Archive for May 11, 2020

Pope Francis offers Mass in Casa Santa Marta on May 11, 2020. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis prays for the unemployed after coronavirus layoffs

Pope Francis began his morning Mass on Monday by praying for the unemployed after millions of people lost their jobs... Read more

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By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis names Chicago priest coadjutor of Peoria diocese

Pope Francis Monday appointed Fr. Louis Tylka, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese... Read more

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By Courtney Mares

Vatican Museums to reopen with temperature checks, mandatory face masks

The Vatican Museums are preparing to reopen by reservation only with new health measures to prevent the spread of the... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

Supreme Court hears case on right of Catholic schools to fire religion teachers

Supreme Court justices on Monday heard arguments for and against extending the Civil Rights Act’s “ministerial exception” to Catholic schools when they... Read more

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Catholic church in NJ buries two abandoned infants

A New Jersey Catholic church buried two infants May 8 who were found dead at a recycling center a few... Read more

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Lawyers must call male runners 'trans females' in athletics lawsuit

Attorneys are calling for a federal judge to recuse himself from a transgender sports case, after the judge instructed that... Read more

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Social media message brings big results for Spanish nuns selling pastries

The San Pelayo Monastery, located in the city of Oviedo in the Asturias autonomous region in northwestern Spain, has housed... Read more

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By Perry West

Six retired Jesuits died of coronavirus at order’s Philadelphia infirmary

Six retired Jesuit priests who resided at an infirmary of the society in Philadelphia died last month of coronavirus.  Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones

Federal judge blocks Kentucky governor's soon-to-expire ban on religious services

With Kentucky already set for a limited resumption of religious services May 20, a federal judge has said Gov. Andy... Read more

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By Ed Condon

Vatican official was director in London property broker's company

As the Vatican’s Secretariat of State finalized its purchase of a London luxury apartment building, a lay secretariat official who... Read more