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China marks 70 years of communism and human rights abuses

October 02, 2019

On Tuesday, the People’s Republic of China marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the country’s communist regime. While some world leaders offered congratulations, others reflected on the nation’s long history of human rights abuses. The White House and State Department offered official best wishes on behalf of the administration. President Donald Trump tweeted his

Cardinal Nichols: John Henry Newman calls Catholics to be ‘missionary disciples’

September 30, 2019

Blessed John Henry Newman offers an important witness for the Catholic Church in England during difficult times, and is a patron for the call of every Catholic to “missionary discipleship”, the president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has said. “Cardinal Newman faced difficult times and circumstances. So do we. At this moment,

Ahead of synod, alumni of Benedict XVI express concerns about married priesthood

September 29, 2019

Just days before the Amazon synod of bishops is to convene in Rome, a symposium of students of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI published a statement of concern regarding the possibility of married priests, a controversial topic of discussion at the upcoming synod. “The vocation as well as the existence of the priest are solely dependent

The Pope appoints pontifical commissioner for the Heralds of the Gospel

September 29, 2019

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, as pontifical commissioner for the Heralds of the Gospel, after studying the documentation of the apostolic visit to the group initiated on June 23, 2017. The apostolic visit and the decision of the Pope to appoint a pontifical commissioner were due to a

Cardinal Parolin warns against ‘ideological colonization’ at UN

September 27, 2019

The Holy See’s Secretary of State has cautioned world leaders against the “ideological colonization” of developing nations. Cardinal Pietro Parolin issued the warning Tuesday at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “I would like to stress that partnership for sustainable and integral human development means moving together in the

Archbishop: New South Wales abortion legalization ‘a defeat for humanity’

September 27, 2019

The archbishop of Sydney lamented a controversial new law decriminalizing abortion in New South Wales, and stressed that the Church will work to offer support for women facing difficult pregnancies. “Today is a very dark day for New South Wales,” said Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney in a September 26 statement. He called the new

China harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience, human rights group claims

September 27, 2019

The Chinese government is harvesting organs from religious and ethnic minorities, a human rights organization told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday. The China Tribunal, which calls itself an “independent, international people’s tribunal” that investigates allegations of organ harvesting in the country, is led by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC. The tribunal

Leading Catholic philosophers say JPII Institute changes threaten credibility

September 26, 2019

Leading American Catholic philosophers have written to the leadership of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute in Rome to express their concern that recent changes at the university have not properly respected the academic integrity of the institution. “Observance in full of previously instituted procedures is part of what defines any academic institution as free

Cardinal Levada, former CDF prefect, dies aged 83

September 26, 2019

Cardinal William Levada, the former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has died at the age of 83. He was the first American to lead the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), one of the most senior positions in the Curia. Levada was appointed to the position by Pope

‘Take the Pope very seriously!’ Cardinal Woelki tells German bishops

September 24, 2019

The Church in Germany must revise its synodal plans in line with the Pope’s leadership and the universal Church, Cardinal Rainer Woelki told the plenary session of the German Episcopal Conference on Tuesday morning. Speaking on the second day of the three-day meeting, Woelki, who is the Archbishop of Cologne, told the bishops that Pope

Zen meditation and ‘mindfulness’ are not Christian prayer, Spanish bishops warn

September 24, 2019

The Spanish bishops’ conference said that the “mindfulness” movement and other eastern meditation techniques cannot be considered a “properly Christian” practice of prayer. The Spanish bishops’ commission on doctrine approved April 3 “’My soul thirsts for God, for the living God’: A doctrinal orientation on Christian prayer. ” The document was officially published on September 3. The

6% of US seminarians have experienced sexual harassment, study says

September 24, 2019

A new study has found that six percent of U.S. seminarians have experienced some form of sexual harassment, abuse or misconduct; another four percent said they might have experienced misconduct but were not sure; while 89% report none. The survey comes amid heightened scrutiny of seminary culture in the wake of revelations of grooming behavior

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