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by bcadmin | Jun 21, 2021 | Avvenire, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Dicastery for Communication, faith and politics, L'Osservatore Romano, News, USCCB, Vatican, Vatican News | 0 |
Avvenire, the daily newspaper of the Italian bishops’ conference, headlined its coverage June 19: “USA bishops: Yes to a document on the Eucharist. The knot of Biden and abortion.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 3, 2021 | Associated Press, Avvenire, Catholic Church, Catholic media, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italy, News | 0 |
Italian journalists and lawmakers on Friday protested the wiretapping of reporters’ phone calls during investigations into Libya-based migrant trafficking and humanitarian rescue groups.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 9, 2020 | Avvenire, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, migrants and refugees, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
The coronavirus pandemic has complicated the situation of migrants and refugees, but it has not stopped people from seeking safety and a better life abroad, and it has not diverted the Vatican’s attention from their plight.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 19, 2020 | Avvenire, Cei, Father Antonio Spadaro, Gay rights, homotransphobia, Italy, lead, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis, rosary | 0 |
Both supporters and opponents of a bill criminalizing expressions of “homotransphobia” cite the pope, supporters often pointing to “Who am I to judge?” while opponents appeal to the pope’s criticism of “gender theory” and his insistence that marriage is a bond between a man and a woman.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 30, 2020 | Avvenire, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Cei, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Funerals, Giuseppe Conte, Italian bishops, Italian Episcopal Conference, Italy, News, quarantine, social distancing | 0 |
While the Italian bishops and government officials continue negotiating a way to resume the public celebration of Masses, the government provided guidelines that permit the celebration of funerals beginning May 4.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 15, 2020 | Avvenire, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Eucharist, Hospitals, Italy, News | 0 |
Looking for a way to provide both spiritual and physical care on Easter, a group of Italian doctors received their bishop’s permission to distribute Communion to those infected by the coronavirus.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 14, 2020 | Archbishop Riccardo Fontana, Avvenire, Cei, Church in Europe, Coronavirus, Easter, Giuseppe Conte, Italy, lead, News, Suspension | 0 |
Now that Italy has begun to relax some of its restrictions, allowing bookstores, stationary shops and stories for babies and children to reopen today, there are signs the compact between church and state over church closures may be fraying.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 12, 2020 | Avvenire, Church in Europe, Coronavirus, Italy, lead, News, News Analysis, pastors, Plague, Priests | 0 |
At least in Italy, which for a long time was ground zero of the pandemic, the early sense is that most clergy are acquitting themselves pretty well and may be remembered as among the heroes.
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