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Breaking: Catholics injured in deadly parade crash in Waukesha, Wisconsin
November 22, 2021
CNA Staff
A Catholic priest, parishioners, and Catholic school children were injured when an SUV plowed into marchers during a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin on Sunday, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee has said. “Our prayers are with the people who have been injured and killed during the tragic incident in Waukesha,” the archdiocese’s communications director, Sandra Peterson,
Religious freedom advocates ‘appalled’ as State Department removes Nigeria from watch list
November 19, 2021
Courtney Mares/CNA
After the U.S. State Department released its list of countries with the most egregious religious freedom violations this week, human rights advocates expressed shock that Nigeria was removed from this year’s list. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a statement on Nov. 17 saying that it was “appalled” at the State Department’s “unexplainable” decision
USCCB chairmen elections: Who came out on top?
November 17, 2021
Christine Rousselle/CNA
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
“No plea” entered on Providence priest’s behalf amid child pornography charges
November 16, 2021
Joseph Bukuras/CNA
A Rhode Island District Court judge on Monday entered “no plea” on behalf of Father James Jackson, FSSP, a Providence-based priest who is facing state and federal child pornography charges.  Jackson, who until recently was pastor at a parish in suburban Denver, is facing state charges consisting of possession of child pornography, transfer of child
Former Congressman Dan Lipinski: we must be “Catholic first”
November 15, 2021
CNA Staff
Denver Newsroom, Nov 13, 2021 / 10:41 am Former Congressman Dan Lipinski has urged faithful to be “Catholics first” in the public square, putting their faith above an excessive loyalty to party, personal comfort, or fear.  In an address at the University of Notre Dame’s de Nicola Fall Conference on Nov. 12, Lipinski said that the recent
Vandalism of cross-shaped pro-life display at Catholic university caught on video
November 12, 2021
Kevin Jones/CNA
St. Louis, Mo., Nov 11, 2021 / 17:01 pm A cross-shaped display of flags commemorating the lives lost in abortion was targeted by vandals at Saint Louis University, a Jesuit school, soon after it was set up on campus Monday morning. The university’s pro-life group, a Students for Life chapter, set up hundreds of small
Virginia youth leader arrested on sexual battery charges
November 08, 2021
Katie Yoder/CNA
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 7, 2021 / 17:22 pm A child’s tip led police to arrest a Catholic youth leader in McLean, Virginia, on nine counts of aggravated sexual battery on Nov. 1. Antonio Pérez-Alcalá, 75, is accused of sexually assaulting minors while serving as a local leader for Secular Institute Stabat Mater, a program dedicated
Why is a Planned Parenthood fundraiser being held on this Catholic campus?
November 05, 2021
Joseph Bukuras/CNA
CNA Staff, Nov 4, 2021 / 12:10 pm Loyola Marymount University says it will not block a student club from hosting a fundraiser Friday for abortion provider Planned Parenthood, despite a petition drive that says it’s an “egregious violation” to hold the event on the Catholic institution’s Los Angeles campus. The student group, Women in
Archbishop Gomez addresses rise of ‘wokeness’, social movements in US
November 05, 2021
Autumn Jones/CNA
Denver Newsroom, Nov 4, 2021 / 17:00 pm On Thursday, Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles discussed the rise of new secular ideologies and movements for social change in the United States during a virtual address to the Congress of Catholics and Public Life in Madrid.  He asserted that it is “important for the Church
No Supreme Court hearing for Catholic hospital sued for declining transgender surgery
November 03, 2021
Kevin Jones/CNA
Denver Newsroom, Nov 2, 2021 / 17:28 pm The Supreme Court has declined to intervene in a lawsuit against a Catholic hospital that declined to perform a hysterectomy on a woman who identifies as a transgender man on the grounds that doing so would violate Catholic ethics and the U.S. bishops’ directives. “In keeping with
What’s in (and isn’t in) the bishops’ draft document on the Eucharist?
November 03, 2021
Christine Rousselle/CNA
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 2, 2021 / 17:25 pm A draft text of the U.S. bishops’ forthcoming document on Eucharistic coherence does not make explicit mention of denying the sacrament from certain high-profile Catholics and instead focuses on the importance of teaching the Real Presence of the Eucharist and the Eucharist as a tool for
Man threatening priest, parishioners in Providence arrested
November 02, 2021
Christine Rousselle/CNA
Providence, R.I., Nov 1, 2021 / 21:34 pm A 28-year-old man was arrested on Monday evening after bringing a gun to the former parish of a recently-arrested priest in Providence and threatening the priest and parishioners.  The man, whose identity has not been released, went to an apartment located near St. Mary’s Church in Providence
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