NGO says Russia’s "war crimes are numerous" in Ukraine
Interview with Father Patrick Desbois, founder and president of NGO originally set up to investigate World War II mass shootings of Jews and Roma in Eastern Europe
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Interview with Father Patrick Desbois, founder and president of NGO originally set up to investigate World War II mass shootings of Jews and Roma in Eastern Europe
Read MoreArchbishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni harshly criticizes French bishops for allowing “people who know nothing about the life of the Church” to investigate and report on sex abuse
Read MoreRepresentatives of the Colombian government and the active National Liberation Army (ELN) begin after more than three years
Read MoreThe US bishops approved their Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People at their Dallas meeting in 2002.
The charter states that “when even a single act of sexual abuse by a priest or deacon is admitted or is established after a…
Read MoreAuxiliary Bishop Mario Dorsonville of Washington, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Migration, presented this report at the US bishops’ recent fall meeting.
Read MoreFour medical organizations, joined by four physicians, have asked a federal court to declare the FDA’s approval of chemical abortion drugs to be unlawful.
“The only way the FDA could have approved chemical abortion drugs was to use its a…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Abortion, Editor's Picks, Election 2022, News, Opinion, Politics |
Proposal 3 is an amendment to the Michigan State Constitution that enshrines a right to abortion—among a whole boatload of other reproductive “rights.”
Read MoreDevout Christians are no longer “peers” with most Americans, marking them as inadmissible candidates in many jury trials.
Read MoreReadings for the Memorial of Saint Cecilia, virgin and martyrReading 1 RV 14:14-19
I, John, looked and there was a white cloud,
and sitting on the cloud one who looked like a son of man,
with a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his…
The Abyei Area Administration, a disputed region, lies on the border of Sudan and South Sudan. Bishop Yunan Tombe Trily, the president of the Bishops’ Conference of Sudan and South Sudan, called on aid agencies to “act immediately to save …
Read MoreWhile he was leading adoration prayers in Igbo-Ukwu, Father Cyril Okafor was abducted. A vigilante group freed him a day later.
Read More“As pastor of the Russian Orthodox Church, you direct your efforts towards preserving traditional spiritual and moral values in society, coordinating interreligious and interethnic relations, and improving cooperation between Church and state,&…
Read MoreFather Hans-Joachim Lohre, who teaches at the Institute of Islamic-Christian Training, was kidnapped as he prepared to celebrate Mass. Mali, a West African nation of 20.1 million (map), is 89% Muslim and 2% Christian, with 9% adhering to ethnic religions.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Benedictine, Benedictine Order, Featured, hospitality, News |
As the holidays approach, there are numerous discussions about hospitality and all that is needed to be a gracious host, hostess, and guest. As a Benedictine oblate, I was recently asked to speak about Benedictine hospitality. This exercise was a wonderful opportunity to reflect deeply about my experience as an oblate and my relationships with […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Budget, Church in Europe, Italian politics, Italy, Lega Nord, News, Taxes, Weddings |
Parliamentarians from the right-wing, anti-immigrant Lega party had proposed a tax deduction of up to $20,000 for couples under the age of 35 with an income of less than $23,000 and who choose to get married in the Catholic Church.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, Church in the US, Diocese of Colorado Springs, lead, LGBTQ, mass shooting, New Ways Ministry, News, Paulist Fathers |
Bishop James Golka has offered his “deepest sympathies and prayers” to all those affected by a mass shooting in Colorado Springs on Saturday, Nov. 19, saying it’s especially troubling that the shooter appeared to target the LGBTQ community.
Read MoreAid to the Church in Need report shows how jihadists and nationalists are driving increased persecution of Christians around the world
Read More“I would like to invite governments, international organizations, fisheries, faith-based organizations, and in a particular way Catholic institutions such as Stella Maris and Caritas, to join hands in effectively implementing the existing convent…
Read MoreSince 2018, when the Ortega regime became increasingly repressive, 200,000 people have fled Nicaragua. In their Advent message, the nation’s bishops expressed “the concerns we have about the social, political, and economic events of our hom…
Read MoreAbortion “was originally something that people said was a necessary evil, then it became a choice,” said Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco. “And then it became health care. Now they’re calling it reproductive free…
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