Archive for July 22, 2021

Frank DiLallo, founder and co-author of Bullying Redirect. Credit: Autumn Jones/CNA.?w=200&h=150

By Autumn Jones

'Bullying Redirect' provides Christ-centered anti-bullying curriculum

Following the Columbine High School massacre in April 1999, Catholic educator and counselor Frank DiLallo knew he had to do... Read more

Shannon Mullen, Editor-in-Chief of Catholic News Agency.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

EWTN’s Catholic News Agency names Shannon Mullen as Editor-in-Chief

CNA is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing independent Catholic media outlets. Read more

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By CNA Staff

Traditionis custodes: German Catholic dioceses make no immediate changes

Several dioceses confirmed that Traditional Latin Masses would continue. Read more

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By Courtney Mares

Australian archbishop: Catholics will ‘need to adapt’ to liturgy restrictions

Archbishop Peter Comensoli said that “for some, it will be not an easy moment.” Read more

Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of Synod of Bishops.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Cardinal Grech: Synodality is not a ‘fad’ of the pope

He said that synodality is “the form and style of the early Church.” Read more

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By Andrea Gagliarducci

The increasing influence of the liturgical school Sant’Anselmo in the Vatican

The new secretary and undersecretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship both have studied at the Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo,... Read more

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)?w=200&h=150

By Kate Scanlon

Pelosi defends taxpayer-funded abortion while citing Catholic faith 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday defended efforts to permit federal funding of elective abortions, and cited her own... Read more

St. Joseph with the Infant Jesus, by Guido Reni, circa 1635?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

Annual Courage conference focuses on St. Joseph as model of chastity

The annual conference of the Catholic apostolate Courage International concluded last week, focusing on the example of St. Joseph. Read more

People demonstrate, some holding Cuban flags, during a protest against the Cuban government at Versailles Restaurant in Miami, on July 12, 2021. - Havana on Monday blamed a US "policy of economic suffocation" for unprecedented protests against Cuba's communist government as Washington pointed the finger at "decades of repression" in the one-party state. Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images.?w=200&h=150

By David Ramos

Cuban government preparing a law regulating dissidents’ defense lawyers

Cuba’s communist government has drafted a law that would equate the role of dissidents’ defense lawyers with that of public... Read more

Cardinal Jose Advincula of Manila (right) is led to his cathedra inside the Manila Cathedral by Archbishop Charles Brown, papal nuncio to the Philippines, during the cardinal's installation as new prelate of the Archdiocese of Manila on June 24, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By Jose Torres, Jr.

Philippine bishops support pope’s letter on traditional liturgies

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines issued a statement on Thursday supporting Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis custodes, which... Read more

Ethiopia's bishops during their plenary assembly in Mojo, July 2021. Credit: Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat via Facebook.?w=200&h=150

By Magdalene Kahiu

Ethiopian bishops call for ceasefire in Tigray crisis

As the war over control of Ethiopia's Tigray region expands into neighboring regions, the country's bishops on Saturday urged an... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

Ninth Circuit favors Washington church in case against state abortion coverage mandate

A Washington church won its case against a state abortion coverage mandate on Thursday, in a ruling by a federal... Read more

The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee. Credit: Sulfur via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Despite criticism from Wisconsin AG, Milwaukee archdiocese stresses cooperation with new abuse cases

The Milwaukee archdiocese said that to its knowledge the Wisconsin attorney general’s inquiry into sexual abuse, which some critics say... Read more

Cardinal Raymond Burke listens in the audience during the presentation of the new book Christvs Vincit by Bishop Athanasius Schneider, in Rome on Oct. 14, 2019.?w=200&h=150

By Alejandro Bermudez

Cardinal Burke questions Pope Francis' authority to eliminate the Traditional Latin Mass

In a 19-point statement regarding Pope Francis' motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke called the restrictions on the... Read more

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Pope Francis meets with 300 priests taking part in the World Meeting of Parish Priests on May 2, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis tells world’s parish priests: The Church could not go on without you

Father Paul Tatu Mothobi, a member the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (CSS/ Stigmatines) and former Media and Communications Officer of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), was found dead of gunshot wounds in South Africa, on April 27, 2024.

Priest shot dead in South Africa; Catholic bishops there decry ‘pandemic’ of murder

Pope Francis shared a stage with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on May 12, 2023, to speak at a two-day conference on “The General State of the Birth Rate,” held at Conciliazione Auditorium close to the Vatican.

Pope Francis to speak at event on Italy’s record-low birth rate

Thousands of pilgrims come together each year to take part in the annual Walk to Mary, which takes place on the first Saturday of May in Wisconsin. The 21-mile pilgrimage starts at the National Shrine of St. Joseph in De Pere, Wisconsin, and ends at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in Champion, Wisconsin.

Walk to Mary pilgrimage brings thousands to ‘grounds where Mary appeared’

God “is our peace” and “prayer leads us to meet him,” said the archbishop of Bogotá, Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio.

Colombian bishops call for day of prayer for peace, reconciliation in violence-torn country

The pro-life flag from the Pro-Life Flag Project (www.prolifeflag.com).

Pro-life roundup: Here’s what happened with abortion at the state level this week

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa gives the homily at a Mass in which he took possession of his titular church, St. Onuphrius, in Rome on May 1, 2024.

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem takes possession of Rome titular church after delays due to war

Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore pack the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen during a concluding listening session on the archdiocese's major parish restructuring plan on April 30, 2024.

Archdiocese of Baltimore concludes traumatic ‘listening sessions’ around restructuring plan

The St. Louis Cathedral, the oldest Catholic cathedral in continual use in the United States, on April 9, 2020, in New Orleans.

Archdiocese of New Orleans suspected of child sex trafficking, warrant shows

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