Archive for June 8, 2023

Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter’s Square on May 31, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis in ‘good general condition’ one day after abdominal surgery

In a surgery lasting three hours on June 7, a team of surgeons operated on a hernia in the pope’s... Read more

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento, California.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Office of Gov. Ron DeSantis confirms sending migrants to Catholic Charities in California

Amid criticism and calls for investigation into “kidnapping,” the Florida Division of Emergency Management said the migrants’ travels were “voluntary.” Read more

A large statue of St. John Paul II at the entrance of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is recovering from surgery he underwent on June 7, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis is recovering in same hospital room where John Paul II was treated

Pope Francis is recovering from abdominal surgery this week in the same hospital room where St. John Paul II was... Read more

Parental and religious freedom rights advocates, including a group of Muslim parents, on June 6, 2023, protest a Maryland school system policy that removes parents’ authority to opt their children out of homosexual and transgender coursework.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Muslim-led parents’ group protests LGBT curriculum mandate in Maryland school system

Muslim parents protested a Maryland school system’s policy that removes parents’ authority to opt their children out of LGBT coursework. Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones

Congress must act against online child exploitation, U.S. bishops say

“Online child exploitation threatens the safety and well-being of our young people and destroys families and communities,” the bishops said... Read more

Father Leandro NaunHung.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Marina

Parents of priest in Cuba attacked with machetes in home invasion

The priest posted an update on Facebook on his parents’ health, stating that his mother “only received minor blows” but... Read more

Pro-life protesters outsider the Belfast High Court as Northern Ireland abortion laws were being challenged in Belfast, U.K., Oct. 3, 2019.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Catholic bishop condemns abortion curriculum in Northern Ireland’s schools

A Catholic bishop in Northern Ireland condemned new regulations in the country that will require schools to discuss abortion access... Read more

A photograph shows an outside view of the Gemelli hospital in Rome on June 8, 2023, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized following an operation for an abdominal hernia on June 7.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Pope Francis stable, receives poster from family of baby he baptized in hospital in March

According a Vatican spokesman, medical staff caring for the pope shared that his “postoperative course is regular.” Read more

The Mexican platform Actívate (Get Active) delivered 10,400 signatures to the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) on June 6, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By David Ramos

Petition in Mexico demands religious freedom, protection of priests and churches

The Mexican platform Actívate (Get Active) delivered 10,400 signatures to the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH). Read more

An Arlington, Texas, police car.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Fort Worth Diocese releases photos allegedly showing drug use at Carmelite monastery

The diocese on Wednesday released a pair of photographs that purportedly show cannabis and marijuana products inside the monastery. Read more

Father James Jackson, FSSP, delivers the homily at the funeral Mass for slain Boulder police officer Eric Talley on March 29, 2021, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

Father James Jackson pleads guilty in child pornography case

Prosecutors will seek the mandatory minimum of five years in prison when Jackson is sentenced Sept. 11. Read more