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Sister Raffaella Petrini, FSE (Secretary General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State) led the Holy See’s delegation to a recent UN conference on telecommunications.
Sister Petrini spoke of the importance of “promoting the growth …
Read MoreFather Andrew Small, OMI, secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, said that the commission is preparing a report on child protection efforts, including the extent to which episcopal conferences have implemented the Pope&rsq…
Read MoreThe number of abortions in the US fell by 6% in the first two months after the Dobbs decision, according to a survey by the Society for Family Planning.
Because of state restrictions on abortion, which took effect when the Supreme Court overturned Roe…
Pope Francis received Argentine soccer players who are taking part in a tournament of athletes with dwarfism.
“In life, one can look at things in two ways: upwards or downwards,” the Pope said. “There are the usual pessimists and w…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 31, 2022 | Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines |
The Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat debate between Democratic candidate John Fetterman and Republican candidate Mehmet Oz was bizarre and sad, and revealed the merciless ambition of the Democratic Party.
Posted by bcadmin | Oct 31, 2022 | Angelus, lead, News, Pope Francis, Somalia, South Korea, Terrorism, terrorist attack, Vatican, Young People |
After what turned out to be a deadly few days across the globe, Pope Francis Sunday offered prayers for both Somalia and South Korea, where hundreds of lives were lost over the weekend, as well as for Ukraine amid its ongoing war with Russia.
Read MoreReading 1 Phil 2:1-4
Brothers and sisters:If there is any encouragement in Christ,any solace in love,any participation in the Spirit,any compassion and mercy,complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love,united in he…
Read MoreWith the headline “Clima Malato” (ill or diseased climate), the Vatican newspaper devoted the most prominent front-page coverage in its October 28 edition to the damage wrought by Tropical Storm Nalgae, drought in Tanzania and in Somali…
Read MoreThe Vatican’s 2022 outdoor Nativity scene was carved last year in the northeastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (map). It will be unveiled on December 3.
The Guatemalan government has donated an additional Nativity scene, which will…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 31, 2022 | Germany, halloween, News, St. Wolfgang of Regensburg, The Dispatch |
October 31 does not receive much attention as a saint’s feast day. The loud and lugubrious observances of Halloween are difficult to compete with. Besides being a night of merry devilry and the eve of […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 31, 2022 | Africa bishops, chad, Church in Africa, lead, News, Sahel |
An alliance of around 20 rebel groups in Chad has rejected a statement by the Economic Community of Central African States that seems to endorse the Transitional Council – the body governing the country after the demise of President Idriss Deby Itno.
Read MoreThe US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has released information and FAQs on the North American Continental Stage of the Synod on Synodality.
Read MoreInstead of being indignant at environmental activists for pouring soup on glass-protected artistic masterpieces, perhaps we should question our value system and what we consider as sacred
Read MoreInstead of being indignant at environmental activists for pouring soup on glass-protected artistic masterpieces, perhaps we should question our value system and what we consider as sacred.
Read MoreNovember is a month in which we might profitably reflect upon our personal and communal relationship with death to more deeply know in the death and Resurrection of Jesus
Read More“Please join me in praying for the swift recovery of Paul Pelosi and comfort for his wife and family too,” Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said following the attack on the husband of Nancy Pelosi. (In May, Archbishop Cordi…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 31, 2022 | Editor's Corner, News |
(Here is a re-post of a reflection on the ‘Reformation’, originally published five years ago, on the half-millennium anniversary of its traditional and symbolic beginning. The spirit of Luther is still with us today, and must be reckoned with, as it continues to affect very much our own Church) Today’s 500th anniversary of the ‘Reformation’[…]
The post Luther’s Re-Formation? appeared first on Catholic Insight.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 31, 2022 | All Saints, Celebration, Featured, festivity, halloween, News, Prayer & Spirituality |
It can be easy in our culture to forget that Halloween is none other than the beginning of the Feast of All Saints. After all, it is All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve. As with the tradition of Christmas Eve, the Solemnity of All Saints begins at sundown and continues on into the next […]
Posted by bcadmin | Oct 31, 2022 | In the News, News |
Details are still emerging after a violent raid by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State, Central Nigeria, reportedly left dozens of…
The post Dozens of Catholic villagers killed in Central Nigeria raid appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 31, 2022 | Commentary, News |
Every nation, every color, everyone is welcome in the Catholic Church. If anyone commits to the Church as she is…
The post Catholicism: the most-inclusive faith appeared first on The Catholic Thing.
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