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by bcadmin | Jul 29, 2022 | Americas, Brazil, Latin America, Mexico, News, Top Story, World News | 0 |
Latin America has long been associated with Catholicism. For the first time in history, the head of the Church is a Latin American. To this day, Brazil and Mexico rank as the second and third most Catholic countries on earth, while the Church has shaped both the social mores and politics of the region. Yet,
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 24, 2022 | Corpus Christi, News, Opinion, Pope Francis, Top Story, Vatican | 0 |
What was Pope Francis thinking when he cancelled the Vatican’s Corpus Christi procession, asks Ben Stephens
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 16, 2022 | Czech Republic, EU, Europe, Gay marriage, LGBT, News, Opinion, Top Story | 0 |
A cultural Iron Curtain now very much divides the two halves of the EU. To the west, are the more progressive, ethnically diverse and secular states of western Europe. To the east, are the more traditionalist, more homogenous and largely re-Christianising former communist states. Slightly shocking perhaps to some then that the conservative and historically
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 14, 2022 | News, Pope Francis, Top Story, Vatican, War in Ukraine? | 0 |
Details have been released of Pope Francis’ comments about the conflict in Ukraine, regarding which he accused Russian troops of brutality while claiming the invasion violated the right to self-determination. As reported by Reuters, in the text of a conversation last month with editors of Jesuit media, the Pontiff praised Ukrainians for fighting for their
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Read MoreWhen it was established in 1947, the modern state of India offered the secular alternative to decidedly Islamic Pakistan. Yes, India was the Hindu-majority carve-out from the British Raj, while Pakistan (which comprised what is now Bangladesh and modern-day Pakistan under 1971) was to be the homeland of the Subcontinent’s Muslims, but for years India
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Read MoreIn April, massive demonstrations exploded in Cali and in several Colombian cities. A combination of rising poverty, political dissatisfaction, and the Covid-19 pandemic led many people, especially the youth, to demand President Iván Duque’s impeachment. After a few months, the mobilization lost momentum, even though a political solution has never emerged. But now many hope
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Read MoreTranssexual women are presenting themselves as men to infiltrate Catholic seminaries, a US bishop has said. Bishops should now order physical examinations or DNA tests for candidates for the priesthood, Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee advised members of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in a memo. He said that on more than one occasion
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Read MoreCatholics must actively oppose the latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide, the bishops of England and Wales have said in a letter to the laity. The Assisted Dying Bill of Baroness Meacher represents an “unprecedented attack on the sanctity of life” which must be combatted actively through prayer, lobbying and witness, the bishops said. The
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 8, 2021 | Archbishop of Canterbury, Climate change, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Joint Message for the Protection of Creation, Justin Welby, News, Pope Francis, Top Story, United Kingdom, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis has united with Orthodox and Anglican leaders to urge people everywhere to “eat, travel, spend, invest and live differently” in an attempt to save the planet from destruction. In their first ever joint statement, the Pope joined Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to plead with people
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 8, 2021 | Arms Fair, arms trade, DSEI arms, Free Access, News, Top Story, United Kingdom | 0 |
Catholic bishops have severely criticised the arms trade on the eve of one of the world’s largest fairs. Three English bishops and a Scottish bishop joined justice and peace activist in signing a statement attacking the trade in global weaponry. The intervention comes just days before the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 8, 2021 | Abortion, Americas, Catholic news, CNA, Free Access, Justice Department, News, Texas, Texas Heartbeat Act, Top Story, United States | 0 |
Denver Newsroom, Sep 7, 2021 / 14:30 pm Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday vowed to “protect” women seeking abortions in Texas, days after a new state law went into effect aiming to prohibit most abortions after six weeks. While the Justice Department “urgently explores all options to challenge” Texas’ new law and “protect the
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 26, 2021 | Column, Herald Essay, Latin Mass, Magazine, News, Opinion, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Top Story, Tridentine Mass | 0 |
With the clergy seemingly intent on blotting out tradition, the Church finds itself engaged in another unedifying culture war
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