Ascension offers digital events to help Catholics celebrate Corpus Christi

Catholic multimedia network Ascension has queued up several digital events to help Catholics celebrate and deepen their devotion to the holy Eucharist. This year the feast of Corpus Christi “will carry an especially poignant meaning as so many of us were separated from our eucharistic Lord for many month,” explained theologian and Ascension author Edward... Read More

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May 27, 2021

Myanmar cardinal calls for peace after church bombing

Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, pleaded for an end to violence after a deadly mortar attack in his country claimed the lives of four people sheltering in a church. In a statement posted on his Twitter account, Cardinal Bo, who also serves as president of the Myanmar bishops’ conference, expressed his anguish over last... Read More

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May 14, 2021

Catholics join scientists in asking Biden to seek nuclear disarmament

Catholic proponents of nuclear disarmament have joined scientists in calling on President Joe Biden to pursue an ambitious plan to end the threat nuclear weapons pose to the planet. In a statement to the White House, a group of 14 disarmament advocates – seven Catholics, including three bishops, and seven scientists – urged Biden to seek a new agreement with Russia to continue reducing nuclear weapon stockpiles and work worldwide... Read More

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May 1, 2021

Deaf Catholics applaud Vatican’s sign language service on YouTube channel

When the Easter livestream of Pope Francis’ general audience and the Angelus was broadcast for the first time in American Sign Language on the Vatican’s YouTube channel, the deaf Catholic ministry group in Texas took particular notice. Redemptorist Fr Len Broniak, chaplain and program director of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston’s deaf ministry called it a “great step forward for open access to... Read More

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April 28, 2021

Head of Central Committee of German Catholics won’t seek re-election

Thomas Sternberg, 69, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics, has announced he will not seek re-election to the post in November. Sternberg assumed the highest office of Germany’s Catholic lay organisation in 2015. The German Catholic news agency KNA reported the organisation will be forced to find new leadership in the midst of some upheaval. The organisation is... Read More

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April 22, 2021

Catholics urged to join in efforts needed to address racism and right wrongs

Following the Chauvin verdict, the chairmen of two US bishops’ committees prayed God “strengthens us to cleanse our land of the evil of racism, which also manifests in ways that are hardly ever spoken, ways that never reach the headlines.” The death of George Floyd while in police custody on 25th May 2020 and the surrounding events,... Read More

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April 18, 2021

Belarus Catholic officials silent, but some Catholics show support quietly

While Church leaders in Belarus appear to be avoiding public issues, Catholics across the country continue to demand the freeing of political prisoners and an end to regime repression. “Bishops and priests are under pressure not to speak out about human rights, and many believe this follows Vatican recommendations,” Kaciaryna Laurynenka, a Catholic theologian and historian, told... Read More

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April 15, 2021

Catholics mobilise to help evacuees from La Soufrière volcano

Despite Covid-19 restrictions and various challenges posed by continuous volcanic eruptions and ashfall on St Vincent and the Grenadines and neighbouring islands, dioceses in the West Indies have rallied to the aid of those affected by La Soufrière volcano. “There is an immediate response with the things they need most,” said Archbishop Jason Gordon of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain,... Read More

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April 12, 2021

Catholics call for stronger leadership on climate crisis

Catholics For Christian Climate Action are holding prayer protests outside Westminster and Cardiff cathedrals asking for stronger leadership on the climate crisis from the Catholic bishops of England and Wales. Catholics For Christian Climate Action have invited bishops and others to join them in public witness outside Westminster Cathedral today (Monday 12th April) between 12noon... Read More

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April 12, 2021

Pope calls all Catholics to be missionaries of God’s mercy

Like the disciples, who experienced Jesus’ divine mercy after the Resurrection, all Christians are called to become missionaries, sharing the Gospel of God’s love and mercy with others, Pope Francis said. “Today Jesus tells us, too, ‘Peace be with you! You are precious in my eyes. Peace be with you! You are important for me. Peace be with you! You have a... Read More

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