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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, has sent a telegram of condolence in the Holy Father’s name following the Nong Bua Lamphu attack, which left 38 dead. The telegram deplored the attack, which took place at a child…
Read MoreA controversial drawing, created by a Philadelphia artist and posted on the international Synod of Bishops’ Facebook page, blatantly misrepresented students who took part in the Philadelphia Catholic Higher Education Synod, according to the stud…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Joseph H. H. Weiler, Michel Fédou, News, News Briefs, Ratzinger Foundation, Ratzinger prize, Theology, Vatican |
Credit: © L’Osservatore Romano / Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City on August 28, 2010.
CNA Newsroom, Oct 7, 2022 / 03:01 am (CNA).
A French Jesuit and an American legal scholar were named the recipients of this year’s Ratzinger prize on Fr…
Posted by bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Church, Featured, News, Weekly Headlines |
The idea of “resisting” makes a lot of Catholics understandably nervous. We are, of course, brought up to be loyal sons of the Church. But there have always been exceptions, and we definitely live in an exceptional time.
Posted by bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Catholic News Service, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
The holiness of saints is reflected not only in how they overcame struggles but by their ability to transmit the joy that comes from being loved by God, Pope Francis said.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Associated Press, Bahrain, Catholic-Muslim relations, Church in the Middle East, News, Papal Trips, Pope Francis |
ROME — Pope Francis’s upcoming trip to Bahrain blends three of his top priorities as pope: Ministering to a tiny Catholic community, promoting dialogue with the Muslim world and fostering relations with other Christian communities, according to details released Thursday by the Vatican. The Nov. 3-6 visit will mark Francis’ […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Asia - Pacific, Catholic news, massacre, News, News Briefs, Pope Francis, Thailand, Vatican News |
Pope Francis prays on St. Peter’s Square, Oct. 5, 2022 / Daniel Ibáñez / CNA
CNA Newsroom, Oct 7, 2022 / 02:31 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has expressed deep sorrow and mourning at the news of a deadly rampage at a daycare center in Thailand that le…
Readings for the Memorial of Our Lady of the RosaryReading 1 GAL 3:7-14
Brothers and sisters:Realize that it is those who have faithwho are children of Abraham.Scripture, which saw in advance that Godwould justify the Gentiles by faith,foretol…
Read MoreA federal appeals court issued the latest in a series of court decisions on DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), President Obama’s 2012 executive order that allowed “Dreamers” (who entered the US illegally as children) to r…
Read MoreOn October 5, Pope Francis received members of the Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission.
The Pontiff, according to the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, “reflected on the parable of the prodigal son, underlining … that bo…
Read MoreMajor Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, described the Russian annexation of four Ukrainian regions as “an unprecedented event in the history of modern mankind—shameless theft at the state level.&rdq…
Read MoreThe Guttmacher Institute, named after a Planned Parenthood president, said that at least 66 abortion clinics in 15 states have closed since the Dobbs v. Jackson decision.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Between the Sundays, blessings, Featured, giving thanks, Gospel, Gratitude, Living the Faith, News, thanksgiving, Virtue |
“Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?” (Luke 17:17–18) The readings this Sunday are a lesson in gratitude. What is our reaction to the gifts of God? Are we taking …
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Featured, News, parables of Christ, Scripture Speaks |
Readings for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Today, we meet a Samaritan leper—an outsider among outsiders. What can he teach us? Gospel (Read Lk 17:11-19) St. Luke tells us that as Jesus continued “His journey to Jerusalem, He traveled through Samaria and Galilee.” He was apparently well-known in this region, because “as He was entering a […]
In the Evangelical church in which I was raised, we didn’t hate Catholics, but we thought they were wrong. One of the areas we were convinced they were in error was their “Mary worship.” As I followed the path to the Catholic Church, I came to understa…
Read MoreHeretics all, whoever you may be, In Tarbes or Nimes, or over the sea, You never shall have good words…
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Cardinal Michael Czerny said recently that Catholics can no longer tolerate questions about the role of human action in causing…
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Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrested a man Wednesday after he allegedly attacked a desk attendant with a sword and started…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Commentary, News |
Back in the late 70s and early 80s, the word was that God was “doing a new thing.” Trouble was…
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | In the News, News |
A top leader in a national school psychologists’ association is participating in a group that funds efforts to rehome ‘gay’…
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