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Filipino priests acquitted of sedition charges

September 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Fathers Flaviano “Flavie” Villanueva (left) and Albert Alejo speak to the media before appearing for court on Feb. 11, 2021, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. / Credit: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

St. Louis, Mo., Sep 8, 2023 / 10:40 am (C… […]

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Two Catholic universities among the worst for free speech in America, watchdog says

September 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Georgetown University. / Credit: Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 8, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Two Catholic universities rank near the bottom of the list of U.S. universities for free speech policies, an influential watchdog group revea… […]

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UK home secretary tells police that ‘silent prayer’ is not a crime

September 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

A pro-life woman is arrested for praying silently in alleged violation of a local buffer zone law. / ADF-UK

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 8, 2023 / 09:40 am (CNA).
A senior British official has warned police officers in the country that the me… […]

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Pope Francis meets ‘Rocky’ actor Sylvester Stallone at Vatican

September 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

The American actor and director Sylvester Stallone met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sept. 8, 2023. / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Sep 8, 2023 / 09:15 am (CNA).
Pope Francis received U.S. actor and director Sylvester “Sly” Stallone at the… […]

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A profile in courage: Cardinal Kung and Catholic resistance in Shanghai  

September 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei in 1949. / Credit: Public Domain

Rome Newsroom, Sep 8, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).
On the evening of Sept. 8, 1955, public security officers of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a mass arrest of Catholic clergy … […]

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There are now 4 shrines dedicated to Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians

September 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

The world’s fourth shrine of Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians, was dedicated at the Holy Martyrs Syriac Catholic Church in Kista, Northern Stockholm, in Sweden on July 22, 2023. / Photo courtesy of Father Benedict Kiely

London, England, Se… […]

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A seminal Johnny Appleseed and the business of vice

September 7, 2023 Robert R. Reilly 12

On Monday, August 28th, the Wall Street Journal offered a front page feature on “A Sperm Donor’s Quest to See Kids: Man chases a role in the lives of the 96 children he fathered.” The […]

The Dispatch

Good and bad reactionaries: Overcoming ideology

September 7, 2023 Dr. R. Jared Staudt 10

Ideology unsettles not only those pulled into its alternate reality but also those who resist it, for it inspires overactions against its force. Reason strains and struggles to discern reality from subterfuge. Because evil forces […]

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Lawmaker accuses Azerbaijan of ‘genocide,’ seeks answers on Biden administration’s plan

September 7, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

In a Sept. 6, 2023, hearing, Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, accused the government of Azerbaijan of committing genocide against Armenian Christians in disputed territory in the country. / Credit: Office of Rep. Chris Smith

Washington, D.C. New… […]

The Dispatch

Expectations, anxieties, and the Synod on Synodality

September 7, 2023 Russell Shaw 25

With the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops soon to get underway, there’s a certain question that needs to be faced: Isn’t a Synod on Synodality—which is what this one is supposed […]

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