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | News |

Sixty nine years after Her Late Majesty came to Westminster Abbey to be anointed, crowned and enthroned her mortal remains were taken to the Abbey for her funeral service. Her recent physical death, however, is of little importance compared to the death that she underwent at her coronation in 1953. For the death she underwent

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US bishops release national synthesis outlining common themes raised in synod listening sessions (USCCB)

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | News |

The synod synthesis showed a “desire for greater communion”, highlighted “enduring wounds” in the Church, and made the claim that the synodal process has “renewed” the Church in the US.

U.S. diocesan synod reports highlight ‘enduring wounds’ in Church

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | Bishop Daniel Flores, Church in the US, clergy sex abuse crisis, lead, News, Synod, USCCB, Vatican, welcoming |

Throughout the diocesan phase of the Synod on Synodality U.S. Catholics consistently highlighted several “enduring wounds” that plague the nation’s Church, and called for the Church to better welcome marginalized communities.

Christians in India call Karnataka anti-conversion law ‘draconian’

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | anti-conversion laws, Archbishop Peter Machado, Bangalore, BJP, Church in Asia, Church in India, Hindu nationalism, India, lead, News |

Christians in India say a new anti-conversion law passed in the state of Karnataka on Sept. 16 will infringe on the freedom of religion guaranteed by the Indian constitution.

Afro Brazilians say race needs to be addressed by Pope at Economy of Francesco

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | African-American Catholics, Black Catholics, Brazil, Church in the Americas, Economy of Francesco, lead, News |

The Brazilian delegation to the Economy of Francesco international meeting in Assisi will include a group of Black activists whose goal is to emphasize the importance of debating racial issues associated with potential economic transformations.

Clever! World’s View of Marriage vs. Catholic View of Marriage

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | Fun Stuff, News, ProLife & Family Issues |

First, read from the top down. Then, read from the bottom up…
By Jennifer Flanders

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Walking with Generation Z: Steps Toward Flourishing

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | Analysis, Depression, Features, Flourishing, Generation Z, Jesus Christ, News, Religion, Scripture, Virtue |

Every loving parent wants their child to flourish. Parents want their children to be happy in this life and truly fulfilled in the life to come. Yet, the youth of the upcoming generation are not […]

Jesus is the Great Paradox

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | Featured, Gospel, life of Christ, News, Sophia Excerpts |

Jesus is the greatest paradox in history. He appears in a region of minor importance in the Roman Empire, in a nation that its conquerors describe as “a contemptible collection of slaves” (Tacitus). Not once in His life does He emerge from among this people, not once does He evince any desire to know the […]

Cardinal Krajewski prays at mass grave site in Ukrainian city (Vatican News)

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | News |

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, visiting Ukraine to deliver humanitarian supplies, reported on the discovery of a mass grave, with the remains of about 400 people, outside the city of Izium, which had been besieged and then occupied by Russian troops.
Card…

Belgian bishops publish liturgical service for same-sex unions (CNA)

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | News |

The Catholic bishops of Flanders, the Flemish-speaking section of Belgium, have made public a proposed service of blessings for same-sex unions.
Led by Cardinal Jozef De Kesel of Brussels, the bishops published a document entitled “Being pastora…

Cameroon kidnappers make ransom demand on Church (Fides)

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | News |

The kidnappers who seized nine people in a September 16 attack on a Catholic church in Cameroon have contacted Church leaders with a ransom demand.
Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda confirmed the ransom message, saying that some criminal groups…

Queen Elizabeth’s role in two churches–Anglican and Presbyterian–recalled (Spectator)

Posted by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | News |

Although the Church of England looked to her as the “Defender of the Faith,” Queen Elizabeth II died a Presbyterian, writes Damian Thompson in The Spectator.
When she was in Scotland, where she died, Queen Elizabeth regularly worshipped at…