Archive for June 19, 2019

Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square June 19, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis: The Holy Spirit unites the Church, despite sin and scandal

Pope Francis said Wednesday that the Holy Spirit unites and grows the Church despite human limitations, sins and scandal.  Read more

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Families are a radical witness to hope in modern society, Archbishop Gomez says

The Christian family must become a “radical” sign against a climate of despair and isolation Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los... Read more

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California bishops call Catholics to 'ecological spirituality'

On the fourth anniversary of Laudato Si’, the bishops of California challenged the community to grow in an “ecological conversion”... Read more

Catholics from Syria and Iraq walk the Chartres pilgrimage June 10, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pentecost pilgrimages in France, Middle East link Catholics in prayer

Catholics walked through Syria’s Wadi al-Nasara, or “Valley of the Christians,” this Pentecost, praying the rosary, alternating between the Arabic... Read more

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Efforts to ease tensions over Orange walks in Glasgow

Some figures in the Catholic Church and Protestant loyalist groups in Scotland are seeking to reach a compromise regarding Protestant... Read more

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'Transgender' track rules violate Title IX, ADF says

The governing body for high school sports in Connecticut is facing a federal complaint after allowing male students to compete... Read more

Venezuelan migrants wait to get a refugee application at the Peruvian border post at the binational border attention centre in Tumbes, June 14, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

Venezuelan bishops concerned by risk of emigrant trafficking

The Venezuelan bishops have expressed their concern for the risks to which Venezuelan emigrants, especially women, are exposed. More than... Read more

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House Democrats pass appropriations bill with Hyde Amendment intact

The House of Representatives passed a combination appropriations bill on Wednesday afternoon that renews the Hyde Amendment, preventing federal Medicaid... Read more

Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera, president of the Mexican Bishops Conference, and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. ?w=200&h=150

Mexican bishops meet with President López Obrador on peace, migration

A delegation from the Mexican Bishops' Conference met June 17 with the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, discussing... Read more

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Botched abortions at Missouri's last abortion clinic raise questions

In a legal battle over the closure of Missouri’s last functioning Planned Parenthood, state health department officials cited four botched... Read more

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One year since the McCarrick allegations: A CNA timeline

June 20 marks one year since the announcement that credible allegations of sexual abuse had been raised against then-Cardinal Theodore... Read more

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By JD Flynn

Analysis: One year after McCarrick, what's next for the Church?

Exactly one year after revelations about the sexual abuse of then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick were made public, the Church in the... Read more

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Bishops decry introduction of assisted suicide, euthanasia in Australian state

The four Latin rite ordinaries in Victoria have written a pastoral letter denouncing the state's “new, and deeply troubling chapter... Read more