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Catholic Current Week of March 30, 2023

Catholic Current – Week of March 30, 2023

Looking back three years ago this week, Pope Francis gave his “Urbi et Orbi” to an empty St. Peter’s square during the Covid-19 pandemic. This message will be embedded in a satellite and launched into orbit around the Earth, where it will transmit the Holy Father’s message every day.

Read more at https://www.usccb.org/news/2023/popes-message-hope-headed-space-audio-beamed-back-earth

Holy Week begins next week, as well as the Jewish celebration of Passover. Chairman of USCCB’s Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, Bishop David P. Talley joined the show to discuss the work of the bishops to combat antisemitism in the United States.

Find more information at: https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs

The Dicastery of Culture and the Dicastery for Integral Human Development released a joint statement rejecting the Doctrine of Discovery, a series of 15th-century papal bulls that were used to justify colonization of indigenous peoples. The statement came after a 2022 papal visit to Canada, during which Pope Francis visited indigenous communities and met with leaders. The statement renounces the Doctrine of Discovery, saying “the church acknowledges that these papal bulls did not adequately reflect the equal dignity and rights of indigenous peoples”.

Read more at: https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs

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