John Lavenburg, Author at Catholic Herald

John Lavenburg

Small Polish town prepares for beatification of whole family killed for saving Jews

September 06, 2023

KRAKÓW, Poland – Around 11:30 am on September 1, a woman approached the Ulma family grave in a Markowa cemetery, bowed her head, and prayed. She was there primarily to visit her mother’s grave on the anniversary of her death, but also to visit the Ulma family, knowing that her father had played music at

Leading U.S. Catholics clash over ‘schismatic’ synod agenda

August 25, 2023

NEW YORK – A controversial American Jesuit priest has made a robust defence of the forthcoming Vatican synod in the face of claims by critics that it will produce division and schism within the Catholic Church. Jesuit Fr James Martin (pictured), one of the foremost apologists of the global gay rights agenda in the Church,

‘Promoting synodality’: US and Japanese bishops call for end to nuclear weapons

August 12, 2023

The ruins of Nagasaki Cathedral after the destruction of the city by a nuclear bomb on 9 August 1945. Getty Images 78 YEARS AFTER the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, on 9 August 1945, a group of Japanese and US Catholic bishops announced a new initiative to promote the realization of a world without nuclear

U.S. bishops’ fury at ‘pro-life’ pregnancy rights Act hijacked to push abortion

August 11, 2023

NEW YORK – Proposed regulations from the Biden administration to protect pregnant women in the workplace have drawn the ire of the U.S. bishops for pushing abortion. They complain that the “pro-worker, pro-family and pro-life” Pregnant Workers Fairness Act has been hijacked to drive a pro-abortion agenda. Passed by the Senate late last year and

US Catholic couple sues after being blocked from adopting children due to religious beliefs

August 09, 2023

NEW YORK – A Massachusetts Catholic couple has sued the state, alleging that they were blocked from adopting children through the state’s foster care program because of their religious beliefs about marriage, sexuality and gender. Mike and Kitty Burke sued the state of Massachusetts Aug. 8, after what they say was an extensive application process

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