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Critics of Nebraska education standards see major flaws on sex, gender

Apr 7, 2021

By Kevin J. Jones

There are too many ideological and political assumptions in the Nebraska Department of Education’s proposed curriculum standards on sex education,... Read more

A gathering of the Neocatechumenal Way

Kiko Argüello discharged from hospital to recover from Covid at home

Apr 7, 2021

Kiko Argüello, 82, who co-founded the Neocatechumenal Way, was discharged from the hospital Tuesday and will continue to recover from... Read more

Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, in London, England, on March 14, 2011. Credit: Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk.

Cardinal Turkson marks World Health Day with call to rethink healthcare

Apr 7, 2021

By Courtney Mares

Cardinal Peter Turkson has called for a rethink of healthcare in his message for this year’s World Health Day. Read more

Indianapolis archdiocese: Government can’t interfere in Catholic schools' mission

Apr 7, 2021

Catholic schools must be free to uphold the Church’s teachings, lawyers for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis said after a federal... Read more

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Jan. 13, 2015.

Cardinal Ranjith leads Sri Lankan Catholics in prayer for justice two years after Easter bombing

Apr 7, 2021

More than 260 people died and over 500 were injured in suicide bomb attacks on Easter Sunday in 2019. Read more

Archbishop Gintaras Grušas celebrates Mass at the Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Lithuanian Catholic archbishop: We must ‘carry the banner of Divine Mercy out to the world’

Apr 7, 2021

By Luke Coppen

Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius believes that his country has a “big message” for the world. Read more

Bishop-elect Daniel J. Felton of Duluth, Minnesota.

Pope Francis names Green Bay vicar general Fr. Daniel Felton as next bishop of Duluth

Apr 7, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Diocese of Duluth has been without a bishop since the sudden death of Bishop Paul Sirba on Dec. 1,... Read more

Pope Francis at his general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace April 7, 2021.

Pope Francis at the general audience: ‘There is no grief in the Church that is borne in solitude’

Apr 7, 2021

At this morning’s general audience, Pope Francis said that the communion of saints means that Christians are never alone in... Read more

Br. Alois Leser,  prior of the Taizé Community in France.

Taizé leader: Young people are longing to meet together again

Apr 7, 2021

By Courtney Mares

The prior of Taizé has said that his community sees how young people are longing to meet together again in... Read more

Catholic teaching on Communion applies to politicians who support abortion, too, bishop says

Apr 6, 2021

Catholic teaching sees the Eucharist as Christ’s transformative sacrifice on the cross and this Holy Communion must only be received... Read more

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LA Archdiocese to close, consolidate six elementary schools

Apr 6, 2021

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced this week that six Catholic elementary schools in the area will close and be... Read more

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Utah to require fathers to pay for half of pregnancy costs

Apr 6, 2021

By Jonah McKeown

A new law in Utah will require fathers to pay for half of the mother’s cost of pregnancy, making Utah... Read more

Bishop Conley distributes Communion during his Mass of Installation as Bishop of Lincoln, Nov. 20, 2012. Credit: Seth DeMoor/CNA.

Nebraska dioceses to restore Sunday Mass obligation in May

Apr 6, 2021

The bishops of the three local Churches in Nebraska will each restore the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and... Read more

St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo.

Judge puts three dozen lawsuits against Buffalo parishes on hold amid bankruptcy

Apr 6, 2021

A federal bankruptcy judge last week put 36 lawsuits against Buffalo Catholic parishes and schools on hold until this fall,... Read more

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Controversial Way of the Cross in Mexico depicts radical feminists beating Christ

Apr 6, 2021

By ACI Prensa

A modern day reenactment of the Way of the Cross held Good Friday in southern Mexico drew criticism in local... Read more

Msgr. Robert Oliver, then secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, in Rome, July 11, 2019.

American priest reveals communication ‘mix-up’ about end of Vatican job

Apr 6, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

Msgr. Robert Oliver has said that due to a “mix-up,” he was not told in advance that his service on... Read more

Hans Küng receives an honorary degree from the National University of Distance Education in Madrid, Spain, Jan. 27, 2011.

Controversial Swiss theologian Hans Küng dies at age 93

Apr 6, 2021

The influential and controversial Swiss theologian Hans Küng has died at the age of 93. Read more

Pope Francis prays at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, Oct. 2, 2013.

Pope Francis urges Catholics to pray for people risking lives to fight for fundamental rights

Apr 6, 2021

Pope Francis is inviting Catholics around the world to pray this month for people risking their lives by standing up... Read more

UK Supreme Court, Parliament Square, London.

Pro-life group: End of mother’s UK legal battle over life support for 5-year-old girl ‘a tragedy’

Apr 6, 2021

A pro-life group has described the U.K. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a mother’s appeal over the removal of... Read more

Cardinal Nichols and the Archbishop of Canterbury pray at Westminster Cathedral, London, June 15, 2020.

Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury urge UK government not to cut foreign aid budget

Apr 6, 2021

An English cardinal and the Archbishop of Canterbury are urging the U.K. government to reconsider plans to cut its foreign... Read more