Catholic school students bake cookies to give prisoners hope
Something as simple as giving a prisoner an oatmeal raisin cookie with sprinkles is one way an Aiken school is showing God’s love and mercy to those looking for hope.
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by bcadmin | Nov 21, 2022 | Associated Press, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Diocese of Charleston, News, prison ministry, South Carolina | 0 |
Something as simple as giving a prisoner an oatmeal raisin cookie with sprinkles is one way an Aiken school is showing God’s love and mercy to those looking for hope.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 19, 2022 | Associated Press, Italy, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis made a rare personal getaway Saturday, returning to his father’s birthplace in northern Italy for the first time since ascending the papacy to celebrate the 90th birthday of a second cousin who long knew him as simply “Giorgio.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 19, 2022 | abuse cover-up, Associated Press, Bishop Howard Hubbard, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, Diocese of Albany, News | 0 |
The retired bishop of Albany, New York, who has admitted to covering up for predator priests and has himself been accused of sexual abuse, has asked Pope Francis to remove him from the priesthood.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 18, 2022 | Archbishop William E. Lori, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Associated Press, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, Maryland, News, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests | 0 |
An investigation by Maryland’s attorney general identified 158 Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore who have been accused of sexually and physically abusing more than 600 victims over the past 80 years.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 18, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Climate change, faith and politics, Global warming, News, Pew Research Center, Poll | 0 |
Most adults in the United States – including a large majority of Christians and people who identify with other religions – consider the Earth sacred and believe God gave humans a duty to care for it.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Associated Press, capital punishment, Church in the US, Death penalty, Executions, News, Texas | 0 |
A Texas inmate seeking to stop his execution over claims of religious freedom violations and indifference to his medical needs is scheduled to die Wednesday evening for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Associated Press, California, California missions, News, St. Junipero Serra, Statues | 0 |
A statue of a Native American is replacing the statue of St. Junipero Serra in the California state capital.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 14, 2022 | Associated Press, Church History, Church in the US, Indigenous peoples, Maryland, Native Americans, News | 0 |
To many, St. Clement’s Island is best-known as the spot where roughly 150 European colonists arrived on March 25, 1634, and held the first Catholic Mass in the British American colonies.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 14, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, Cyprus, Greek Orthodox, News, Orthodox Church | 0 |
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Chrysostomos II, the leader of Cyprus’ Orthodox Church, was laid to rest Saturday with a ceremony that reflected centuries of ecclesiastical tradition, eulogized as his church’s greatest reformer and an outspoken fighter for his people. The spiritual head of the world’s 300 million Orthodox, Istanbul-based Patriarch Bartholomew, […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 14, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, lead, News, US bishops, USCCB, USCCB fall assembly | 0 |
U.S. Catholic bishops begin their fall meeting Monday and will be electing new leaders — a vote that may signal whether they want to be more closely aligned with Pope Francis ‘ agenda or not.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 11, 2022 | Associated Press, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, Libero Milone, London financial scandal, News, Vatican, Vatican criminal court, Vatican criminal justice | 0 |
The Vatican’s first auditor general and his deputy have sued the Holy See for 9.3 million euros ($9.5 million) for wrongful dismissal, as a new litigious chapter opens in Pope Francis’ troubled financial reform effort.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 11, 2022 | Abortion, Associated Press, Catholic politicians, Catholic votes, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, faith and politics, midterms, News, the pro-life movement | 0 |
In the midterm elections, evangelical Christians across the nation reconfirmed their allegiance to conservative candidates and causes, while Catholic voters once again showed how closely divided they are — even on abortion.
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