Bishop James Powers of the Diocese of Superior has written a sharply worded letter in response to Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s recent criticism.
The president of Delta Hospice Society is promoting a new film to raise awareness of the “predatory doctor-assisted suicide regime” of the Canadian government.
In announcing his death this week, Archbishop Allen Vigneron described Gumbleton as “a faithful son of the Archdiocese of Detroit.”
The law ordered that individuals arrested for possession of drugs could have their citation dismissed if they called a state-created hotline and completed a drug screening.
The archdiocese filed for bankruptcy in September 2023 ahead of a state law that ended the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits concerning child sexual abuse.
More than half of U.S. states have passed Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRA) since the federal government passed its version of the law in 1993.
A lower court had previously ruled against the school, arguing that the school’s tax-exempt status in and of itself constituted a form of federal funding.
Archbishop J. Michael Miller called the pact a historic milestone that “forges a new relationship” between native communities and the Catholic Church.
“There is a phrase that we have used in the past, a ‘cafeteria Catholic,’” Cardinal Wilton Gregory said on “Face the Nation” on Easter Sunday.
The Holy Father has washed prisoners’ feet at numerous prisons around Rome through the years.
The woman’s father argued against the decision, saying that his daughter “is generally healthy.”
Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s message touting a patriotic Bible is either seen as a welcome exhortation or a “potentially dangerous misunderstanding.”
Trump announced the commemorative Bible offering on social media this week, saying he partnered with country singer Lee Greenwood on the initiative.
Archbishop William Lori called for prayers after a container strip struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore City, leading to a catastrophic collapse.
Overall, China, Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, and Algeria topped the report’s list of countries with “very high” government restrictions.
“The diocese communicates that Canon Whitehead has resumed his duties as parish priest of St. John the Evangelist in Bath,” a Clifton Diocese statement said.
The Society of St. Joseph of Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, announced earlier this month that the society had purchased the historic St. Joseph’s Church.
The measure as described on the secretary of state’s website would “[prohibit] the government from denying or burdening the right to abortion before fetal viability.”
The amendment would outlaw abortion after 12 weeks except in medical emergencies or when an unborn child is the result of sexual assault or incest.
The Supreme Court rejected without comment an Indiana Catholic husband and wife’s petition over a dispute involving custody of their transgender-identifying son.