As is well-known, illiteracy was widespread during the Middle Ages. To judge by the characters who populate the limited-series television comedy “The Decameron,” however, so too was rank stupidity.
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Is every Sunday a wasted opportunity?
The goal should be to help average adult Catholics know what it is they profess to believe, what it is they are participating in each Sunday, and what it means to be a baptized Christian in today’s world.
Blessing people in ‘irregular’ relationships is not doctrinal error, theologian says
There have been “various signs” in modern times that have prompted a new awareness of the Gospel and how great God’s love for humanity is, a theologian and consultor for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said.
Arrest made in 2023 assault outside Planned Parenthood in Baltimore
Baltimore City Police confirmed that after more than a year they have made an arrest in an assault of two elderly pro-life activists outside a downtown Planned Parenthood Center.
Venezuelan bishops call for verifying election results as protests over Maduro win intensify
Bishops in Venezuela called July 30 for the results of the nation’s heavily disputed presidential election to be verified as protests break across the South American country over the official vote count — which gave President Nicolas Maduro a third consecutive term.
Mediation framework set for archdiocesan bankruptcy
The parties in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy have agreed to a framework for mediation in the case.
Judo, faith values go together, says judoka priest who oversees Olympic chaplains
Father Jason Nioka is a former judoka and is now championing the faith as he oversees a team of 40 Catholic chaplains — priests, religious and laypeople — who take turns welcoming the athletes in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.
Speaker: Mexico City is ‘another border,’ government has ‘no will’ to address migration crisis
At an international and interdisciplinary conference on migration held July 3-9 in Mexico City, human rights activist Josephine Sister María Magdalena Silva Rentería denounced the government’s lack of interest in addressing the migration crisis.
Italian court rules bishop ‘facilitated’ abuse by protecting accused priest
The bishop of a southern Italian diocese deliberately avoided protecting victims in his diocese and instead sought to protect a priest long accused of having abused several minors as a seminarian, a court in the southern Italian city of Enna ruled.
Bishops call for mental health, recovery resources amid New Mexico’s public safety crisis
The Catholic bishops of New Mexico have issued a call to bolster mental health and addiction recovery resources, as violent incidents in that state have prompted Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to seek urgent legislative reform.
Blue Water Baltimore, Ascension St. Agnes Hospital partner to reduce flooding, improve water quality
Blue Water Baltimore and Ascension St. Agnes Hospital unveiled the construction of two watershed restoration practices July 30 that they hope will reduce the pollution and flooding from the hospital’s property.
Criticism of Last Supper parody at Olympics continues; U.S. bishop says apology ‘was anything but’
Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minn., went on X, formerly Twitter, to say that while he complained about the Last Supper scene July 27 on social media and “had no intention of returning to the issue,” he decided to do so after the “so-called apology from the organizing committee” was “anything but an apology,” he said.