June 2021

by Courtney Mares Vatican City, June 29, 2021 / 12:00 p.m. Pope Francis thanked Benedict XVI on Tuesday for his continual prayer for the Church in his retirement, calling the Pope Emeritus “the contemplative of the Vatican”. Speaking from…

Archbishop Tin Win of Mandalay to join online service as Church representative in Myanmar June 30, 2021 Protesters…

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Beloit Police Department has identified two minors in connection with a fire at a church in Beloit as insurance continues to assess the damage. For now, the community is paying the price, as the…

Pope Francis publicly and affectionately thanked Benedict XVI, whose retirement from the papacy in 2103 shocked the worldThrough FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated PressJune 29, 2021, 12:07 PM• 2 minutes to readShare on…

Parishioners of Saint-Boniface, Christ the King and Immaculate Conception treaties Posted: June 29, 2021 Maryanne Meyerriecks Father Daniel Velasco, associate pastor of Immaculate Conception Church,!-->!-->…

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNS) - Following Derek Chauvin's June 25 conviction for the murder of George Floyd, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis prayed that it "brings a measure of peace and healing "to Floyd's family,…

Two other Catholic churches on First Nations reserves in western Canada were destroyed by fires that investigators once again consider suspect.Over the weekend, teams from southern British Columbia responded to morning fires at St Ann's…

VATICAN CITY, June 28 (Reuters) - Pope Francis met with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Monday, who was visiting the Vatican following a decision by U.S. Catholic bishops that could lead them to deny Communion to President Joe…

John Vincent LaBardo, 71, of Jamestown, NY, passed away suddenly on Friday June 25, 2021 at UPMC Chautauqua. A longtime resident of the neighborhood, he was born on June 8, 1950 in Jamestown, son of the late Anthony "Tony" and Grace M.…

Bob Hilbig's crisis of confidence in the Roman Catholic Church is not his first account with the institution that shaped his childhood. It's not even his second. Bob Hilbig's crisis of confidence in the Roman Catholic Church is…

Pope Francis holds a child in his arms as he greets people during the weekly general audience in the courtyard of San Damaso, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Vatican on 16 June 2021. REUTERS VATICAN CITY - The…

News 12 StaffJune 26, 2021, 10:14 p.m.Updated: June 26, 2021, 10:14 p.m.The Latino community of Bridgeport held a vigil Saturday in memory of those killed, injured and missing in the South Florida disaster.The community of St. Mary's Roman!-->…

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DEIR KIFA, Lebanon - Gathered in a small mosque at a French military base in southern Lebanon, six soldiers in uniform stood with their heads bowed as their imam led them in prayer beside a white wall with paintings framed in Quranic…

Conversion therapy survivor Julie Rodgers at church in "Pray Away," directed by Kristine Stolakis. Image courtesy of Multitude Films CHICAGO (RNS) - Julie Rodgers had one hell of a trip. Seven years ago, Rodgers was hired by the…

JEANNETTE, Pennsylvania - The Parish of the Sacred Heart has stood tall in Jeannette for nearly a century.From the outside, nothing seems to be going wrong.But inside, years of water damage have taken their toll, leaving chipped plaster and…

Pope Francis prays at the Church of San Marcello al Corso in Rome. (Vatican Media / AFP via Getty Images) Pope Francis' popularity plummeted in the United States a few years ago amid a crisis of sexual abuse in the American…

The LWF World Service and Caritas Internationalis recommit to "unite for the good of neighbor" (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and Caritas Internationalis (CI), the global confederation of Catholic aid and development agencies,…

Last week, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops voted…

WE REALLY discover our calling in life when we choose to live for the purpose God created us for and to become the person and people he wanted us to be. Black consciousness has expressed the need for blacks to distance themselves from…

A priest in Mississauga, Ont., Has come under fire after a sermon referring to the Roman Catholic Church's "well done" in residential schools, saying some might even go so far as to thank her. In his sermon at the Merciful Redeemer ward…

Under Mr. Aquino, average economic growth exceeded 6.0%, the highest in recent years, achieving investment country status from rating agencies. In the first quarter of 2016, shortly before the end of his tenure, the Philippine economy…

A First Nation in Canada said Wednesday that "hundreds" of anonymous graves at the site of a former residential school had been discovered in the Prairie province of Saskatchewan.To note : The Cowessess First Nation stated in A declaration…

Washington - On June 20, communities around the world celebrated World Refugee Day, established by the United Nations as an international day to recognize the strength and courage of people forced to flee their…

When the Catholic bishops of the United States voted last week to move forward with a measure that could limit the right of some politicians to receive the…

WARSAW, June 23 (Reuters) - Poland's Education Minister said on Wednesday that a march for equal rights for LGBT people was an "insult to public morals" and asked whether participants were normal, provoking angry protests from the…

How would you know if you were brainwashed? When something blatantly wrong - contrary to common sense and good reason - is so constantly forced upon you that you are not allowed to question it, that is a good…

STATEN ISLAND, NY - The Bethel United Methodist Church congregation will bid farewell to Reverend Mathew Schaeffer, who will assume a new mission at the end of June after 11 years of leadership and service in the Tottenville religious…

Sr. Irene Gibson, who was fined Tuesday for failing to obtain a building permit for a hermitage in West Cork, may have chosen a contemplative life but has had plenty of media exposure.…

WATERLOO REGION - The Catholic School Board is seeking candidates to fill two director positions representing Kitchener and Wilmot. The vacancies were created when Waterloo Catholic District school trustees Greg Reitzel and Kevin Dupuis…

Across the street from the Buckingham Palace Garden and an ocean away from its Ohio headquarters, Cleveland Clinic is making a nearly $1 billion bet that Europeans will embrace a hospital run by one of America’s…

KINGSPORT, Tennessee (WJHL) - After Summer Wells, 5, disappeared from her home on Tuesday, the community offered support to investigators and her family, and their normally-attended church is no exception. Vigil held for…

THE VILLAGES - Victoria "Vicki" Ann Marino Payne Kirlough, 84, died on Friday, May 28, 2021 in The Villages, Florida. She was born on June 21,…

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 5:06 p.m.Press Release: UN Special Procedures - Human Rights GENEVA (June 21, 2021) - UN human rights experts * urged the Holy See to take all necessary measures to…