Pope Francis Merges Two Dioceses in Japan
Yusei Bas-relief of saints in the Cathedral of Nagasaki, Japan The Diocese of Takamatsu has joined with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka to create the new Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu.
Ukrainian Catholics receive warm reception at World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon
Marina Aleykseyeva, 31, from Kiev, Ukraine, (second from left with a pink baseball cap), together with fellow pilgrims from Ukraine, attended World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 1–6, 2023. She said they traveled to the international gather… […]
Vatican official urges South Sudanese to remain committed to peace and reconciliation
Cardinal Pietro Parolin meets with South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Aug. 14, 2023, in Juba, South Sudan. / Credit: Office of the President of South Sudan ACI Africa, Aug 16, 2023 / 09:15 am (CNA). Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal… […]
August 16, 2023
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New Jersey court rules Catholic school can require teachers to follow Catholic teaching
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld a Catholic school’s ability to enforce an employee code of conduct in line with Catholic moral teaching and to fire teachers for violating that code. The ruling in Victoria Crisitello v. St. Theresa School further solidifies the ability of New Jersey religious schools of all types […]
Summer called for certain things, but now we are moving on…..
‘Summer’ is a season given bounds as much by schooling, work, and vacation as by the earth’s relation to the sun. Though we have another month until the autumnal equinox, most of us experience summer as ‘done’ by around mid-August. I think it reasonable that we accept this and ask how we might ‘go with […]
The Mass is filled with awe. But our sense of awe is extraordinary…..
Our daily duties are necessarily practical. We make money for a living. We feed our kids. We go on vacations. We’re usually not conscious of the little mysteries in our day-to-day duties. We strive to live functional, productive lives. We also have emotional encounters in daily life. We enjoy the thrill of roller coasters at […]
7 Ways Grandparents Assist in the Salvation of the Human Race…
When Pope Francis was giving his aerial press conference returning from World Youth Day in Lisbon, he said the main issue in caring for the young is “accompaniment,” but “the problem is to know how to do this.” He described what he thinks is the most important part of that know-how: the “dialogue between old […]
I’m a mother of five. No one fights like moms to protect their children [warning: autoplay video]…..
The battle between parents and school officials continues to rage, with many elected officials, including President Biden, claiming that children belong to the state, not parents. The latest battle is a face-off in Maryland over books with seemingly innocuous names like “Pride Puppy,” “Born Ready” and “Prince and Knight,” all of which explore LGBTQ+ themes…
Pope Francis Merges Two Dioceses in Japan…
Pope Francis this week merged the Diocese of Takamatsu with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka in Japan.Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda, archbishop of Osaka since 2014, was named on Aug. 15 as the first archbishop of the new Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu. The last bishop of the Diocese of Takamatsu, John Eijiro Suwa, died in 2022.