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Month: May 2023

The Dispatch

The Visitation and the unborn: A post-Roe reflection

May 30, 2023 John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. 13

The Gospel for the Feast of the Visitation features the encounter of four people with each other: Elizabeth and her son John the Baptist, and Mary and her Son Jesus Christ. Approaching the first anniversary […]

Chapp's Schtick

Catholic alliances today and tomorrow: A response to Dr. Matthew Minerd

May 30, 2023 Larry Chapp 34

I want to begin by thanking Dr. Matthew Minerd for his generous and thoughtful response to my recent article on who it is that controls the narrative of modern Catholicism. Dr. Minerd and I have […]

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Bolivian bishop on clerical sex abuse: We know asking forgiveness is not enough

May 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Giovani Arana of El Alto, Bolivia. / Credit: CEB

ACI Prensa Staff, May 30, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
Bishop Giovani Arana of El Alto, secretary general of the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference, pointed out in his homily for Pentecost Sunday on M… […]

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MLB player condemns Dodgers’ decision to honor anti-Catholic group; team announces day for Christians

May 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. / Credit: Kit Leong/Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 30, 2023 / 16:28 pm (CNA).
Amid increased boycott calls from prominent Catholics — as well as criticism from MLB pitcher Trevor Williams — for their … […]

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Two elderly pro-life activists beaten outside of Baltimore Planned Parenthood

May 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington D.C., May 30, 2023 / 15:50 pm (CNA).
Baltimore police are searching for a man who is accused of attacking and beating two elderly pro-life activists who were praying outside of a Baltimore Planne… […]

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St. Louis Archdiocese reorganization will cut parishes from 178 to 134

May 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Parishioners at Sacred Heart parish in Valley Park, Missouri, part of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, listen to a presentation about parish mergers at an October 2022 listening session. / Jonah McKeown/CNA

Washington D.C., May 30, 2023 / 14:50 pm… […]

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Dictatorship in Nicaragua accuses Catholic Church of money laundering

May 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Daniel Ortega. / Credit: Shutterstock

ACI Prensa Staff, May 30, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The Nicaraguan National Police, controlled by the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, published a statement… […]

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State judge blocks South Carolina’s 6-week abortion ban 

May 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., May 30, 2023 / 13:25 pm (CNA).
A South Carolina judge temporarily blocked the state’s recently passed six-week “heartbeat” abortion ban on May 26.South Carolina’s heartbeat law, which bans abortion after an … […]

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Catholic priest in Nigeria freed on Pentecost Sunday after three days in captivity

May 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Father Matthias Opara was freed May 28, 2023, after spending three days in captivity in Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri. / Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri

ACI Africa, May 30, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).
Father Matthias Opara, a Niger… […]

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From Hinduism to Catholicism: How Blessed Carlo Acutis inspired a man to convert

May 30, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Rajesh Mohur pictured with Carlo Acutis on the day of his Confirmation / Photo courtesy of Ignatius Press

Rome Newsroom, May 30, 2023 / 12:05 pm (CNA).
The following is an adapted excerpt from the new book “Blessed Carlo Acutis: A Saint in Snea… […]

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