Archive for December 8, 2020

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After adding major abortion expansions, Mass. lawmakers send budget bill to governor

Legislators have sent to the Massachusetts governor a $46.2 billion full-year budget plan that includes provisions to expand access to... Read more

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Pope Francis makes surprise visit to Immaculate Conception statue in rain-drenched Rome

Pope Francis made a surprise visit Tuesday morning to the statue of the Immaculate Conception in Rome’s Piazza di Spagna.  Read more

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Pope Francis proclaims Year of St. Joseph

Pope Francis announced a Year of St. Joseph Tuesday in honor of the 150th anniversary of the saint’s proclamation as... Read more

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Pope Francis: the Immaculate Conception is ‘one of the wonders of the story of salvation’

The Immaculate Conception is “one of the wonders of the story of salvation,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address... Read more

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, pictured in Warsaw Feb. 12, 2020. ?w=200&h=150

Polish archbishop responds to ‘unprecedented attacks’ on St. John Paul II after McCarrick Report

St. John Paul II’s “highest priority” was combating clerical abuse and protecting young people, a Catholic archbishop said Monday in... Read more

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Labor Department strengthens religious freedom rule

The Labor Department (DOL) finalized a rule on Monday that allows faith-based government contractors to make employment decisions based on... Read more

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Construction crane knocks head and torso off Catholic cathedral’s statue of St. Paul

A construction crane knocked the head and torso off a statue of St. Paul atop Liège Cathedral in Belgium Monday.  Read more

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Charleston bishop cleared by Vatican over abuse claim

The Bishop of Charleston, SC, has been cleared of accusations of sexual abuse by the Vatican, the diocese announced Sunday.  Read more

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Fund solutions, not abortions, House committee hears

Government must support mothers and children instead of paying for abortions, members of Congress heard at a Tuesday hearing on taxpayer-funded... Read more

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Cardinal Parolin admitted to hospital for surgery

The Vatican Secretary of State was admitted to a Roman hospital Tuesday for a scheduled surgery to treat prostate enlargement.  Read more

Father Gabriel Richard High School in Ann Arbor, one of the Lansing diocese's schools which have joined a suit against the Mich. health department. ?w=200&h=150

Catholic high schools in Michigan sue over coronavirus order keeping them closed

Two high schools in the Diocese of Lansing have joined a lawsuit against a public health order keeping schools in... Read more

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Watch groups: Christians in Turkey face suppression, exploitation

Christians in Turkey are being systematically suppressed or exploited for political gains, warns a new report from two human rights... Read more

A pregnant woman is carried out of an area flooded by Hurricane Eta in Planeta, Honduras, Nov. 5, 2020. ?w=200&h=150

After hurricanes, Honduran nationals in US gain protections against deportation

After several Central American countries were hit hard by hurricanes Iota and Eta, the Department of Homeland Security has extended... Read more