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Senior German priest leaves Catholic Church

May 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 11

Andreas Sturm, the former vicar general of the German Diocese of Speyer. / Bistum Speyer via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0).

Speyer, Germany, May 17, 2022 / 08:10 am (CNA).
A senior German priest has announced that he is no longer Catholic, citing his d… […]

Cardinal Martini was a ‘prophet,’ says Vatican cardinal

May 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 9

Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, S.J. (1927-2012). / Mafon1959 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Milan, Italy, May 17, 2022 / 05:47 am (CNA).
Vatican Cardinal Michael Czerny on Monday described the late Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini as a “proph… […]

US Catholic bishops call for ‘honest dialogue’ on ‘persistent evil of racism’ after mass shootings

May 17, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, was the scene of a mass shooting on May 14, 2022. / Andre Carrotflower via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Washington D.C., May 17, 2022 / 05:17 am (CNA).
The U.S. Catholic bishops appealed on Monday for “an… […]

New pro-life movie streaming in theaters this week

May 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Ultrasound image. / Courtesy of Matter of Life

Boston, Mass., May 16, 2022 / 17:18 pm (CNA).
A new pro-life movie that explores the case for life and the repercussions of abortion is airing May 16 and 17 in select theaters around the U.S. … […]

Christian leaders condemn violence at Palestinian journalist’s funeral

May 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Violence erupts between Israeli security forces and Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of slain Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh out of a hospital, before being transported to a church and then her resting place, in Jerusalem, on Ma… […]

Legal scrutiny delays Northern Ireland limits on pro-life outreach at abortion clinics

May 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Photographee.eu/Shutterstock.

Denver Newsroom, May 16, 2022 / 14:39 pm (CNA).
The Attorney General for Northern Ireland, Brenda King, has asked the U.K. Supreme Court to rule whether a ban on “influencing” women or protesting abortion outside a… […]

Read Carl Anderson’s commencement address at Thomas Aquinas College

May 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Carl Anderson, former Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, March 17, 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Los Angeles, Calif., May 16, 2022 / 13:25 pm (CNA).
In his address to the gradua… […]

‘This is going to be a long haul’: Ukraine’s Caritas groups help almost 1.5 million people as war rages on

May 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Tetiana Stawnychy, president of Caritas Ukraine, speaks at a press conference in Rome, May 16, 2022. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel.

Rome, Italy, May 16, 2022 / 12:05 pm (CNA).
The two branches of Caritas in Ukraine have helped … […]

Cardinal Stafford urges a rediscovery of the Liturgy of the Hours

May 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Cardinal James Francis Stafford, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary, in December 2021. / Sandra Miley

Denver, Colo., May 16, 2022 / 11:00 am (CNA).
What does it mean to pray “ceaselessly”?For Cardinal James Francis Staffo… […]

Benedict XVI: 95th birthday wishes from around world ‘made me very happy’

May 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, pictured in summer 2017. / EWTN/Paul Badde.

Vatican City, May 16, 2022 / 10:40 am (CNA).
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has said that receiving congratulatory messages from around the world on his 95th birthday made him … […]

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