Kenyan archbishop urges citizens to accept verdict on presidential vote
Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde of Mombasa urged Kenyans to accept the Supreme Court ruling upholding the election of Deputy President William Ruto as president.
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Posted by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Elections, Kenya, Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, News |
Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde of Mombasa urged Kenyans to accept the Supreme Court ruling upholding the election of Deputy President William Ruto as president.
Read MoreSix months after Nicaragua expelled Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag (the apostolic nuncio), Pope Francis has named him nuncio to four African nations: Senegal, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Mauritania.
Read MoreBishop Alphonsus Cullinan of Waterford and Lismore has critiqued the national synthesis document that followed diocesan synod consultations in Ireland (CWN coverage).
“A number of things emerge from the Synthesis which challenge Church teachi…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Germany, News, Poland, Polish bishops, World War II |
The Polish bishops’ conference has cautiously endorsed new government demands for $1.29 trillion in reparations from Germany for damage during World War II.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, gay pride, LGBT, News, Orthodox Church, Serbia |
The head of Serbia’s powerful Orthodox Church on Tuesday supported a ban on a pan-European LGBTQ event due to take place in Belgrade next week, saying that the topic has been “artificially imposed” and threatens traditional values in the country.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Anniversary, Cardinal, lead, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis |
Over the years Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini served as a virtual ombudsman for the Catholic Church, fielding complaints from disgruntled faithful, especially those whose instincts veered more to the left, and giving them voice.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Cei, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, covid, COVID-19, faith and politics, Italian politics, Italy, lead, News, poor, Poverty |
As Italy heads toward its snap general election later this month, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, considered by many seasoned Vatican observers to be vastly “papabile,” has stressed the need to avoid polemics and prioritize the poor.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Church in the US, Governor Greg Abbott, lead, Migrants, News, President Joe Biden |
Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago called Governor Greg Abbott’s decision to bus migrants to Chicago and other major U.S. cities “unbecoming of any elected official.”
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Apologetics, atheism, Cultural Chaos, News |
This Manifesto is sad. Consider really where it leaves people in the end.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Analysis, beliefs, Features, Generation Z, News, Pew Research Center, Springtide Research Institute, youths |
Given Gen Z’s distrust of organized religion, it may seem incongruous to call Gen Z “religiously complex.” How can someone be religious at all when they don’t trust religion? Yet even with their great distrust […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | catholic poetry, Catholic Poetry Room, Featured, General, In the Spotlight, News |
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Johanna Caton. Burlington House Cartoon, Leonardo da Vinci, The National Gallery, London [Ed. Note: cartoon – a preparatory design, drawing, or painting (as for a fresco)] Burlington House …
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How can we speak of God? How can we even presume to use the word “Him” about Him? St. Thomas…
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The economy, abortion, Trump, and Biden have taken center stage in political news, and the upcoming midterm elections will clarify…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | In the News, News |
A German archdiocese has begun to select lay people who it hopes will help to choose its next archbishop, despite…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | In the News, News |
With the next World Youth Day less than a year away, Pope Francis has promised that a pope will be…
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Read MoreA humble cottage stands in Nazareth, Full of the rose’s and lily’s breath. A brooklet sprays the garden with its…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | 2022, Arthur Roche, Cardinal Annibale Bugnini, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, Howard Kainz, liturgical reform, News, Pope Francis, Robert W. Shaffern's "Liturgical Reform: The Council and the ‘Consilium’", Sacrosanctum Concilium, St. Pius V, The Catholic Thing |
The Vatican’s new liturgy chief, the Englishman (and now Cardinal) Arthur Roche, told journalists recently that those who worship in…
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Read MorePope Francis sheds light on the theme of discernment during his catechesis at the weekly General Audience on September 7, 2022, by recalling the example of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and highlighting how God works through unforeseen events and mishaps.
Read MoreGospel Verse, Luke 6:23ab:Rejoice and leap for joy! Your reward will be great in heaven.St. Regina (Reine) (d. 286) is commemorated today in the Roman Martyrology. She, after undergoing many cruel torments, was beheaded for the faith at Aliza, formerly…
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