Archive for October 20, 2018

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Church needs fewer and better seminaries, says seminary prof

In the wake of recent reports concerning widespread sexual harassment and sexual abuse at seminaries, a seminary professor has suggestions... Read more

Cardinal Blase Cupich and Bishop Alain de Raemy Oct. 20, 2018. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Bishops talk abuse crisis, same-sex attraction at youth synod

As the youth synod wrapped up its third week, the bishops and auditors discussed the sexual abuse crisis in parts... Read more

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By Christine Rousselle

Having kids won’t doom your country, says #PostcardsForMacron creator

The idea that high fertility rates are a barrier to economic success is a contemporary myth, Catholic University of America... Read more

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The Christendom College Women’s Basketball team, with Mary Pennefather, third from left, voices opinions on women’s sports at the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13, 2026. | Credit: Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA

Supreme Court reviews transgender athlete bans

Martha Patricia Molina, a Nicaraguan lawyer and Catholic researcher, urges the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to “return your eyes to Nicaragua” at a Jan. 13, 2026, hearing. | Credit: Tessa Gervasini/CNA

Nicaraguan researcher urges religious freedom commission to refocus attention on abuses

Bishop Raimo Goyarrola with a family in Helsinki | Credit: Courtesy of Bishop Raimo Goyarrola

First Catholic school in Finland: The dream of Helsinki’s only Catholic bishop

Scott Adams had previously announced his intention to convert to Christianity. | Credit: Art of Charm, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On his dying day, renowned cartoonist’s faith in Christ made public

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New York senator pushes for more church security after crimes, vandalism at Catholic parishes

Archbishop Hebda speaks to EWTN News in August 2025. | Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot

Archbishop Hebda calls for hope, healing as community suffers ‘heaviness’ after shooting

Angola is one of the African countries Pope Leo XIV plans to visit in what will be his first pastoral trip to the continent as Pontiff. | Credit: Vatican Media/Catholic Archdiocese of Luanda

Angola among African countries Pope Leo XIV to visit; dates being finalized

Bishop Stanislav Přibyl of Litoměřice celebrates Mass with Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt of Görlitz, Germany, and other clergy at the Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians in Filipov, Czech Republic, on Jan. 13, 2025, during the annual pilgrimage commemorating the 1866 healing of Magdalena Kade. | Credit: Lubomír Holý/Člověk a víra

Czech bishop declares Year of Reconciliation 80 years after World War II expulsions

St. Patrick Cathedral in the Diocese of Charlotte. | Credit: Diocese of Charlotte

Dozens of Charlotte priests query Vatican over bishop’s move to abolish altar rails, kneelers

Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap addresses the diplomatic corps accredited to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta at the Magistral Villa on Rome’s Aventine Hill on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. | Credit: Order of Malta

Order of Malta seeks greater UN role as hospital in Bethlehem faces operational constraints

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