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Synodality for me, but not for D.C.: On the McElroy appointment

January 16, 2025 Larry Chapp 52

One of the primary problems with the implementation of a more “synodal” Church is that there seems to be a double standard in play. Rome speaks a good game about wanting to develop more “collaborative” […]

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The Conversion of Death and the Lifegiving Power of Beauty

January 16, 2025 Joseph Pearce 0

Back in 2017, before the covidious cloud descended like madness, the world might have seemed a saner and simpler place. It wasn’t. It was the same dark and dismal place it is today, a vale […]

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Virginia pro-abortion ballot proposal advances 

January 16, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Staff, Jan 16, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA).
Here is a roundup of recent abortion- and pro-life-related news.Virginia pro-abortion ballot proposal advances Virginia Democrats advanced a pr… […]

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ACLU files suit against West Virginia over $5 million grant to Catholic trade college

January 16, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 16, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA).
The American Humanist Association (AHA) filed a lawsuit to block West Virginia from awarding a $5 million grant to the College of St. Joseph the … […]

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1,600 of Rome’s poor attend ‘Bernadette of Lourdes’ premiere

January 16, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

The musical will be available for a month for pilgrims coming to Rome during the 2025 Jubilee of Hope. / Credit: Courtesy of ACI Prensa

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 16, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA).
A musical that tells the story of St. Bernadette, visionary… […]

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Survey: Alleged abuse of minors has cost U.S. Church $5 billion over 20 years

January 16, 2025 Catholic News Agency 5

Esther Miller holds a picture and the released documents on Father Michael Nocita as victims and their supporters hold quilts bearing portraits of abused children while gathered outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on F… […]

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Brooklyn priest to pray at inauguration after ‘unlikely’ friendship with President Trump

January 16, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Father Frank Mann, who will deliver the closing benediction at President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, 2025, became friendly with the president after he started caring for the Trump family’s gravesite in Queens. / Credit: The … […]

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Vatican secretary of state calls Cuba prisoner release ‘a sign of great hope’

January 16, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin meets with Cuba President Miguel Díaz-Canel on June 20, 2023, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jan 16, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA).
The Vatican’s top diplomat has called the grad… […]

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Vatican: Pope Francis suffers bruised arm from fall

January 16, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis’ arm, tied up in a white sling, was visible in photos taken on the morning of Jan. 16, 2025, in the apostolic palace during his scheduled audiences. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, Jan 16, 2025 / 08:30 am (CNA).
The Vatican s… […]

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Thomas More Society petitions Trump to pardon 21 pro-life activists in prison

January 16, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Joan Andrews Bell, Jean Marshall, Heather Idoni, and Paulette Harlow are four pro-life women serving time after being convicted on federal charges for for blockading the inside of an abortion clinic in 2020. / Credit: Chris Bell/Laura Gise/Heath… […]

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