June 2021

Saint-Gérard Majella celebrated mass as the NJ enters phase 2 of the reopeningSt. Gerard Majella Catholic Church celebrated mass on Sunday morning, June 14, 2020, as New Jersey enters Phase 2 of reopening.Amy Newman, North…

DISCLAIMER: This story contains distressing details A growing choir across Canada is asking the Catholic Church to pay the full $ 25 million it pledged to residential school survivors, saying it's a shame the money remains unpaid as…

The Evangelical Alliance Church became the last Protestant denomination in the United States to repudiate the doctrine of discovery, the theological justification that enabled the discovery and domination by European Christians of lands…

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…

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently approved a document on communion in the Catholic Church. It will include a section on standards for politicians and public figures who support laws allowing abortion,…

WARSAW - The Polish Catholic Church, beset with accusations that it ignored for years the sexual abuse of minors by members of the clergy, admitted on Monday that between July 2018 and the end of last year, she had received abuse…

Although bankruptcy filings are on the decline in 2021, the expiration of the paycheck protection program and the reopening of courts nationwide could lead to an increase in bankruptcy filings, with many companies still…

Discovered in Canada from hundreds of bodies and graves The two former residential schools for unnamed tribal children have reiterated Papa's apologies to indigenous groups for the role of the Catholic Church in many of these centers.…

DISCLAIMER: This story contains distressing details A sign reading "Thou shalt not kill" covered with a red handprint was among the signs carried by protesters outside St. Paul's Roman Catholic Co-Cathedral in Saskatoon on Sunday morning.…

As an ordained minister of the Lutheran Church for 34 years, I am familiar with the issues between the separation of church and state which can become confusing and controversial. Theologically, Lutherans call this the ethics of the two…

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops voted last week to produce a teaching document on the Eucharist - widely seen as a movement to confront President Joe Biden over his refusal to ban abortion. President Biden, a Roman…

Red-painted handprints and the words "We were children" covered the doors of St. Paul's Co-Cathedral in downtown Saskatoon on Thursday evening, following the announcement of approximately 751 anonymous graves found on the former site…

Two Roman Catholic churches built on native land were burnt down in the South Okanagan, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Vancouver Sun reported.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Penticton-South Okanagan consider the…

BISHOP BARBIER'S SCHEDULE June 21-25:Retreat for the Norbertine Fathers at St. Michael's Abbey, Silverado, CaliforniaJune 26:10 a.m. Mass on the feast of Saint Josemaría Escriva, Saint-David de Galles parish, Richmond5:00 p.m.…

ALBANY - On Saturday, five deacons were ordained priests for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany by Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger during a mass and ordination rite at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. With the information…

A committee of American Catholic bishops set to work on a policy document that sparked controversy among their colleagues before a word was even written about it.The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has overwhelmingly approved…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his wife Carrie Symonds in a private Catholic ceremony on May 29. June 19, 2021…

While conservative Catholics have doubled down on their abortion and religious freedom policy over the past four years, Mr. Biden's political priorities mirror those of Pope Francis, who has sought to divert the church's attention from the…

FILE - In this file photo from Wednesday, January 20, 2021, President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden attend mass at St. Matthew the Apostle's Cathedral during Inauguration Day ceremonies in Washington . When the American Catholic…

NASHVILLE (BP) - A theology of conversion, such as Christianity, requires religious freedom because regeneration of the heart cannot be achieved by coercion, Albert Mohler said Tuesday June 15 during "Baptists Thinking Biblically: A…

An instrument of peace, an accelerator of human health and development, a force for integral ecology and a voice of harmony in troubled times. These are the words Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi used to describe the IAEA in a…

I know a man here in Ireland who is a very devout Catholic. He goes to mass, prays, does retreats, follows as strictly as he can all of the teachings of the Church. Sometimes he'll go to church just to sit and think. He reads the Bible.…

Vancouver's St. Augustine's Roman Catholic parish was hit by vandals overnight Saturday. Someone had written “release the files” and “killers” on the front door…

People displaced in northwest Myanmar by fighting between junta forces and anti-junta fighters march in Chin State on May 31, 2021. A third church in Kayah State, a Catholic stronghold in eastern Myanmar, was damaged by indiscriminate…

Children's shoes and soft toys were placed on the steps of St. Peter-in-Chains Roman Catholic Church Cathedral at 411 Reid Street in Peterborough, in remembrance of the 215 Aboriginal children whose remains were recently found in unmarked…

On May 29, British Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson married his girlfriend Carrie Symonds, a Catholic and mother of his youngest child, in Westminster Cathedral in London. The wedding came as a surprise, both because it…

Disclaimer: The story below contains details of child abuse Montreal Canada - Gerry Shingoose went to deliver a message. But the 63-year-old said she had to wait more than 10 hours on Friday to meet Archbishop Richard Gagnon at St. Mary's…

In a ceremony at Westminster Cathedral, seat of English Catholicism, twice divorced Boris Johnson married Carrie Symonds. Boris Johnson was confirmed as an Englishman as a teenager. He also has one child with Carrie, out of wedlock, and…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for action after the discovery last week of 215 children's bodies in unnamed graves at the former Kamloops…

LAURINBURG - Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church staged another fish fry on Thursday and locals were already lining up in a thunderstorm before time to start. By 11 a.m., enough fish for 200 plates - which totaled about 400 pieces -…

Warning: The following report contains descriptions of genocide and violence committed against children and indigenous communities. If you need assistance, the Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line can be reached 24 hours a day by!-->…

On Twitter and on the Archdiocese of Vancouver website, Archbishop J. Michael Miller apologized and listed the actions he has committed to to support First Nations, families and communities affected by the recent news. As calls…

Memorials removed from the steps of a Catholic church in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, were returned to their proper place by the local priest. A photo posted to Facebook on Tuesday showed what Briann Debbie Gagnon said was a man…

LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's wedding to his fiancee Carrie Symonds on Saturday caught even his closest advisers off guard. Yet perhaps the most surprising thing about the stealth ceremony was how up to standard it was.The bride…