(ELENA MAGARIÑOS. Vida Nueva).
“No quieren que se les atienda, y eso tiene muy poco de cristiano”, lamentan
Month: July 2024
U.S.
(Zenit. Staff).
Los sacerdotes que se definen progresistas en ideas teológicas son casi irrelevantes en número si se les compara con los inclinados hacia la doctrina oficial de la Iglesia. El clero más joven, según una encuesta a 3.500 sacerdotes de Estados Unidos, prefiere la ortodoxia.
ITALIA
(Agenzia SIR. Staff).
“Una terra da abitare e custodire”. Partendo da questo tema, nel primo panel della 60ª sessione di formazione estiva del Sae, in corso al Monastero di Camaldoli, il teologo Simone Morandini, del Comitato esecutivo del Sae, ha proposto un vasto e articolato excursus su un nuovo modo di confessare il Creatore nelle diverse confessioni cristiane a partire dagli anni ’70 del Novecento.
U.S.
Making Good on a Promise to Be There for Our Neighbors
(Julie Bourbon. Crux)
For the nationwide network of Catholic Charities agencies, “We Are There” is more than words. It’s a promise that the staff and volunteers at all 168 agencies do their best to live up to every day
ASIA
Clima: Unicef, oltre 6 milioni di bambini a rischio per le inondazioni in Asia del Sud
(Agenzia SIR. Staff). sir
L’Unicef è allarmato per le notizie di bambini e giovani colpiti da piogge torrenziali, alluvioni improvvise e frane che hanno flagellato Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal e Pakistan.
NÍNIVE
(Vida Nueva).
Ayuda a la Iglesia Necesitada está volcada en la reconstrucción del norte de Irak y ha destinado en esta década 56 millones de euros a casi 500 proyectos
ÁFRICA
(Agenzia Fides).
“We distance ourselves from the petition to remove the president, from office.” This is the response of the Bishops of Kenya, through the words of Msgr. Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Archbishop of Kisumu, President of the Kenya Bishops’ Conference (KCCB), to the petition to remove President William Ruto from office.
BRAZIL
Medallista expresa abiertamente su fe en París 2024: Jesús es el Camino, la Verdad y la Vida
(Natalia Zimbrão. Aciprensa)
La skater brasileña Rayssa Leal, de 16 años y ganadora de la medalla de bronce en los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024, manifestó su fe durante la competición, al afirmar que “Jesús es el Camino, la Verdad y la Vida”.
SIERRA LEONE
(Paul Samasumo. Vatican News)l.
The Holy Rosary Sisters in Sierra Leone express concern for the future of the country, given the devastating consequences of the synthetic drug known as Kush ruining the country’s youth.
U.S.
Catholic boarding school study in Montana finds no unmarked graves, documents 113 student deaths
(Katie Collins Scott. National Catholic Reporter)
After the remains of hundreds of children were discovered on the grounds of former residential schools in Canada in 2021, leadership at a Catholic boarding school for Native youths in southeastern Montana wondered whether unmarked graves might exist on its properties serving the Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations.
VENEZUELA
Catholics join demonstrators and demand election recount in Venezuela
(Eduardo Campos Lima. Crux)
After 25 years under “Chavismo,” many Venezuelans hoped that the July 28 elections would lead to a decisive defeat of leader Nicolas Maduro, who has been in power for 11 years.
U.S.
Jesus Would Eat with Drag Queens. Bishops Criticizing the Olympics Should Do So, Too
(Robert Shine. New Ways Ministry)
There is no Gospel account of Jesus’ attending a drag brunch. But eating in community was a hallmark of Jesus’ ministry
VATICANO
(Redazione. FarodiRoma)
Migliorare la gestione del patrimonio e l’efficienza dei servizi: con questi obiettivi raggiunti
l’Amministrazione del Patrimonio della Sede Apostolica ha presentato il bilancio 2023 che è
stato approvato dagli organi di controllo. Il dato principale che emerge è il risultato delle
attività del 2023 che ha fatto registrare un utile pari a 45,9 milioni di euro.
CHINA
A conference in Huizhou, Guangdong, is an indication that the new policy is being extended to the Patriotic Catholic Church.
(Zhang Chunhua. BITTER WINTER).
“Bitter Winter” is paying attention to the “Strict Governance of Religion,” a comparatively new slogan promoted by the United Front Work Department. It implies that the five authorized religions should put Xi Jinping Thought and “socialist values” at the center of their religious meetings and sermons.
INDIA
Muslim groups distance themselves from protests at Catholic university in India
(Nirmala Carvalho. Crux)
Members of the Muslim community in Muvattupuzha – in India’s Kerala state – expressed regret on Jul 29 over a controversial incident in which a section of students allegedly protested against the denial of permission to perform “namaz” inside the premises of the church-run Nirmala College.
U.S.
Court orders UCLA to form plan to protect Jewish students after anti-Israel protests
(Time of Israel).
Jewish student who sued school says university failing to foster safe environment for community on campus; UCLA says it is implementing lessons learned from spring rallies
POPE FRANCIS
Sexual Morality, Pope Francis, and Ascetic Christianity
(Richard A. Spinello. The Public Discourse).
Because of our fallen and finite nature, we are all burdened with the impediment of concupiscence. But we are not victims or helpless creatures determined in our actions by the imperatives of biology.
PAPA FRANCISCO
Francisco y la fe e iglesia frente a las ideologizaciones
(Agustín Ortega. Exaudi).
Actualmente, desde diversas ideologías e ideologizaciones de la realidad y de la fe, con sus respectivos fundamentalismos o polarizaciones extremistas que se tocan, hay una ataque y negación despiadada sobre el Papa Francisco u otros Papas junto al rechazo del Concilio Vaticano II, de la misma fe e iglesia.
ROME
Italian court rules bishop ‘facilitated’ abuse by protecting priest
(Junno Arocho Esteves. OSV News).
Bishop Gisana continues to lead the Diocese of Piazza Armerina despite being caught admitting to covering up the abuse
PAPA FRANCISCO
Francisco rezará en agosto por los políticos… aunque no tengan “buena fama”
(ELENA MAGARIÑOS. Vida Nueva).
En su intención de oración para este mes de agosto, Francisco destaca la importancia de rezar por los líderes políticos.