Archive for May 30, 2018

Pope Francis during his general audience in St. Peter's Square May 23, 2018. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

The Holy Spirit is the invisible gift of God, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis said Wednesday that confirmation is the sacrament in which Catholics are marked with a seal that solidifies their... Read more

Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer at the Vatican Press Office Sept. 8, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

CDF prefect: That only men can be priests is 'definitive'

The teaching of the Catholic Church on the impossibility of ordaining women to the priesthood, now or in the future,... Read more

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Australian bishops join national program to compensate child sex abuse victims

The Australian Catholic bishops confirmed Wednesday that they will participate in a national compensation program for survivors of child sexual... Read more

Archbishop Luis Ladaria, now the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, at a Vatican press conference, Sept. 8, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Ed Condon

Commentary: Archbishop Ladaria and the transgender movement

This week Archbishop Luis Ladaria, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued (another) definitive statement on... Read more

Dr. Jacqueline Leary-Warsaw. Courtesy of Catholic University of America.?w=200&h=150

CUA appoints new dean of music, drama, and art

The Catholic University of America announced Tuesday that Jacqueline Leary-Warsaw has been appointed dean of the university's school of music.  Read more

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Portuguese Parliament votes against legalizing euthanasia

After heated debate, the Portuguese Parliament voted on Tuesday to reject multiple proposed laws that would legalize euthanasia in the... Read more

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Church building in Venezuela seized by local government group

A group of people appropriated the facilities of a parish in Venezuela's Mérida state on Monday afternoon, saying they were... Read more

In this 2007 file photo, Bert Baker, an amateur artist, had recently finished a 7-foot-tall sculpture of Christ at Red Bank Baptist Church. ?w=200&h=150

By Mary Farrow

Baptist congregation votes Jesus statue out for being 'too Catholic'

Jesus is being evicted from a South Carolina church, and he must be out by the end of the month.  Read more

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By Christine Rousselle

Did Planned Parenthood cover up child abuse and sex trafficking?

In 2011, after undercover footage appeared to show Planned Parenthood officials failing to report suspected sex abuse of minors, the... Read more

John Bradburne with Jeromia at the Mutemwa Leper Settlement. Photo courtesy of the John Bradburne Memorial Society.?w=200&h=150

Calls for beatification of English missionary to Zimbabwe

A group devoted to John Bradburne, a lay missionary to what is now Zimbabwe in the 1970s, is raising money... Read more

South Sudanese refugees arrive at a refugee camp in Uganda. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Catholics respond to global forced migration crisis

An unprecedented 66 million people worldwide have been forced from their homes by conflict and violence, according to a report... Read more