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Month: December 2023

The Dispatch

Vatican says priests can bless same-sex couples without condoning their lifestyles

December 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 121

Rome Newsroom, Dec 18, 2023 / 15:22 pm The Vatican has issued new guidance on the topic of blessings of same-sex attracted people, stating that Catholic priests can bless same-sex couples as an expression of […]

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Congressional commission urges sanctions if Hong Kong won’t release Jimmy Lai

December 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai. / Napa Institute.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 18, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
A congressional commission is urging the United States government to sanction Hong Kong prosecutors and judges… […]

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New York bill would bar Chick-fil-A from major highway over Sunday closures

December 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

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CNA Staff, Dec 18, 2023 / 15:02 pm (CNA).
A proposed bill in New York state would result in Chick-fil-A being forced to leave a major highway system unless it opened on Sundays, a rule that would ru… […]

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U.S. bishops renew call for peace after Christian women reportedly killed in Gaza Church

December 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the USCCB fall plenary assembly Nov. 14, 2023. / Credit: USCCB video

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 18, 2023 / 12:58 pm (CNA).
The U.S. bishops over the… […]

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IDF denies responsibility for killing of Palestinian Christians at Gaza church

December 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 7

Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza at Christmas 2021. / Credit: Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock

Rome Newsroom, Dec 18, 2023 / 10:35 am (CNA).
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has denied culpability over the deaths of two Christian Palestinian women … […]

The Dispatch

Give Me Liberty tells the inspiring story of Cuban human rights activist

December 18, 2023 Filip Mazurczak 1

David E. Hoffman’s Give Me Liberty: The True Story of Oswaldo Payá is a riveting, much-needed portrait of a fearless Cuban human rights activist who tried to reform Fidel Castro’s dictatorship and whose efforts ultimately […]

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News Briefs

Trial begins for Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong Catholic activist imprisoned for 3 years

December 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Jimmy Lai at a Hong Kong protest. / Credit: Courtesy of the Acton Institute

CNA Staff, Dec 18, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The trial for Jimmy Lai, the Catholic Hong Kong activist and newspaper publisher, opened Monday, launching what is expected to… […]

Chapp's Schtick

Credo is a weaponized response to Vatican II and the CCC

December 17, 2023 Larry Chapp 132

At first glance Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s new Credo: Compendium of the Catholic Faith raises no eyebrows. Framed in the time-tested question and answer format of older catechisms of happy memory it lends itself to an […]

The Dispatch

The way of life, the way of death, and acts of irreverence

December 17, 2023 Father Jerry J. Pokorsky 11

Scriptures reveal the Way of Life and the Way of Death: “I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore […]

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Pope Francis celebrates 87th birthday with children who receive aid from Vatican clinic

December 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis celebrates his birthday on Dec. 17, 2023, with children and families who are assisted by the Vatican’s Santa Marta Pediatric Dispensary. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Dec 17, 2023 / 13:50 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis celebrated … […]

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