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by bcadmin | Apr 30, 2021 | Americas, coronavirus emergency, COVID-19, Elderly, News, United States, World News | 0 |
We are, right now, apparently willing to look the other way on abuse of the elderly because we really don’t believe it is abuse of people who are “like us.”
The post We are (Still) Abusing our Elderly appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 30, 2021 | coronavirus emergency, COVID-19, Europe, Ireland, News, religious liberty, Republic of Ireland | 0 |
Beginning on May 10, the government will allow religious services to resume, with a limit of 50 people in attendance, regardless of the size of the worship space or whether worshippers have been vaccinated.
The post Taoiseach announces plan to allow public worship to resume in Republic of Ireland appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Abortion, Americas, coronavirus emergency, Gun control, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, News, Racism, society and culture, systemic racism, United States, US politics, World News | 0 |
US President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening, urging national unity while also proposing an ambitious – and inevitably contentious – legislative agenda.
The post Biden Calls for Unity, Pushes Contentious Agenda appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 4, 2021 | 2021 urbi et orbi, coronavirus emergency, COVID-19 vaccine, Easter 2021, justice and peace, News, Pope Francis, religious liberty, solidarity, Top Story, urbi et orbi, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis noted the restrictions under which Christians in many parts of the world – owing to the pandemic and other reasons – are worshipping this Easter. “Once again this year,” Pope Francis said, “in various places many Christians have celebrated Easter under severe restrictions and, at times, without being able to attend liturgical celebrations.”
The post Pope Francis: Easter <i>urbi et orbi</i> appeals for equitable vaccine distribution, disarmament, solidarity, religious liberty appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 3, 2021 | coronavirus emergency, News, Pope Francis Easter 2021, Top Story, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis reflected on the wonder of the women at hearing the angel’s words: “Do not be afraid! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen,” and, “He is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.”
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 3, 2021 | Cardinal Vincent Nichols, coronavirus emergency, COVID-19, Easter 2021, Magazine, News, Opinion & Features, United Kingdom | 0 |
“Having celebrated so many ceremonies in an empty Westminster Cathedral, often with heart heavy at the strangeness of it all,” writes Cardinal Vincent Nichols in his Easter reflection for Catholic Herald readers, “I so look forward to those gatherings of the Church which affirm and give life to us all.”
The post ‘Let us set ourselves to know the Lord.’ appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 3, 2021 | Bishop Mark Davies, coronavirus emergency, Easter 2021, News, Top Story | 0 |
The Easter Liturgy declares this to be “the light of Christ rising in glory” dispelling the darkness of all hearts and minds and making the life of grace possible for us.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 3, 2021 | Catholic Church, coronavirus emergency, Free Access, London, News, Police, religious liberty, United Kingdom | 0 |
Archbishop John Wilson of Southwark made a pastoral visit to the church on Saturday. The archbishop spoke with clergy and a number of parishioners present at the church, assuring them of his closeness in prayer and offering them his support following the incident.
The post Polish Catholic parish in London: Police ‘grossly exceeded powers’ in halting Good Friday service appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 28, 2021 | apostolic voyages, coronavirus emergency, Iraq, News, Papal visit to Iraq, persecution of Chirstians, Terrorism | 0 |
Significant other risks also attend the visit, long desired by Pope Francis and highly anticipated by the sorely tried people of the country. — Rome — The Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, Archbishop Mitja Leskovar, has tested positive for coronavirus and is in isolation at a site removed from the nunciature — the Vatican embassy —
The post Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq Positive for Coronavirus Days Before Papal Trip appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 19, 2021 | Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Charity & Solidarity, coronavirus emergency, COVID-19, News, Pope Francis, Religious Education Congress 2021 | 0 |
The Los Angeles gathering is this year taking place from February 18-21, and is being held online under the banner: “Proclaim the Promise!”
The post Pope Francis to LA Religious Ed Congress: “Be the poets of a new human beauty.” appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | coronavirus emergency, Jubilee Year of St James, News, Pilgrimage, Santiago de Compostela, Top Story, Travel & Pilgrimage | 0 |
How did the relics of St. James, martyred by King Herod Agrippa I in Jerusalem in AD 44, end up in the remote and wild northwestern corner of Roman Hispania in the first place? Curtis Williams takes us to the crossroads of history and legend.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 11, 2021 | 2021 US Capitol riots, coronavirus emergency, COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19 vaccines, Fabio Marchese Ragona, interview, News, Pope Francis, Tg5, throwaway culture, Top Story, US elections 2020, Vatican, World News | 0 |
Pope Francis also discussed the increasingly diffuse social tendency to judge persons’ worth on the basis of “productivity” and to discard anyone “unproductive” – especially the sick, the elderly, and the unborn – a tendency he identifies as the chief characteristic of the “throwaway” culture.
The post Pope Francis talks post-pandemic in interview with Italy’s Tg5 appeared first on Catholic Herald.
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