(ZENIT News / Fada N’gourma, 04.23.2024).- A catechist was kidnapped and killed by suspected terrorists on the night of Thursday, April 18th, in Fada N’gourma, eastern Burkina Faso. The lifeless body of Edouard Yougbare was discovered at the Saatenga parish on the morning of Friday, April 19th, according to local reports received by the Catholic organization Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). John Pontifex, ACN (UK) Head of Press and Public Affairs, said: “Edouard gave his life on the front line of persecution. He is a martyr who offered his life for God and in service of his community. Read the ..read more

(ZENIT News – Asia News / Jerusalem, 04.23.2024).- The controversial story relating to the disputed properties in Sheikh Jarrah, a suburb of East Jerusalem, is made up of a new chapter after the sentence issued in recent days by an Israeli court, destined to fuel controversy and conflict between the parties. The judges ordered the forced removal of three Palestinian families from their homes, giving the members – around twenty people in total as reported by the Palestinian agency Wafa – until mid-July to leave their homes and move elsewhere, freeing up the properties. The decades-long dispute ..read more

Michael Cook (ZENIT News – BioEdge / Brussels, 04.23.2024).- The president of Belgium’s biggest health care fund, Christian Mutualities (CM), has called for a radical solution to the problem of an ageing population. Luc Van Gorp told Belgian media this week that people who are tired of life should be allowed to end it. Like all other European countries and, indeed, the rest of the world apart from sub-Saharan Africa, Belgium faces a huge increase in its elderly. Over-80s will double by 2050, from around 640,000 today to 1.2 million. Financial pressure on healthcare, medication and nu ..read more

In just over a week I’ll be blowing out 50 candles. The prospect sort of makes me giggle as I can’t quite believe I’m mature enough to be half a century. However, with four children to count for, and a few decades of working, it makes sense that those years are adding up correctly. Yet, Read More… The surprising joy of turning 50 Read the Whole Article at https://aleteia.org/ The post The surprising joy of turning 50 first appeared on Catholic Canada. The post The surprising joy of turning 50 appeared first on Catholic Canada ..read more

The post May Saints, Devotions, Crafts and Family Traditions appeared first on Equipping Catholic Families. Join us to celebrate May Saints, the Monthly Devotion dedicated to Our Blessed Mother Mary and the continued joyful season of Easter! Do you see something you like? Click on the pictures and/or links for easy crafts and already-formatted Catholic Craft Kits that come with permission to copy for home use, year after year! Monthly […] Read the Whole Article at https://equippingcatholicfamilies.com/feed/ The post May Saints, Devotions, Crafts and Family Traditions first appeared on Catholic ..read more

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey walks across the campus of St. John’s Prep in Danvers, Massachusetts, on April 9, 2024. / Credit: Screenshot of St. John’s Prep Facebook page last visited April 19, 2024 Boston, Mass., Apr 23, 2024 / 16:45 pm (CNA). Read the Whole Article at http://feeds.feedburner.com/catholicnewsagency/dailynews The post Pro-lifers dismayed at Massachusetts pro-abortion governor’s appearances at Catholic school events first appeared on Catholic Canada. The post Pro-lifers dismayed at Massachusetts pro-abortion governor’s appearances at Catholic school events appeared first on ..read more

The Vatican ambassador to Colombo, Archbishop Brian Udaigwe (third from left) and Sri Lanka’s Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith (fourth from left) take part in a remembrance service during the fifth anniversary of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks at St. Anthony Church in Colombo on April 21, 2024. / Credit: ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 23, 2024 / 16:05 pm (CNA). Read the Whole Article at http://feeds.feedburner.com/catholicnewsagency/dailynews The post More than 50,000 sign petition to recognize 171 killed in Sri Lanka attack as martyrs first appeared on Catholic Canad ..read more

Credit: Archdiocese of Valladolid; La Moncloa Archbishop Luis Argüello and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Read the Whole Article at http://feeds.feedburner.com/NCRegisterDailyBlog?format=xml The post Bishops: Catholic Church in Spain Unjustly Singled Out in Plan to Address Sexual Abuse first appeared on Catholic Canada. The post Bishops: Catholic Church in Spain Unjustly Singled Out in Plan to Address Sexual Abuse appeared first on Catholic Canada ..read more

Over a year after the earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey in February 2023, restoration of Aleppo’s Church of St. George has been completed. Read the Whole Article at http://feeds.feedburner.com/NCRegisterDailyBlog?format=xml The post A Year After Earthquake, Aleppo’s St. George Church Rises Again first appeared on Catholic Canada. The post A Year After Earthquake, Aleppo’s St. George Church Rises Again appeared first on Catholic Canada ..read more

Boeing Company The Augustine Institute’s new facilities in Florissant, Missouri. Read the Whole Article at http://feeds.feedburner.com/NCRegisterDailyBlog?format=xml The post ‘An Unprecedented Opportunity’: Augustine Institute Announces Move to St. Louis first appeared on Catholic Canada. The post ‘An Unprecedented Opportunity’: Augustine Institute Announces Move to St. Louis appeared first on Catholic Canada ..read more