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Month: April 2023

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Statue of Mary smashed at California Catholic church

April 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

On April 1, 2023, a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was vandalized at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Corona, California. / Courtesy of the Diocese of San Bernardino

CNA Newsroom, Apr 6, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
A statue of Our Lady of Guadalup… […]

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Oregon denies adoption after woman refuses to back gender ideology, homosexuality

April 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Oregon resident Jessica Bates filed a federal lawsuit after state officials denied her adoption application because of her opposition to gender ideology. / Alliance Defending Freedom

Washington D.C., Apr 6, 2023 / 12:36 pm (CNA).
An Oregon woma… […]

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A monk’s radical proposal for college today: ‘We’re convinced there is objective truth to be learned’ 

April 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Abbot Placid Solari, 70, chancellor of Belmont Abbey Catholic College in Belmont, North Carolina. / Credit: Belmont Abbey College

Belmont, North Carolina, Apr 6, 2023 / 12:15 pm (CNA).
What’s needed in today’s college environment is diversity, … […]

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Pope Francis washes feet of young inmates on Holy Thursday 2023

April 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis washes the feet of 12 young men and women, inmates at Casal del Marmo juvenile detention center on Rome’s outskirts, during a Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Thursday, April 6, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Apr 6, 2023 … […]

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How immigration is hurting Honduran families — and what CRS is doing to limit it

April 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Honduran family in front of their adobe house near Tegucigalpa, Honduras. / Credit: Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 6, 2023 / 09:30 am (CNA).
Father Luis Melquiades, a parish priest in the small town of Mercedes de Oriente in southwestern Ho… […]

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Florida Senate passes 6-week abortion ban, but court will have final say

April 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington D.C., Apr 6, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).
A bill that would ban abortions after six weeks’ gestation passed the Florida Senate and appears to be on its way to becoming law; however, lawm… […]

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Pope Francis celebrates ‘the birthday of the priesthood’ with 1,800 priests on Holy Thursday

April 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis presided over a Chrism Mass at which more than 1,880 priests, bishops, and cardinals renewed the promises made at their ordinations on April 6, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Vatican City, Apr 6, 2023 / 03:50 am (CNA).
On Holy Thursday,… […]

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Apocalypse Now: Living in Hope at the End of an Age

April 6, 2023 Francis X. Maier 21

Tranquility in the Church is a rare and beautiful thing, with an emphasis on that word, “rare.” And this explains why two of my favorite saints are Francis of Assisi and Augustine of Hippo. Both […]

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Dozens still captive in Nigeria after deadly raid on Catholic town

April 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Residents of Adunu line up to cast their ballots in Adunu Feb. 25, 2023. / Courtesy of Father Dauda Musa Bahago.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 6, 2023 / 03:00 am (CNA).
Armed bandits killed one person and kidnapped more than 100 others in a Ma… […]

The Dispatch

Holy Thursday, foot-washing, and the institution of the priesthood

April 6, 2023 Dr. Leroy Huizenga 35

In many Catholic parishes on Holy Thursday, a foot-washing ritual is incorporated into Mass. Although optional, most parishes choose to do it, for it is a most powerful symbol in the present day, just as […]

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