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Venezuelan bishops criticize National Guard for obstructing aid to victims of rains, landslides

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Caritas Merida assists in solidarity work after heavy rains in the Venezuelan state. Credit: Caritas Merida. / null

Merida, Venezuela, Aug 31, 2021 / 17:29 pm (CNA).
The Venezuelan bishops’ conference criticized on Monday the Venezuelan National… […]

Bolivia’s bishops lament ‘deplorable’ human rights situation

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The inauguration of Luis Arce as president of Bolivia in La Paz, Nov. 8, 2020. Credit: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0 CL). / null

La Paz, Bolivia, Aug 31, 2021 / 16:10 pm (CNA).
The bishops of Bolivia expre… […]

Aid group ‘devastated’ as dozens of ‘endangered’ employees stuck in Afghanistan

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Aircraft at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan / Trent Inness/Shutterstock

Washington D.C., Aug 31, 2021 / 15:30 pm (CNA).
As U.S. forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on Monday, the head of a global charity w… […]

Virginia Supreme Court reinstates teacher who objected to transgender pronoun mandate

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Byron "Tanner" Cross, teacher with the Loudoun County School District / Alliance Defending Freedom

Denver Newsroom, Aug 31, 2021 / 13:35 pm (CNA).
Virginia’s Supreme Court has sided with a teacher after he challenged a school district … […]

Harvard Catholic Center responds to ‘spin’ on atheist chaplain

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Greg Epstein, humanist chaplain at Harvard University and new chaplain facilitator / Harvard University/YouTube

Washington D.C., Aug 31, 2021 / 11:04 am (CNA).
The Harvard Catholic Center on Monday clarified reports of the university’s new athei… […]

After surgery, Pope Francis says a nurse ‘saved my life’

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis attends a general audience at the Vatican. / Daniel Ibáñez/​CNA.

Vatican City, Aug 31, 2021 / 07:32 am (CNA).
In a new interview, Pope Francis said that a nurse saved his life, in reference to a medical issue he had earlier this sum… […]

French president visits Catholic church in Iraq damaged by ISIS

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

French President Emmanuel Macron tours Our Lady of the Hour Church in Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 29, 2021. / Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images.

Rome Newsroom, Aug 31, 2021 / 06:30 am (CNA).
French President Emmanuel Macron met this week with Iraqi Chris… […]

Catholic priest in Cameroon reportedly kidnapped by separatists

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Msgr. Julius Agbortoko, vicar general of Cameroon’s Mamfe diocese, who was abducted by separatists on Aug. 29, 2021. / Diocese of Mamfe/Facebook.

Douala, Cameroon, Aug 31, 2021 / 05:30 am (CNA).
Separatists reportedly kidnapped the vicar general… […]

Sainthood cause opened for Polish Catholic known as ‘earthly guardian angel’ of Auschwitz

August 31, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Stefania Łącka, pictured in 1945. / Public domain.

Tarnow, Poland, Aug 31, 2021 / 03:30 am (CNA).
The sainthood cause of a Polish Catholic who dedicated herself to helping fellow prisoners at Auschwitz concentration camp has opened.Bishop Andrze… […]

Irish government seeks Catholic Church help to solve housing crunch

August 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

materod via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Dublin, Ireland, Aug 30, 2021 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
Ireland’s housing minister has contacted the Archbishop of Armagh suggesting that the Catholic Church could better organize property sales to address a major h… […]

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