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Cross that survived atomic bombing of Nagasaki returned
August 08, 2019
An Ohio college is returning to Nagasaki’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral a wooden cross that was recovered from the cathedral’s remains after the August 9, 1945 atomic strike on the city. Dr. Tanya Maus, director of Wilmington College’s Peace Resource Center, planned to return the cross on August 7. “Very few artifacts from the cathedral were
Catholic church vandalised in Liverpool
August 06, 2019
Merseyside Police are investigating the vandalization of St. Oswald’s, a church in inner-city Liverpool that had windows smashed and graffiti painted on it on Saturday. Saint Oswald King and Martyr Catholic Church was vandalized on August 3, the Liverpool Echo reports. The church and its presbytery had six windows broken, and “beast” written in chalk
Indianapolis Jesuit high school makes Vatican appeal of disciplinary measures
August 06, 2019
A Jesuit-sponsored high school in Indiana has asked the Vatican to overturn Indianapolis Archbishop Charles Thompson’s decision to revoke the school’s Catholic identity, and announced that a scheduled Mass for the opening of the academic year is not permitted at the school. Fr. William Verbryke, SJ, president of Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis, announced
US bishops: Mass shootings are an ‘epidemic against life’
August 05, 2019
U.S. bishops are calling for prayer and action in the wake of two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio this weekend. “We encourage all Catholics to increased prayer and sacrifice for healing and the end of these shootings,” the bishops wrote in an August 4 statement. “We encourage Catholics to pray and
Benedict XVI meets recently dismissed JPII Institute professor
August 05, 2019
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI met last week with a recently dismissed professor of moral theology at Rome’s Pontifical John Paul II Institute, amid ongoing controversy regarding recent changes to the Institute. Benedict XVI invited Monsignor Livio Melina to meet with him in on August 1, a source close to Melina told CNA. The pope emeritus
Christian street preacher compensated after wrongful arrest in London
July 31, 2019
A Christian pastor has been compensated for a wrongful arrest after London police detained the man while preaching on the street earlier this year. Oluwole Ilesanmi, 64, has been awarded over $3,000 (£2,500) by Scotland Yard for humiliating treatment, according to the Daily Mail. Ilesanmi moved to London in 2010 as a protestant missionary from
125 year-old Texas Church destroyed in fire
July 31, 2019
Federal agents have joined the investigation of a fire that ravaged and destroyed a 125-year-old landmark Catholic Church in central Texas on Monday. Firefighters responded to the blaze at the historic Church of the Visitation in Westphalia, Texas on Monday morning. While the tabernacle containing the Eucharist was saved by nearby residents, nearly everything else
Bishop calls assisted suicide ‘affront to the dignity of life’ on eve of legalization
July 31, 2019
A New Jersey bishop has issued a renewed condemnation of assisted suicide as a new law making it legal in the state comes in to force this week. Bishop James E. Checchio of Metuchen described assisted suicide as “a grievous affront to the dignity of human life” that “can never be morally justified” in a
Ho Chi Minh City archdiocese warns against deviant devotions
July 29, 2019
The bishops of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City have warned against a false Marian devotion and other deviant ritual practices meant to cast out evil spirits, according to UCA News. The local Church’s auxiliary bishops, Joseph Do Manh Hung (who is also serving as apostolic administrator) and Louis Nguyen Anh Tuan, issued a
Archdiocese allows ‘mother 1’ and ‘mother 2’ on baptism certificate
July 26, 2019
The recent baptism of a child raised by a same-sex couple has caused a controversy in Colombia, after a parish pastor issued a baptismal certificate indicating that the child has two mothers. Manuela and Luisa Fernanda Gómez, who are civilly married under Colombian law, wanted to have their 17-month-old son Matías baptized in the city
For 3 months, no girls were born in 132 Indian villages
July 26, 2019
A northern Indian district has launched an investigation into a region in which the birth rate of baby girls is in dramatic decline. Government data has revealed that among 216 babies born across 132 villages in the last three months, not even one of them was a girl. The district administration of the Uttarkashi region
Priests protest Indian cardinal accused of covering up nun’s alleged rape
July 25, 2019
Catholic priests are reportedly protesting Pope Francis’ reinstatement of a cardinal who is facing allegations of financial mismanagement and of failing to report the rape of a nun. Cardinal George Alencherry heads the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in union with Rome and one of the two main
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