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Cardinal O’Malley defends the independence of the Vatican’s safeguarding commission

April 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors president Cardinal Seán O’Malley, left, attends a press conference near the Vatican, April 29, 2022. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.

Vatican City, Apr 29, 2022 / 09:20 am (CNA)…. […]

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Pope Francis asks for annual report on Church’s efforts to prevent abuse

April 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis meets members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors at the Vatican, April 29, 2022. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Apr 29, 2022 / 07:30 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has asked the Pontifical Commission for the Protecti… […]

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Pope Francis: All countries should promote family-friendly policies

April 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis meets participants in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences’ plenary meeting at the Vatican, April 29, 2022. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Apr 29, 2022 / 06:58 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Friday urged all countries to promote fa… […]

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European court sides with Pakistani Christian convert

April 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

European Court of Human Rights. / CherryX/wikmedia. CC BY-SA 3.0

Strasbourg, France, Apr 29, 2022 / 04:02 am (CNA).
The European Court of Human Rights ruled this week that Swiss authorities were wrong to reject a Pakistani Christian convert’s a… […]

The Dispatch

Catholic priests criticize new code of conduct in Swiss diocese as ‘attempt to implant LGBT ideology’

April 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 17

Bishop Joseph Bonnemain of Chur, Switzerland. / Diocese of Chur.

Chur, Switzerland, Apr 29, 2022 / 03:32 am (CNA).
A group of priests in the Swiss diocese of Chur has raised concerns over a new code of conduct for the prevention of assault, cla… […]

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“We never give more honor to Jesus than when we honor his Mother…”

April 28, 2022 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 55

Editor’s note: The following homily was preached for the memorial of St. Louis Grignion de Montfort (April 28, 2022) at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City. Today the Church holds up […]

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Priests say they were told Cardinal Cupich made apostolic visit before Puerto Rican bishop’s removal

April 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 23

Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres. / Diocese of Arecibo.

Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Apr 28, 2022 / 22:34 pm (CNA).
Four priests of the Diocese of Arecibo in Puerto Rico say they were told that Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago made a secret apostolic vi… […]

Chapp's Schtick

The quintessentially modern approach to “synodality” is empty and artificial

April 28, 2022 Larry Chapp 48

I am not opposed to a more “synodal” Church. In fact, I would welcome any move away from the cult of the modern hyper-papacy that views the pontiff as an Oracle of Delphi on the […]

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Bioethicists highlight greater threshold for medical decisions for children

April 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver Newsroom, Apr 28, 2022 / 17:24 pm (CNA).
As Moderna asks the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its coronavirus vaccine for children under 6, the National Catholic Bioethics Center on Thursday update… […]

The Dispatch

Lawsuit claims Knoxville diocese mishandled priest’s sex assault of parishioner

April 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

The Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville, Tenn. / Nheyob via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Denver Newsroom, Apr 28, 2022 / 16:58 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Knoxville allegedly mishandled a report that a priest sexually assaulted a … […]

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