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Month: January 2023

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Oldest person in the world, French Catholic nun Sister Andre, dies at 118

January 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

Sister André Randon. / Credit: EHPAD Sainte Catherine Labouré

Denver, Colo., Jan 17, 2023 / 18:05 pm (CNA).
Sister Andre Randon, a French nun and the oldest person in the world, has passed away at the age of 118. Randon became the world’s … […]

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BREAKING: McCarrick’s lawyers say he’s not competent to stand trial

January 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Theodore McCarrick outside Dedham District Court, Friday, Sept. 4, 2021. / Joe Bukuras/CNA

Dedham, Mass., Jan 17, 2023 / 16:43 pm (CNA).
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is in “significant” mental decline and may not be fit to stand trial for… […]

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Scottish bishops: ‘Conversion therapy’ ban would criminalize Christian pastoral care

January 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver, Colo., Jan 17, 2023 / 16:23 pm (CNA).
The Catholic bishops of Scotland have warned that a proposal to ban what critics characterize as gay or transgender “conversion therapy” would have “totalitarian” effects and in … […]

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My friendship with Cardinal Pell

January 17, 2023 Most Reverend James Conley 4

Catholics around the world mourned a Churchman, a bishop who was for decades a pastoral and intellectual force for the Gospel — they mourned Cardinal George Pell, who died unexpectedly Jan. 10. I, too, mourn […]

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Thousands attend funeral of modern-day St. Francis in Italy

January 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Biagio Conte, a lay missionary based in Palermo, is seen doing a pilgrimage in a almost deserted street on March 20, 2020, in Palermo, Italy. Conte died Jan. 12, 2023, and his Jan. 17, 2023, funeral in Palermo was attended by thousands. / Photo … […]

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Thief steals St. Michael statue from church, trips, and is injured by the angel’s sword

January 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

St. Michael the Archangel. / Credit: Flickr / thederek412 (CC BY 2.0)

CNA Newsroom, Jan 17, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
A drunken thief was injured after falling on the sword of a statue of St. Michael the Archangel that he was trying to steal from … […]

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Nicaraguan priest found guilty, sentenced to eight years in prison for ‘conspiracy’

January 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Father Oscar Benavidez. / Credit: Parish of the Holy Spirit of Mulukukú, Nicaragua

CNA Newsroom, Jan 17, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua has found a Catholic priest, imprisoned since August 2022, … […]

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Rwandan priest forgives his family’s killer: ‘We shared a drink and we were shedding tears’

January 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Fr. Marcel Uwineza was only 14 years old when he witnessed the painful experience of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. He saw his father, mother, two brothers, and a sister murdered during the civil war between the Tutsis and Hutus. / Sister Olga Mas… […]

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Church in Colombia says government announcement of supposed cease-fire was a ‘great defeat’

January 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia. / Credit: Shutterstock

CNA Newsroom, Jan 17, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Bogotá has published an editorial criticizing the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, for announcing a supposed cease… […]

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Supreme Court set hear case of postal worker who refused to work Sundays

January 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

The Supreme Court of the United States decided Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, to hear the case of Gerald Groff, a Christian former postal worker in rural Pennsylvania, who was reprimanded and threatened with being fired for refusing to work on Sundays. … […]

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