- Religious persecution takes its toll on Catholic faith in Mexico
Flag of Mexico. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 3, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). Recent episodes of violence against the Catholic Church, including the murder of a priest and the attempted murder of an archbishop, once again bring to the fore the persecution of the faith in Mexico and the power of organized crime.On May 22, Augustinian priest Javier García Villafañe was found […]
- Abortions in Scotland highest on record as government considers abortion on demand
null / Credit: Ivon19 / Wikipedia (public domain) (CC-BY-SA-4.0) London, England, Jun 3, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). The Catholic Church in Scotland, pro-life organizations, and disability rights campaigners have expressed dismay after statistics released by Public Health Scotland on June 1 revealed that the number of abortions recorded in Scotland in 2022 was the highest number ever on record.The […]
- Pope Francis to travel to Mongolia on Aug. 31
Pope Francis greets pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on March 22, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Jun 3, 2023 / 05:30 am (CNA). The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Francis will visit Mongolia, the world’s most sparsely populated sovereign country.The pope is set to travel to Mongolia from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4. The trip will make Pope Francis the […]
- PHOTOS: American seminarians having a ‘ball’ in Rome college’s restored 1960s bowling alley
Seminarians and priests enjoyed a friendly bowling match in the St. John XXIII Pontifical Lanes during some downtime on an afternoon in May 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Jun 3, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA). The “mythical bowling alley” — that’s how it was thought of by seminarians at the Pontifical North American College in Rome in recent years.The narrow room in the […]
- Group of faithful in Germany rejects Synodal Way: ‘We want to remain Catholic’
The cross of the German “Synodal Way.” / Maximilian von Lachner / Synodaler Weg ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 2, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Birgit Kelle, spokeswoman for the German lay group Neuer Anfang (New Beginning) in a May 29 interview with EWTN Noticias explained that its members reject the Synodal Path initiated by the Church in Germany because they want to “remain Catholic.”This lay […]
- In 1995 a ‘deeply embarrassed’ MLB owner apologized for event with anti-Catholic drag performers
The "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" at an "LGBT pride" march in 1995. / Joe Mabel|Wikipedia|GFDL Washington D.C., Jun 2, 2023 / 16:20 pm (CNA). The Los Angeles Dodgers, it turns out, are not the first MLB team to find themselves in hot water over an invitation to the drag group calling itself the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.” Almost 28 years ago, the owner of the San Francisco Giants […]
- Church in Spain collects almost 1,000 complaints of sexual abuse since 1945
null / Credit: Emiliano Arruabarrena/Cathopic ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 2, 2023 / 13:45 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church in Spain on June 1 presented the report “To shed light,” which tallies 927 complaints of alleged sexual abuse of minors under 18 years of age or vulnerable people that occurred from 1945 to 2022.The report does not include situations involving the abuse of conscience and power or […]
- Fort Worth bishop dismisses Carmelite mother superior in latest in Texas monastery-diocese dispute
The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas. / Credit: Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 2, 2023 / 12:40 pm (CNA). Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, issued a decree Thursday dismissing Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach from religious life following a nearly […]
- Florida bishops plead with DeSantis to spare life of death row inmate
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at a campaign stop in Salem, New Hampshire, on June 1, 2023. / Credit: JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images Washington D.C., Jun 2, 2023 / 11:25 am (CNA). Florida’s Catholic bishops are calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to issue a stay of execution for a convicted murderer who is scheduled to die by lethal injection on June 15.Duane Owen, 62, was sentenced to death for the […]
- Report: Gänswein ordered to leave Vatican, return to home diocese without new role
Archbishop Georg Gänswein was the personal secretary of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. / Credit: ACI Press CNA Newsroom, Jun 2, 2023 / 06:34 am (CNA). According to a German newspaper report, Pope Francis ordered Archbishop Georg Gänswein to leave the Vatican and return to Germany by the end of June. The longtime private secretary of Pope Benedict XVI has been told to return to his home […]
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