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November 17, 2021

USCCB chairmen elections: Who came out on top?

November 17, 2021

Members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops elected six new chairmen-elect on Nov. 16 at their Fall General Assembly in Baltimore. The chairmen-elect will serve in the role for one year before assuming the position of “chairman” at the 2022 Fall General Assembly. Bishop James F. Checchio of Metuchen defeated Archbishop Paul Etienne

Nearly 1,000 hate crimes against Europe’s Christians recorded in 2020

November 17, 2021

According to newly published data from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the number of hate crimes against Christians in Europe rose sharply in 2020. The OSCE data, published Nov. 16, documented 980 incidents against Christians, including arson attacks on Catholic churches, desecration and robbery of Eucharistic hosts, assaults on priests, and anti-Catholic graffiti

“We are here to stay and struggle”– Cardinal Pell on the Church’s power of endurance

November 17, 2021

The Australian Cardinal returns to Oxford to deliver the Newman Society's annual Thomas More Lecture

Vatican finance trial: What’s happened so far and where is it heading?

November 17, 2021

A Vatican judge’s partial turnaround at a hearing earlier this month is a significant plot twist in the finance trial that kicked off this summer. The prosecution has 10 defendants, with many different charges against them, most linked to the management of funds in the Vatican Secretariat of State, particularly to the purchase of a luxury property