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Labour MP proposes adding ‘Amess amendment’ on last rites to bill

October 22, 2021

London, England, Oct 21, 2021 / 14:00 pm A Labour MP has proposed adding an “Amess amendment” to a bill going through Parliament ensuring that Catholic priests can administer the last rites at crime scenes. Mike Kane, a Labour Member of Parliament, is seeking to add the amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill,

British doctors say they will not participate in assisted suicide if it becomes legal

October 22, 2021

London, England, Oct 21, 2021 / 17:00 pm A group of some 1,700 doctors say they will not participate in assisted suicide, amid a push by some lawmakers to legalize the practice in England and Wales. In a letter this week to the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, the doctors write:

Two priests in Lincoln diocese reassigned with restrictions, following review of alleged misconduct

October 21, 2021

Washington D.C., Oct 20, 2021 / 16:09 pm Two priests in the Diocese of Lincoln are being reassigned to ministry with restrictions, following diocesan review of accusations of sexual misconduct. Neither priest was reportedly charged with a crime. Fr. Scott Courtney, suspended from active ministry in September 2018 over accusations of having sexual relations with

After Catholic football coach was fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine, lawyer alleges anti-religious animus

October 21, 2021

Washington D.C., Oct 20, 2021 / 15:00 pm The former Washington State University football coach, a Catholic, intends to sue the school after he was refused a religious exemption to the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and was subsequently fired for not getting vaccinated. Nick Rolovich, a Catholic, had previously announced in July that he would

Catholic leader says his archdiocese won’t take part in global synodal process, citing ‘ideological’ risk

October 21, 2021

Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Oct 20, 2021 / 09:00 am A Catholic leader has said that his archdiocese won’t take part in the two-year global synodal process, saying that it would run “the risk of becoming ideological.” Archbishop Wolfgang Haas of Vaduz, Liechtenstein, announced his decision on Oct. 15, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner. “I am of

Cardinal Dolan outlines 7 ‘non-negotiables’ for the Synod on Synodality

October 20, 2021

New York City, N.Y., Oct 19, 2021 / 17:09 pm In an effort to explain Pope Francis’ vision for the Synod on Synodality for his flock, Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s homily Sunday offered seven “non-negotiables” that Jesus intended for the Church. The Synod on Synodality, initiated by Pope Francis earlier this month, is a two-year, worldwide

USCCB pro-life chairman urges Biden to act like the ‘devout Catholic’ he says he is

October 14, 2021

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 12, 2021 / 10:53 am The U.S. Catholic bishops’ pro-life chairman is expressing disappointment with President Biden as his administration reverses a Trump-era rule that restricted funding over abortion. “It’s really sad,” Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, who heads the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life

Pope Francis to Slovakian Jesuits: ‘Some people wanted me to die’ amid health problems

September 22, 2021

Vatican City, Sep 21, 2021 / 05:20 am In a private meeting with Jesuits in Slovakia on Sept. 12, Pope Francis said that there were people who wanted him to die after he underwent colon surgery in July. During the encounter, a Jesuit priest asked the pope how he was doing, to which he replied: