Archive for June 7, 2016

A participant at the LA Mass kicking off a novena for the elderly and terminally ill. Archdiocese of Los Angeles/Dima Otvertchenko.   ?w=200&h=150

LA archdiocese prays novena as assisted suicide law looms

California’s assisted suicide bill will go into effect on June 9, and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is fighting back... Read more

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By Ann Schneible

What's the priesthood for? Bishop Barron has some thoughts

During last week's Jubilee for Priests in Rome, Bishop Robert Barron sat down for an interview with CNA where he... Read more

Catholic migrant workers from the Philippines attend Mass outside the Community of St. Therese of Lisieux chapel in Rehovot, Israel. ?w=200&h=150

Stone-throwing attack on Catholics in Israel shows a 'culture of contempt'

Jewish youths’ stone-throwing attack on Catholics attending Mass in the Israeli city of Rehovot last month has drawn a rebuke... Read more

Thailand's Mount Carmel Parish, Paphanawan-Thare plant 800 tree saplings on World Environment Day Jun 5, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

How Pope Francis inspired a Thailand parish to plant 800 trees

Inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical on caring for creation, and concerned by environmental threats around them, Catholic parishioners in Thailand... Read more

Leprosy Conference Presentation at the Vatican. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Leprosy is still a problem...and these religious leaders are working to fight it

While many in the developed world might consider leprosy a thing of the biblical past, the illness – officially called... Read more

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Mexican president's party hit with 'protest vote' over gay marriage

Just a few weeks after Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto announced measures to legalize gay marriage and homosexual adoption throughout... Read more

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By Mary Farrow

The Brooklyn brouhaha over Jewish women and swimming pools

A swimming pool in New York City has recently come under fire for its women-only swimming hours.  Read more