This issue of A Public Witness highlights important voices of opposition to imperial plotting from a variety of religious groups, ranging from Lutherans to Baptists, Anglicans, Catholics, and others.
The beatification of Carlo Acutis took place Oct. 10, 2020 after a miracle attributed to his prayers and the grace of God. In Brazil, a boy named Mattheus was healed from a serious birth defect called an annular pancreas. His mother, Luciana Vianna, had spent years praying for his healing.
El Salvador’s bishops released more details on four upcoming beatifications, but also encouraged participation at parishes throughout the country, saying the number of people allowed at the ceremony will depend on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Police in northern India arrested two Christians on false charges last month and beat them in custody while reviling them for their faith, sources said.
The ruling is not final.
Archbishop Domenico Battaglia’s appeal followed a spate of deadly violence.
A sprawling wine-making factory from the Byzantine era was uncovered in southern Israel recently. It’s the largest known complex of its kind from that time period in the world. Israeli archaeologists carrying out a salvage excavation before the Israeli coastal city of Yavne could expand, uncovered this huge complex.
Argentina’s bishops called a free performance of Handel’s Theodora held in Buenos Aires “blasphemy” after the leading lady read texts from a feminist famous for so-called queer theology.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law.
Our Lady of the Pillar (officially in Spanish, Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza) is recognized as the first Marian apparition in history and is the only one that happened while the Virgin Mary was still alive.
Archaeologists believe they have discovered the foundation of the original building of the First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, one of the nation's oldest Black churches.
