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Pope arrives in the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea with a ton of humanitarian aid and toys

VANIMO, Papua New Guinea — Pope Francis traveled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea on Sunday to celebrate the Catholic Church on the peripheries, bringing with him a ton of medicine, musical instruments and a message of love for the people who live there. Pope arrives in the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea with a ton of …

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4 months, 1 week ago

‘Gen Z are looking for miracles and angels’: How TikTok became the new church for budding Catholics

The Telegraph

Lilley also creates her own Catholic Tok videos where she puts a holy spin on viral TikTok trends. “They are being attracted towards a range of different spiritual beliefs and practices, including Catholicism,” says Chine McDonald, Theos’s director. “The increase in the numbers of influencers talking about their Catholic faith, including its rituals and aesthetic, will attract those who are …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Why you might have heard Paul Simon’s ‘The Sound of Silence’ at Spanish Mass

Associated Press

— One song has stuck with Julio Cuellar Gonzales for practically his entire life. For Cuellar, even when he finally learned the tune’s origin, it still felt Andean to him: “It sounds to me like the melancholy, the melody, the sweetness of the music of the Andes.” While there’s no proof that Simon took inspiration for “The Sound of Silence” …

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1 year ago

All you need is love, the Pope agrees (as did the Beatles)

Hindustan Times

The week began with a historic shift for the Church. The Pope’s consent to blessings of queer couples is the latest in his intensified efforts to retain queer Catholics under his pastoral care and circumscribe discrimination within the Church. “In other words, ideologies replace faith.” Some queer historians like John Boswell have offered evidence that complicates what may be viewed …

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1 year, 3 months ago

The role of the Church in Kerala’s politics

Hindustan Times

Bins Abraham owns a 12-acre rubber plantation in Erattupetta, a plantation town nestled in the foothills of the Western Ghats. Though the term “love jihad” was coined by Right-wing Hindu groups in 2007, the Catholic Church in Kerala began to use it as an instrument to discourage inter-religious marriages. In January 2020, the synod or highest administrative body of Syro-Malabar …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Hong Kong bishop invites head of China’s state-backed church

Associated Press

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop on Friday said he has invited the state-appointed archbishop of Beijing to visit his city, a symbolic gesture that experts said could strengthen the fragile relationship between China and the Vatican. Chow’s trip followed a year of strained relations in which Beijing unilaterally appointed two church leaders and Hong Kong arrested a …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Pope Francis begins new decade as ‘a bit of a Californian.’ That means lots of love — and hate

LA Times

Pope Francis, whose leadership of the Roman Catholic Church has resonated with many Californians, marks his 10th anniversary as pope on Monday. Rosa Manriquez of East Los Angeles, who has a ministry working with LGBTQ people, would like Pope Francis to do more but figures “he is a creation of the time we are living in.” “I’m not declaring him …

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1 year, 10 months ago

The Sinister New Talking Point Republicans Used to Grill Merrick Garland

Slate

Republicans were raring to interrogate Attorney General Merrick Garland at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday—working to score political points on many of their favorite topics, including Hunter Biden, the safety of Supreme Court justices, and “parents who are angry at school boards and administrators.” But one new Republican talking point got a curious amount of airtime: anti-Catholic bias …

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6 years, 1 month ago

It’s time for Catholics to demand this from Pope Francis and the church (Opinion)

CNN

Editor’s Note: Paul Snyder is a Catholic deacon in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York. Specifically, the president of the conference, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, told the bishops, “At the insistence of the Holy See we will not be voting on the two action items.” He was referring to a planned vote on a code of conduct, “the first such ethical …

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