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Abortionist tried to bribe Marian Blue Wave volunteers praying at abortion clinic

October 24, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 17

As Catholics from the pro-life group Marian Blue Wave knelt in prayer before a New Jersey abortion clinic, the front door swung open and the late-term abortionist emerged and demanded to know who was paying […]

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Catholicism in Myanmar: Solid faith amid a tenuous existence

October 16, 2021 R. Cavanaugh 1

Catholicism has never been easy in Myanmar. The Church first arrived in 1514, but failed to find enduring success, as fledgling missions were either driven out or abandoned. Not until 2017 did the Vatican finally […]

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CO medical school allegedly conducts illegal ‘inquisition’, rejects religious exemptions to COVID shots

October 5, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 25

A devout Catholic doctor and a Buddhist first-year medical student were subjected to an “outrageous,” unconstitutional inquisition by the University of Colorado School of Medicine when they filed for exemptions to a COVID-19 shot mandate, […]

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German “synodal way” votes for blessing homosexual unions; defends contraception, masturbation

October 4, 2021 Matthew Cullinan Hoffman 77

The “Synodal Way,” a conference consisting of German bishops, priests, religious, and laity, on Friday approved a draft document that appears to undermine Catholic doctrine on fundamental points of sexual morality, offering a defense of […]

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Catholic hospital system illegally refusing COVID shot exemptions, lawyers allege

October 1, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 10

More than a dozen workers at a Missouri-based health-care system have been illegally subjected to repeated interrogation about their religious beliefs, threats from supervisors and for some, firing for refusing to take a COVID-19 gene-serum […]

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Mexican archbishop abolishes FSSP parish, citing decree of Pope Francis

September 27, 2021 CWR Staff 68

Citing Pope Francis’ recent motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, the archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has decreed the abolition of the local quasi parish administered by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), which has been […]

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Spate of lawsuits nationwide fight against compulsory COVID-19 vaccines

September 22, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 24

An explosion of litigation seeking to strike down COVID-19 shot mandates is a reaction to increasing animus toward Christians whose objections are  based on constitutionally protected religious beliefs — with key cases winding their way […]

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Updated: Federal judge blocks New York’s COVID vaccine mandate for health workers

September 13, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 4

Editor’s note: This report was updated on Sept. 14, 2021, to reflect developments.  A federal judge has temporarily barred the State of New York from enforcing its policy that all health care workers receive a […]

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Students sue Creighton University over COVID vaccine mandate

September 11, 2021 Joseph M. Hanneman 31

Four Creighton University students have sued the Jesuit-run university for its mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy, which does not allow exemptions for sincerely held religious beliefs. One of the students, the president of Creighton Students for […]

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The remarkable story of how a 9/11 fireman became a priest

September 9, 2021 Father Seán Connolly 22

All of us old enough have vivid memories of where we were when the news reached us that planes had struck the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. On the morning of September 11, […]

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  • meiron: Coincidentally, I noticed the same article linked at The Catholic Thing website. Maybe you can access it there: https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2026/06/29/what-jd-vance-found-in-the-church/
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