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Actor says he was ‘destined’ to play Father Tolton, first recognized U.S. Black priest
BY MARK PATTISON | Catholic Standard
im Coleman stars as Venerable Father Augustus Tolton, the first recognized Black U.S. Catholic priest, in “Tolton: From Slave to Priest,” a play that will be staged Sunday and Monday, Nov. 19-20 at 7 p.m. at The Catholic University of America’s Maloney Hall. (Photo courtesy of Saint Luke Productions)
Jim Coleman had had a decent career in television and movies. Five years ago, he was figuring on retiring and acting in the occasional commercial – if it didn’t interfere too much with his golfing.
Bishops’ fall assembly sees abortion ‘pre-eminent’ in faithful citizenship, lively discussion
BY PETER JESSERER SMITH | Catholic Standard
Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr., looks over paperwork during a Nov. 15, 2023, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Excitement about the impacts of the National Eucharistic Revival in local dioceses, support for the nomination of St. John Henry Newman as a doctor of the Church, and the approval of supplements to the bishops’ teaching document on “Faithful Citizenship” featured strongly on the second day of the U.S. bishops’ annual fall plenary assembly in Baltimore.
Vatican confirms Catholics still forbidden to join Masonic lodges
Responding to a question from a Filipino Bishop, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, with the approval of Pope Francis, reaffirms the incompatibility between the Catholic Faith and joining Masonic lodges.
By Vatican News
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, in a document signed by the Prefect, Cardinal Victor Fernandéz, and approved by Pope Francis, has reaffirmed that Catholics are forbidden from joining Freemasonry.
Vatican confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons
REUTERS STAFF | CTV WORLD NEWS
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has confirmed a ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons, a centuries-old secretive society that the Catholic Church has long viewed with hostility and has an estimated global membership of up to six million.
“Active membership in Freemasonry by a member of the faithful is prohibited, because of the irreconcilability between Catholic doctrine and Freemasonry,” the Vatican’s doctrinal office said in a letter published by Vatican media on Wednesday.