Archive for June 12, 2023

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By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Archdiocese of Madrid holds event featuring testimonies of LGBTI families

The event was announced with the rainbow-colored theme “The Church is already diverse. Open your eyes and your heart!” Read more

A Eucharistic procession in the Vatican Gardens on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ on June 11, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

PHOTOS: Eucharistic procession in the Vatican Gardens on Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi is a 700-year-old feast in the Catholic Church that commemorates the real presence of Jesus in the Blessed... Read more

St. Pope John Paul II greets former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis sends condolences after death of Silvio Berlusconi

The Italian billionaire media baron died on June 12 at the age of 86. He was Italy’s longest-serving head of... Read more

Dr. Sergio Alfieri (left), Pope Francis' surgeon, and Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruno hold a press conference Saturday, June 10, 2023, at Gemelli Hospital in Rome.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis praying and working from hospital

The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis is working from the hospital as he recovers from hernia surgery. Read more

President Joe Biden speaks during a Pride celebration on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Critics warn of ‘radical gender ideology’ in latest Biden LGBT move

The White House in a June 8 fact sheet announced “new actions to protect LGBTQI+ communities.”  Read more

Father Charles Onomhoale Igechi was shot dead while returning from pastoral duties in Nigeria’s Benin City Archdiocese on Wednesday, June 7.?w=200&h=150

By Jude Atemanke

Nigerian priest returning from pastoral duties shot dead; archdiocese in ‘great shock’

In a statement shared June 8 with ACI Africa, CNA’s African news partner, Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze expressed shock at... Read more

Detail from a window in St Nicholas' Cathedral, Newcastle, England?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Bishops invite Catholics to pray Litany of Sacred Heart in response to Dodgers’ ‘blasphemy’

The bishops’ prayer request comes after the Los Angeles Dodgers announced they would be honoring the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.” Read more

Biblical characters, Noah, David, Melchizedek, and Judith, process through the streets of Valencia, Spain, during the Corpus Christi procession, June 11, 2023?w=200&h=150

By Rachel Thomas

PHOTOS: Corpus Christi procession in Valencia, Spain, continues to catechize

Valencia’s first Corpus Christi procession has been an annual affair since 1372. Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones

England’s health service to stop prescribing puberty blockers for kids

The NHS found that there is not enough evidence to support the “safety or clinical effectiveness” of puberty-blocking drugs for... Read more

Archbishop-elect José Cobo of Madrid, Spain.?w=200&h=150

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

New archbishop of Madrid discusses his vision for the future

After his appointment as archbishop of Madrid became official, José Cobo said he sees a need to “reposition the Church”... Read more

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Bishop Olson: Carmelite prioress admitted 5 times to breaking chastity vow

The bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth denied that he abused his authority when investigating a prioress of a... Read more

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Catholic Campaign for Human Development spent $11.4 million over its budget

Father José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva has over 420,000 followers on Instagram and 130,000 on YouTube.

Priest accused of being involved in alleged plot to assassinate president of Brazil

Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi during an interview with CNA in Rome on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.

Archbishop of Tokyo: An aging society like Japan’s will not be able to survive

President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, photographed here with Kirk Adams and First Lady Jill Biden, in a photo posted to his X account, Nov. 20, 2024.

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood leader Cecile Richards

Missouri’s bishops are urging the state to forgo executing a Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2024.

Missouri bishops urge state to refrain from executing convicted child-killer next month

The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation awards the Ratzinger Prize to Notre Dame theologian Cyril O’Regan and Japanese sculptor Etsurō Sotoo at in a ceremony at the Vatican on Nov. 22, 204.

Prestigious Ratzinger Prize awarded to Notre Dame theologian, Japanese sculptor at Vatican

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Data show abortions dropped by nearly 40% in Iowa after six-week ban

Police are searching for a thief who entered the Church of St. Francis of Assisi on West 31st Street in Manhattan on Nov. 20, 2024, and stole a gold rose that memorializes a priest who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Police search for thief who stole 9/11 memorial gold rose from New York Catholic church

A close-up of the tomb of St. Ceclia at the basilica dedicated to her in Trastevere, Rome, Italy.

PHOTOS: St. Cecilia, martyr and patron saint of music, rests in Roman basilica named for her

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U.S. bishops: Federal ‘gender identity’ rule could block Catholics from government contracts

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