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Dubia cardinals ask bishops to confront ‘plague of the homosexual agenda’
February 21, 2019
Catholic bishops around the world need to combat the homosexual agenda in the Church, two cardinals said in an open letter addressed to the presidents of the world’s conferences of bishops. Cardinal Walter Brandmüller and Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke wrote in a Feb. 19 letter that the “horrible crime” of clerical sexual abuse of minors
Chilean whistleblower to meet bishops ahead of abuse summit
February 20, 2019
Juan Carlos Cruz, a clerical sex abuse whistleblower and a victim of Fr Fernando Karadima, will meet with bishops and with fellow victims of clergy sexual abuse Wednesday, one day before the start of a Vatican summit on the topic. “I am very proud that I am entrusted with such a task,” Cruz said, according
Cologne’s cardinal warns against inventing ‘a new Church’
February 20, 2019
Noting the challenges facing the Church in Germany, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne told EWTN last week that amid dispute over the Church’s “direction”, the bishops are called to preserve the faith. “The current situation in Germany is indeed difficult. And there does seem to be a dispute about the overall direction [of the
Notre Dame rescinds McCarrick’s honorary degree
February 20, 2019
The University of Notre Dame has rescinded the honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree it conferred on former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in 2008, becoming the latest of a growing number of schools who have rescinded honorary degrees from the defrocked former archbishop. “The Vatican has announced the conclusion of the adjudicatory process against former Cardinal
Vatican restores priestly faculties to Ernesto Cardenal
February 19, 2019
Pope Francis has restored priestly faculties to 94-year-old Fr. Ernesto Cardenal, who had been suspended a divinas in 1984 for holding a cabinet position in Nicaragua’s Sandinista government, in violation of canon law. “The Holy Father has graciously granted the absolution of all canonical censures imposed on Rev. Father Ernesto Cardenal, accepting the request he
Bishop to Maduro: Open your eyes to see the suffering of the people
February 15, 2019
The bishop of San Cristóbal has exhorted Nicolas Maduro to consider the suffering of the Venezuelan people amid the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis in the country. “Open your eyes to see the suffering of the people. Hear the cry of the people who want not only freedom and democracy but to be considered in
Doctors operate on baby inside the womb in pioneering surgery
February 15, 2019
Doctors in the United Kingdom performed surgery on an unborn baby, before successfully returning the child, Elouise, to her mother’s womb. The mother, 26-year-old Bethan Simpson, learned during a routine 20-week scan late last year that Elouise had spina bifida, a condition that affects the spinal cord and backbone and can lead to many complications,
Eucharist desecrated and statues smashed in series of French church attacks
February 15, 2019
At least 10 incidents of vandalism and desecration of Catholic churches have been reported in France since the beginning of February, according to French news sources and watch groups. Vandals in Catholic churches throughout the country have smashed statues, knocked down tabernacles, scattered or destroyed the Eucharist, burnt altar cloths and torn down crosses, among
Satanic Temple loses abortion religious freedom case in Missouri
February 15, 2019
The Missouri Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge against an informed consent abortion law from a self-described Satanic Temple adherent who claimed the state violated her religious beliefs. Chief Justice Zell M. Fischer, writing in a concurring opinion, said that the US Supreme Court “has made it clear that state speech is not religious
Arizona lawmakers seek to declare pornography a public health crisis
February 14, 2019
An Arizona legislator has introduced a resolution that would declare pornography to be a public health crisis in the state. Although the measure would not have legal consequences, it would declare pornography as perpetuating a “sexually toxic environment that damages all areas of our society.” The resolution was introduced on February 7 by Rep. Michelle
Investigation exonerates Covington students
February 14, 2019
An independent investigation into the interaction last month between Covington high school students and a Native American man has exonerated the students, the Diocese of Covington has announced. In a February 11 message to Covington Catholic High School parents, posted on the diocesan website, Bishop Roger Foys said a third-party inquiry had determined that “our
Bishop moves Sacrament of Confirmation back to before First Communion
February 13, 2019
Bishop James Wall of Gallup has announced in a pastoral letter the restoration of the order of the sacraments of initiation in the mission diocese. Once the new policy is implemented, children will receive Confirmation and First Holy Communion in the same Mass, at around the age of 7 or 8. “Receiving the Sacrament of
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