June 2022

BAMBARI, Central African Republic – Catholic bishops in the Central African Republic have warned that the disruption of food and fuel supplies during the war in Ukraine is jeopardizing the quest for peace and stability. They said the!-->…

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops: "The food crisis is just around the corner" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - The food crisis threatens the Central African!-->!-->…

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Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio, seat of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Credit: Jim McIntosh via Flickr. CC BY SA 2.0The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith this month updated its manual on handling allegations of clerical…

BEIRUT - Although security problems in the Middle East have diminished in recent years, the challenges that remain "are increasingly complex, because we have entered a tunnel whose darkness has not yet subsided", said Syriac Catholic!-->…

06/27/2022 China (International Christian Concern) – As the renewal date of the Sino-Vatican agreement approaches, Chinese Catholics are fighting for the release of Bishops…

Although the bill is unlikely to pass this time around, it is seen by supporters as the first attempt to end undemocratic interference by a powerful elite that has mostly seats in the Parliament for the rest of her life, unless she chooses…

In 1974, the The Reverend Theodore Hesburgh, then president of the University of Notre Dame, warned Roman Catholics against ceding the abortion debate to "rude fanatics who have neither good judgment, nor procedural…

A priest blesses the pictures of Mexican Jesuit fathers Javier Campos Morales and Joaquín César Mora Salazar at St. Ignatius of Loyola Church in Mexico City on June 21, 2022. The two priests were murdered in their…

NEW YORK – In response to the Supreme Court's reversal Roe v. Wade, Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore expressed appreciation but kept an eye on the future and the need to redouble the Church's efforts to support women and couples!-->!-->…

When the Episcopal Church's Office of Pastoral Development applies the Church's canons of clergy discipline to a bishop, the resulting process can "perpetuate the systemic episcopal privilege of white males in a costly way for…

AT LEAST four bishops have sponsored refugees through the Homes for Ukraine program, we learned this week. A parliamentary question to the Second Church Estates Commissioner, Andrew Selous MP (above)established that, although no official…

NEW YORK — When about 300 Catholic leaders gather Thursday through Sunday in Chicago as part of the American Episcopal Conference's "Journey Together" initiative, they will have completed nearly two years of virtual meetings and dialogues!-->…

The Austrian Bishops' Conference takes place three times a year in the Basilica of Mariazell. / Photo: © Wikimedia Commons; Mureccles, CC BY-SA 4.0 The episcopal conference took place in Mariazell. Alongside the bishops,…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an 11th-hour plea from nine Catholic bishops and archbishops, including Santa Rosa Bishop Robert Vasa, seeking to strike down a California law allowing people to sue for sexual abuse. in…

Should bishops get involved in political issues? Joseph Rummel thought so. The Archbishop of New Orleans expressed his opposition to segregation in the late 1940s and began desegregating churches and schools within the archdiocese a few…

On Monday, Pope Francis met with the Catholic Bishops of Syria and Lebanon in the Vatican to discuss the "survival of Christians in the Middle East". As the Church of the East opened its synod of bishops, which takes place in Rome!-->…

In 2015, the Bishop of Durham, the Most Reverend. Paul Butler, began a series of walks to travel through the sixteen deaneries of the Diocese of Durham, meeting various people along the way, and visiting different organizations…

WASHINGTON, DC — The nation's Catholic bishops have made strides in regaining lay trust since approving a groundbreaking document in response to the clergy sex abuse crisis two decades ago, but for the Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory!-->…

As Colombians return to the polls on Sunday for a run-off in the presidential run-off, the Latin American nation's bishops are urging citizens to make an informed decision when voting. By James Blears and Devin Watkins Leftist…

ROME - On the same day the European Commission issued its recommendation to grant Ukraine official status in the European Union, Europe's bishops urged leaders to develop a realistic enlargement plan that includes the war-torn country!-->…

A planning application for the Boldon United Reformed Church at 53 Front Street, East Boldon, in the Cleadon and East Boldon area, has been submitted to the planning department of South Tyneside Council.According to planning documents…

The Philippine Catholic Bishops' Conference has stepped up its fight for mental health services to curb the rising suicide rate in the country. June 17, 2022…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Leaders of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have urged American politicians to speak out against what they described as the "alarming rate" of vandalism against Catholic…

There's a trio of rib ticklers lined up for the Laughing Bishops Comedy Club this Saturday (June 18).The poster for the club, hosted by Paddy Lennox and based at United Reformed Church Hall, Water Lane, Bishop's Stortford, features Joe!-->…

Boris walks away from bishops bashing: Number 10 says there is 'no plan' to expel clergy from House of Lords after claiming Rwandan migrant plan 'shames' the Great -BrittanyPrime Minister has 'no intention' of expelling 26…

(RNS) - Catholic lawmakers in Colorado who have been asked by their bishops to voluntarily abstain from communion say church leaders are 'weaponizing' the Eucharist to punish lawmakers for their votes in favor of a proposed abortion rights…

Since the leak in Dobbs, a case that could overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, "charitable organizations that support pregnant women in need were burned down, and pro-life organizations were attacked…

Patriarch Rahi presided over the closing Mass of the annual spiritual retreat of Maronite bishops from Lebanon and countries of emigration, which was held this morning at the "Church of Our Lady" in Bkerke.In his religious…

ROME – After at least 14 people were killed in a mining conflict in the Andean region of Arequipa, the bishops of Peru assured the victims of their prayers and urged local authorities to step up their efforts to prevent further!-->…

More than £1million will be spent to transform the interior of a former Victorian Church of England building in Leeds city center to provide 'the fanciest offices in town'. Albion Court was bought by Glenbrook Investments in September last!-->…

There will be two small changes in the formulation of the prayer of absolution, that the priest prays to complete the sacrament, if you attend the sacrament of penance in 2023. The new prayer is expected to be used in the United!-->…

Bishop Georg Bätzing is disappointed and intends to let it be known. For this, the Bishop of Limburg – who also presides over the destinies of the German Bishops' Conference (DBK) – delivered an interminable twenty-six-page interview…

Catholic Bishops in California are mobilizing congregants to support families, especially women facing difficult or unexpected pregnancies, as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on the future of legal abortion in the country and…

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai There is controversy surrounding the demolition of an unfinished church at Kaduna State University (KASU) which the Kaduna State Urban Development Agency (KASUPDA) has called illegal .…

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria said the country was soaked in blood and there was no safe place left.CBCN Chairman, Bishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji sounded the alarm on Wednesday in Owerri, Imo State.Ugorji spoke at the Golden…

The action is gravely sinful and places the legislator out of the communion of the Church.Voting for a law that facilitates the killing of unborn children is a 'gravely culpable action,' and any Catholic legislator who has done so has…

(RNS) - In response to recent mass shootings, Pope Francis and US Catholic bishops have called for gun control measures that would save lives. This may surprise some people who think that abortion is the sole public policy concern of the…

Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore Cordileone received an honorary doctorate in Christian ethics from Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio last month. CNS Photo/Ryan Nolan, Courtesy Franciscan University of Steubenville…

Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Church, Pastor Paul Enenche has dedicated a church building in Dafara Village of Kuje Regional Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Pastor Enenche accompanied by his…

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From Godwin Tsa, AbujaThe senior pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Church, Rev. Paul Enenche, has dedicated a church building in Dafara village in the Kuje region of the Federal Capital Territory. Pastor Enenche,!-->!-->…

People walk near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 3, 2017. (CNS Photo/Tyler Orsburn) WASHINGTON (CNS) – In response to multiple mass shootings in recent weeks, the chairs of four committees of the…

The senior pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Church, Rev. Paul Eneche, has dedicated a church building in Dafara village in the Kuje region of the Federal Capital Territory. Pastor Eneche accompanied by his wife, Betty, and…

The Ghana Christian Council (CCG) and the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference (GCBC) have urged Ghanaians to continue to be security conscious even as they pray for God's peace in Ghana. They also called on citizens to remain calm in…

NEW YORK — In response to a recent spate of mass shootings, four presidents of the United States Bishops' Conference have called on Congress to work on legislation that "addresses all aspects of the crisis," primarily gun control,!-->…

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – Just weeks before Pope Francis' historic visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the country's bishops have once again expressed their frustration at the escalating violence in the east of the country . !-->!-->…

The Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference (MKPK) is asking its faithful to indicate their faith in the national census to be carried out in the fall, the organization said after its regular summer assembly on Thursday. "The church is the…

Residential school survivors say they hope the Pope's visit to Canada next month will include a direct apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in running the institutions.Members of the National Circle of Indian Residential School…

Content of the article Residential school survivors and Indigenous leaders met with Roman Catholic bishops in Winnipeg this week to discuss what they expect to see and hear next month during Pope Francis' planned visit to Canada. Content…

AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops for the presidential election: Strengthening democracy, the common good, excluding hatred and violence Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) –!-->!-->…