(NCR. Jonah McKeown/CNA). Nicolas Torcheboeuf, a 31-year-old Swiss engineer and a Catholic, developed CatéGPT in his spare time and launched it in the late spring of 2023. If you have a question…
Day: May 7, 2024
Un futuro incierto
(P. Celestino Epalanga, sj. Mundo Negro). La acusada polarización de la vida política y la crisis económica que azota Angola desde 2014, junto a la persistencia de la corrupción y la falta…
Cosa spinge davvero il Papa al G7
(Mauro Magatti. Avvenire). La partecipazione di Papa Francesco al G7 è un evento carico di significato perché spinge un passo più in là il percorso inaugurato mezzo secolo fa, nel 1965, da…
Poll: Over half of Israeli Jews see comparison between Holocaust and October 7
(SAM SOKOL. Time of Israel). Israeli leaders have repeatedly sought to liken Hamas to the Nazis, with Prime Minister Netanyahu arguing that Hamas has the same intention’ as WWII enemy of the…
Iglesia acusa violencia electoral, cierra filas con el obispo Rangel y denuncia ataque con bots.
(Luis Daniel Nava y Jaime Luis Brito. Proceso). La Arquidiócesis Primera afirma que este proceso electoral “ha sido uno de los más violentos en la historia nacional”; la CEM exige investigación exhaustiva…
Notre Dame’s New Ethics Center Causes Controversy, Indicates Potential Catholic-Identity Clashes Ahead.
(Jonathan Liedl. National Catholic Register). At a normal Catholic university, the announcement of a new center devoted to virtue ethics would likely be an uncontroversial cause for celebration. But the University of…
La vita difficiledelle chierichette
(L´Osservatore Romano. Elena Massimi). Nel 1947 sulla «Rivista del Clero» italiano venne pubblicato un articolo dal titolo Queste bambine… (di Alfredo M. Cavagna), che affrontava una questione educativa allora problematica: l’autore lamentava…
Eastern Orthodox Church ordains Zimbabwean woman as its first deaconess
(Fiona André. Religion News). On Thursday May 2, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all of Africa ordained in Zimbabwe the first deaconess of any patriarchate in the global Eastern Orthodox Church,…
Il pontificato di Francesco: una questione a doppia canna
(Andrea Gagliarducci. Korazym). Cardinale Pietro Parolin ha presentato lo scorso 24 aprile un libro del vaticanista Ignazio Ingrao sulle Cinque domande che agitano la Chiesa [QUI]. Nel suo discorso, il Segretario di Stato ha…
In Church Documents on Gender Identity, Where Is the Compassion?
(Deacon Ray Dever. News Ways Ministry). Today’s post is from Bondings 2.0 contributor Deacon Ray Dever, who is the father of an adult transgender woman, and is also a retired Catholic deacon with almost 50…
Catholic Bishop of Odessa: This is a real genocide by Russia!
We don’t know German neither, but we hit the button for automatic translation into our language because the article is interesting 😊 (Kath). “Wenn ein Haus brennt, muss der Nachbar Wasser zum Löschen…
Note storiche, la giornata del Giuramento delle reclute della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia
(Angela Ambrogetti. acistampa). E’ un giorno speciale in Vaticano il 6 maggio. Un giorno che ricorda il grande sacrificio di un gruppo di ragazzi che da soldati mercenari diventano i più fedeli difensori del…
China, Church and State: Easter in Beijing at Three Cathedrals
(Victor Gaetan. National Catholic Register). There are an estimated 10-12 million Catholics in mainland China, spread across 147 ecclesiastical jurisdictions recognized by the Vatican, including 20 archdioceses and 97 dioceses. In recent years there…
Il cardinale Pizzaballa: “Non capisco il boicottaggio nelle università”
(DOMENICO AGASSO. La Stampa). Il Patriarca di Gerusalemme dei Latini in visita a Torino per la festa della Sindone: non bisogna isolare ma dialogare. E lancia un appello: “Riprendere i pellegrinaggi in…
Putin thanked Kirill for his “fruitful cooperation” in this “difficult period”
We don’t know Ukrainian neither, but we hit the button for automatic translation into our language because the article is interesting 😊 (RISU). Підконтрольна Кремлю Російська Православна Церква скористалася святом Великодня 5 травня,…
La formidabile macchina di nome Sant’Egidio, che tanto piace a papa Francesco
(Sandro Magister. Diakonos). Papa Francesco non è affatto tenero con quei movimenti cattolici nati nel XX secolo che per Giovanni Paolo II erano invece “una rifioritura della Chiesa nel mondo”: Opus Dei,…
Cristiani e buddisti: Dicastero dialogo interreligioso, “lavorare insieme per la pace attraverso riconciliazione e resilienza”
(SIR Agenzia d’informazione). Pace, riconciliazione, resilienza: sono gli strumenti per costruire un mondo senza conflitti. È in estrema sintesi, quanto si legge nel messaggio del Dicastero per il dialogo interreligioso,inviato ai Buddisti…
German bishop says abortion is a ‘sensitive’ issue, will not participate in March for Life
(Andreas Wailzer. Life Site News). Bishop Stephan Ackermann defended Germany’s abortion regime as leading to ‘societal peace’ despite around 100,000 children killed in abortion every year and criticized strong pro-life advocacy, citing…
Another Religious Priest Shot Dead in South Africa, Southern African Catholic Bishops Decry “pandemic” of Murder
(Redaction. ACI Africa). Fr. Paul Tatu Mothobi, a member the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (CSS/ Stigmatines) and former Media and Communications Officer of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), is the latest victim of…
Hostile Congo regime may be papal candidate’s ideal campaign manager
(John L. Allen Jr. Crux Now). ROME – In the old days, monarchs and emperors who governed the great Catholic powers of the day claimed what they rather fancifully described as a jus…
Reflexiones sobre la Iglesia y la pobreza
(Religión en Libertad. Jose Ignacio Fernandez. Llevaba varios años aportando una cantidad económica a una organización religiosa católica misionera. Normalmente no hacía caso de la información que me remitían periódicamente, hasta que me…
Papa Francesco: custodire il matrimonio
(Korazym. Simone Baroncia). Giornata intensa oggi per papa Francesco iniziata con l’udienza ai membri delle Équipes Notre-Dame (‘un movimento in crescita’), a cui ha esternato la propria preoccupazione per la crisi della…
On that Associated Press piece and the future of the Church in America
(The Catholic World Report). The Church, having identified too intimately with the culture, has been wallowing in more “liberal” talk of forgiveness, mercy, compassion, and love, but without a corresponding and primary…
Columbia’s Catholic chaplain: Campus protests were pushed by ‘explicitly communist’ outsiders
(CNA. Peter Pinedo). Father Roger Landry, a Catholic chaplain at Columbia University, said on Thursday that the protests making national headlines at the New York City school are being organized in part…
Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jesuit priest for work with youth
(CNA. Jonah McKeown) The White House on Friday announced that Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, the founder of a prominent ministry dedicated to rehabilitating gang-affiliated youth, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom alongside 18…
First Arab Christian woman to lead Israel’s University of Haifa
(CNA. Marinella Bandini). For the first time, an Arab Christian woman has been elected as the rector of an Israeli university — the University of Haifa. The announcement of Professor Mouna Maroun’s appointment was made…
Chicago priest blesses same-sex ‘spouses,’ says Fiducia Supplicans allows it
(CNA. Daniel Payne). A priest in Chicago last month blessed a same-sex couple, saying that the Vatican’s recent document Fiducia Supplicans authorized such blessings. Continue reading… Subjects: Fiducia supplicans, U.S.
Congolese Catholics rally round as Cardinal Ambongo accused of ‘sedition’ in DRC
(Catholic Herald. Ngala Killian Chimtom/Crux). After a prosecutor in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced an investigation of Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa on charges of sedition, both clergy and laity in…
La libertad de prensa es la mejor herramienta para «distinguir la verdad de la mentira», defiende el Papa
(Alfa y Omega. Victoria Isabel Cardiel C.). Reporteros Sin Fronteras publica su clasificación mundial de la libertad de prensa 2024. España sube seis puestos, si bien se subraya que la politización erosiona…
Abortion and euthanasia news summary
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