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Posted by bcadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | Dicastery for Communication, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Featured, Laudato Si, News, Nicolas Brown, season of creation, St. Francis of Assisi, The Letter: A Message for Our Earth, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, TheLetterFilm.org, U.S. & World News, YouTube Originals |
Highlighting the church’s approach of coupling the power of prayer with active and committed care for the earth, the Vatican wrapped up the monthlong Season of Creation Oct. 4 with the launch of new initiatives.
Read MoreThe sexual-abuse crisis and “epistemic injustice”
Read MoreThe Holy See is facing a dramatic increase in tensions with the regime of President Daniel Ortega, who continues to increase pressure on the Catholic Church
Read MoreThe Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN has called for “a globalization in solidarity” which ensures the dignity and recognition of Indigenous people
Read MoreFollowing the devastation of post-tropical storm Fiona, Catholics in Sydney Mines, N.S. — with the support of the community — have delivered a case study in what can be accomplished when faith is put into action.
Read MoreAn African news magazine has accused priests of the schismatic Society of St Pius X (SSPX) of sexually abusing minors in Gabon, prompting victims to demand the clerics be put on trial
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, German synodal path, Germany, News, synodality |
German Catholics involved in the Synodal Path are convinced the church must address the “systemic causes” of the clerical sexual abuse scandal and that will require change, said Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof, a member of the German Synodal Assembly.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | Belgium, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Council of Europe, End-of-life issues, euthanasia, human rights, News, Physician-assisted suicide |
Doctors in Belgium violated a woman’s right to life when they improperly handled her request for euthanasia, the European Court of Human rights ruled.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, US bishops, USCCB, USCCB fall assembly |
During their fall general assembly in Baltimore Nov. 14-17, the U.S. bishops will elect the next president and vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops from a slate of 10 candidates nominated by their fellow bishops.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Environment Ecology, Laudato Si, Laudato Si' Movement, News, Pope Francis, St. Francis of Assisi, Vatican |
The Vatican hosted the global premiere of a new documentary on the urgent need to address climate change on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | Feature2, Feature3, Local Church, marriage and family, News |
«Even if the aim is to be pastorally helpful to homosexual couples, this is an error on the part of the Bishops», says the former Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, given the Liturgy of Blessing for same-sex couples.
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | Catholic News Service, General Audience, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican |
To know oneself is a gift and a grace that allows Christians to properly discern between feelings and convictions, Pope Francis said.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | Bishop Georg Bätzing, Cardinal Kurt Koch, Church in Europe, German synodal path, Germany, lead, Nazis, News |
On Tuesday a private meeting was held in Rome between Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch and German Bishop Georg Bätzing to clear the air after the latter demanded an apology for remarks alluding to Germany’s Nazi past.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Oct 5, 2022 | Featured, News, St. Francis of Assisi |
St. Francis of Assisi is often described as a reformer in the Church; however, he did not seek to change the Church’s institutions or teachings, but instead to reform himself. By his preaching and example, St. Francis showed people how to faithfully follow Jesus, which brought about many conversions. St. Francis’ story is familiar to […]
Bishop Georg Bätzing (left) and Cardinal Kurt Koch / Maximilian von Lachner / Synodaler Weg // Paul Badde / EWTN
CNA Newsroom, Oct 5, 2022 / 06:46 am (CNA).
Following demands for an apology and a threat he might “file an official complaint with…
The “synodal process” is finding fertile ground in the United States and in academia
Read MoreOn October 3, Pope Francis addressed participants in the general chapter of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. St. Eugène de Mazenod founded the missionary institute in 1816.
“May your founder, the charism he transmitted to yo…
Read MoreExclusive interview with founder of victims network in France one year after the devastating report on sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in the country
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