Last month, Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church held its first-ever Christmas Eve Mass in Saudi Arabia for Coptic Egyptians residing there. Coptic Christians and the Coptic media in Egypt cheered the event as a milestone for those who live in the Persian Gulf and lauded the government of Saudi Arabia for actively heading toward the “horizons of the developed world.”
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Lenten Regulations 2023
The penitential and grace-filled Lenten Season begins with Ash Wednesday on February 22, 2023.
The Killing of Tyre Nichols Demands We Cry Out Against Acts of Violence
Last month, I joined with a delegation from Brooklyn and Queens and with people from all around the country for the March for Life in our nation’s capital. Rightly celebrating the Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case overturning Roe v. Wade, we recognized that we still have a long way to go to transform the culture around us, awakening society to the dignity of human life in its earliest stages.
Father Varela: Why The Irish Should Care
Immigrants have played a critical part in the life of New York and the United States at large since the founding of the “land of the free.” Though the nationalities and languages of immigrants shift over time, the challenges of navigating life in a new country and a new culture remain remarkably similar. The Catholic Church has always worked hard to help new arrivals face these challenges, both materially and spiritually.
2023 St. Joseph Art Contest
The Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph, The Tablet, and the Archbishop John Hughes Council of the Knights of Columbus, invites students to express their faith through art by participating in the 2023 St. Joseph Art Contest.
National Black Catholic Congress XIII to be Held in Washington
During Black History Month in February, Catholics are being invited to register to attend this summer’s National Black Catholic Congress, which over the years has made history of its own.
Miami Archbishop Offers to House Exiled Nicaraguan Priests, Seminarians
Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski spoke to the Florida Catholic Feb. 11 about the expected arrival in Miami of some of the political prisoners released by the Nicaraguan government and flown to the U.S. Feb. 9.
New Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine to be Dedicated in Oklahoma City
Stanley Rother (pronounced ROW-ther) was born in 1935, grew up on a farm and attended Holy Trinity Church and School in Okarche. After discerning a call to the priesthood, he flunked out of the seminary because he struggled with Latin. The bishop of Oklahoma at the time, Bishop Victor Reed, gave him another chance and sent him to Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He was ordained May 25, 1963.
Church of England to Debate Referring to God ‘In A Non-Gendered Way’
The Church of England is planning to debate the introduction of liturgy that refers to persons of the Holy Trinity “in a non-gendered way” instead of using male pronouns.
Nicaraguan Regime Sentences Bishop Álvarez to 26 Years in Prison
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa was convicted and sentenced by a Nicaraguan court to 26 years in prison Feb. 10 — barely a day after the outspoken prelate defied President Daniel Ortega by refusing to go into exile.
