Archive for June 2, 2023

Archbishop Georg Gänswein was the personal secretary of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Report: Gänswein ordered to leave Vatican, return to home diocese without new role

According to a German media report, Pope Francis is following a custom where former private secretaries of deceased popes do... Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at a campaign stop in Salem, New Hampshire, on June 1, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Zelda Caldwell

Florida bishops plead with DeSantis to spare life of death row inmate

The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops appealed to the governor to grant a stay and commute convicted murderer Duane Owen’s... Read more

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Fort Worth bishop dismisses Carmelite mother superior in latest in Texas monastery-diocese dispute

Bishop Michael Olson has issued a decree dismissing the reverend mother from the Order of Discalced Carmelites. Read more

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By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Church in Spain collects almost 1,000 complaints of sexual abuse since 1945

The report does not include situations involving the abuse of conscience and power or committed against adults. Read more

The cross of the German “Synodal Way.”?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Group of faithful in Germany rejects Synodal Way: ‘We want to remain Catholic’

Birgit Kelle told EWTN Noticias that her association represents “many orthodox Catholics who are concerned about the Synodal Way and... Read more

The "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" at an "LGBT pride" march in 1995.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

In 1995 a ‘deeply embarrassed’ MLB owner apologized for event with anti-Catholic drag performers 

Almost 28 years ago, the owner of the San Francisco Giants wrote a letter of apology to the Catholic League... Read more