Archive for January 17, 2020

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Report: Around the world, 260 million Christians face persecution 

Christian persecution around the world is a growing problem, says a new report from an agency that documents abuses against... Read more

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By Ed Condon

Vatican picks Hong Kong bishop, delays announcement

Hong Kong has been without a diocesan bishop since the death of Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung in January 2019, after... Read more

Mike Harris, who was one of the people displaced from K Street, poses for a picture in front of his tent under L Street. ?w=200&h=150

By Christine Rousselle

Washington DC clears out homeless camp, breaking up community

One former resident told CNA that he believes the dismantling was necessary, and he blames the city for letting the... Read more

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'No international right to abortion' says HHS Secretary

There is no international right to abortion, the U.S. health secretary told officials from more than 30 countries on Thursday... Read more

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By JD Flynn

Gregorian University to ‘review’ bishop’s allegedly plagiarized dissertation

The Pontifical Gregorian University said Friday it will review the doctoral dissertation of Scotland’s Bishop Stephen Robson, which is alleged... Read more

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By Christine Rousselle

Catholic parish will not host Episcopalian consecration

The Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia will no longer hold an episcopal consecration and ordination at a Catholic parish in... Read more

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Chinese bishop and priests evicted over 'fire safety'

Chinese officials have evicted members of the clergy, including a bishop, from their homes and are closing Catholic parishes in... Read more

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'No misunderstanding': Cardinal Sarah meets with pope emeritus

Cardinal Robert Sarah has met with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to discuss the controversy following around their recently-published book "From... Read more

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Supreme Court will hear Little Sisters of the Poor case, again

The Little Sisters of the Poor will have their case heard before the Supreme Court yet again in their years-long... Read more

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Bishops visiting Holy Land ask for application of international law

Following a trip to the Holy Land, a group of bishops from the United States and Europe called on their... Read more

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2020 Pope Francis trip to Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea possible

A visit from Pope Francis to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and East Timor may happen in September, according to an... Read more

Bishop Edward Scharfenberger of Albany, who has served as apostolic administrator of the Buffalo diocese since December 2019. Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Albany.?w=200&h=150

Buffalo administrator: Catholic Charities donations will not go to abuse settlements

The apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo said this week that despite the possibility the diocese could file for... Read more

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Archbishop Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias of Angola’s Archdiocese of Luanda.

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Professor Mouna Maroun is the first Arab to be elected as the rector of an Israeli university, the University of Haifa. Maroun belongs to the Arab minority in Israel, the Christian minority among Arabs, and the Maronite minority among Christians. She says she is proud of her religious affiliation and wears a golden crucifix around her neck. "My election is an important message that everything is possible in the Israeli academia," she told CNA.

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Mother Marla Marie stands on the front porch of the sisters’ Mother of the Light convent in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

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Father Roger Landry, Catholic chaplain at Columbia University, discusses the protests at Columbia University in New York City on EWTN’s “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo” on May 2, 2024.

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President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jesuit Father Greg Boyle on May 3, 2024.

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