“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it […]
Bishop Declan Lang has called on the UK government to fulfil its responsibilities to the people of Hong Kong under the Sino-British Joint Declaration. In a letter to the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, MP, Bishop Declan who chairs the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales Department of International Affairs said: “Like so many others […]
The leader of Iraq’s largest Christian community has issued an urgent plea for people to stay at home amid growing fears that the country cannot cope with a spiraling number of COVID-19 cases. Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako said the country’s medical services, still shattered after the 2003 collapse of the Saddam Hussein […]
Fr. Damian Ference is a priest of the Diocese of Cleveland and is a doctoral student in philosophy at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. He was invited by Holy Name High School, his alma mater, to give a reflection to this year’s graduates as part of their “virtual” ceremony, and […]
The priests and personnel of the Basilica del Santo Niño de Cebu in the Philippines are under quarantine after “suspected” cases of coronavirus have been detected inside the convent, CBCP News reported Saturday, May 13. Swab tests have already been conducted by the Cebu City health department to all the friars and staff staying at the […]
Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology and director of the Sacerdos Institute at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university. Q: I am in the Philippines. We are in enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and after May 15 we will be in general community quarantine (GCQ). We hope and pray […]
On the morning of Pentecost Sunday, May 31, 2020, Pope Francis blessed an ambulance he gave to the Apostolic Almonry for the destitute, in particular the homeless that live in the surroundings of the Vatican or in makeshift housing in Rome. With SCV registration, the vehicle that was used for emergencies in the small state […]
The new law “on transparency, control and competition in the procedures of adjudication of public contracts,” defined by way of synthesis “procurements code,” constitutes a new important manifestation of Pope Francis’ determination and, hence, of the Holy See, to be an active part of the International Community, also sharing and implementing the rules that in […]
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has issued a statement on George Floyd and the protests in American cities that have taken place over the last several days. This follows the Friday statement from seven U.S. bishop chairmen of committees within the USCCB. Archbishop Gomez’s full […]
“History is concrete and complex; everything in it is individual and entangled.”“What is said to be true must relate to something experienced and must state that experience accurately.”—Jacques Barzun Recently, in reading Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece Anna Karenina, I found myself mesmerized. Tolstoy had crafted a scene in which I gained a glimpse into the darkness […]