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Irish priest calls musician Shane MacGowan’s raucous funeral Mass ‘a scandal’ 

December 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Shane MacGowan’s funeral Mass took place Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at St. Mary of the Rosary Church in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. / Credit: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
A Catholic pr… […]

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Congress passes military package without bans on funding abortion, sex change surgeries

December 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 14, 2023 / 15:24 pm (CNA).
In an overwhelming vote on Thursday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), one witho… […]

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Cardinal Burke offers extensive reflection on state of world, Church

December 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 16

Cardinal Raymond Burke / Credit: ACI Prensa

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 14, 2023 / 14:50 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Raymond Burke, who in recent weeks has figured prominently in the news following a report that Pope Francis had taken away his salary and Vati… […]

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Pope Francis calls for global regulation of AI for ‘peace and common good’

December 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis at the General Audience at the Vatican on Dec. 6, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 14, 2023 / 14:20 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis on Thursday urged global leaders to adopt an international treaty to r… […]

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Vatican doctrine office encourages single mothers to receive Communion after confession

December 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

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Rome Newsroom, Dec 14, 2023 / 13:50 pm (CNA).
The Vatican’s doctrine office published a letter on Thursday confirming that single mothers can receive Communion after going to confession and urging the ne… […]

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Human rights leaders call for Nigeria to be redesignated as religious freedom violator

December 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

A map of Nigeria. / Credit: Shutterstock

CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2023 / 13:17 pm (CNA).
More than two dozen human rights advocates are urging Congress to call on the State Department to put Nigeria back on a list of the world’s worst violators of re… […]

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Anti-Defamation League: ‘Terrifying’ rise in antisemitic attacks since Hamas war began

December 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Smoke billows over the northern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment from southern Israel on Dec. 14, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. / Credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images

CNA Staff, Dec 14, 2023 /… […]

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Pope Francis recognizes miracle attributed to St. Teresa of Ávila’s spiritual daughter

December 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Ana de Lobera y Torres (1545-1621), better known by her religious name Sister Ana de Jesús, helped expand the Discalced Carmelites to France and Belgium. Painting in the monastery of the Discalced Carmelites, Brussels, ca. 1650. / Credit: Anonym… […]

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PHOTOS: Hanukkah events in Jerusalem focus on finding light, hope, and faith in dark times

December 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

The lighting of the first Hanukkah candle during the interfaith event organized by the Kehilat Zion on the first night of Hanukkah on Dec. 7, 2023, in Jerusalem. / Credit: Marinella Bandini

Jerusalem, Dec 14, 2023 / 05:30 am (CNA).
On the first… […]

The Dispatch

Flesh for the life of the world: The Eucharistic gift of Christmas

December 14, 2023 Dr. R. Jared Staudt 1

“I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my […]

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