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Minnesota Catholic Conference highlights Church’s role in public square

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The Cathedral of Saint Paul in Saint Paul, Minn. / bhathaway / Shutterstock.

St. Paul, Minn., May 12, 2021 / 18:19 pm (CNA).
As Minnesota’s legislature prepares to finish its legislative session for the year, the state Catholic conference has no… […]

Helena priest Father Stu to be portrayed in film starring Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson

May 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 4

Fr. Stuart Long. Credit: Diocese of Helena.

Helena, Mont., May 12, 2021 / 17:03 pm (CNA).
Father Stuart Long, who was a priest of the Diocese of Helena, is set to be the main character in a motion picture starring Mark Wahlberg as the priest him… […]

HHS Secretary: ‘There is no law’ against ‘partial-birth abortion’

May 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Xavier Becerra, HHS Secretary / vasilis asvestas/Shutterstock

Washington D.C., May 12, 2021 / 16:19 pm (CNA).
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday would not acknowledge an existing federal ban on “partial-birth abortion…. […]

Madison bishop prays for pro-abortion Catholic politicians

May 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Diocese of Madison

Washington D.C., May 12, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
A second U.S. bishop last week publicly supported the Archbishop of San Francisco’s challenge to Catholic politicians who are pro-abortion. “We pray for those leaders who pursue … […]

Sunday Mass obligation to resume in Connecticut’s dioceses

May 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport. Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Bridgeport

Hartford, Conn., May 12, 2021 / 14:07 pm (CNA).
The Latin rite bishops in Connecticut announced Monday that in each of their dioceses the general obligation to assi… […]

Argentine parish where Eucharistic miracles occurred receives relic of Bl Carlo Acutis

May 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Bl. Carlo Acutis / carloacutis.com

Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 12, 2021 / 13:50 pm (CNA).
On the 29th anniversary of the first Eucharistic miracle that took place in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires’ Santa María parish, the community received a … […]

Vatican abuse trial: Witness testimony gives conflicting view of victim, pre-seminary

May 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

View of St. Peter`s Basilica from the roof of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross on April 1, 2015. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Vatican City, May 12, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
As the trial for alleged abuse inside a Vatican youth seminary continu… […]

Five bishops, 220 priests have died from Covid in Mexico

May 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven in Mexico City, Mexico / Eduardo Berdejo/CNA

Mexico City, Mexico, May 12, 2021 / 11:01 am (CNA).
According to a May 11 report from the Catholic Multimedia Center eight w… […]

German foreign minister welcomes day of same-sex blessings ahead of papal audience

May 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis receives German foreign minister Heiko Mass in a private audience at the Vatican, May 12, 2021. / Vatican Media.

CNA Staff, May 12, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Ahead of an audience with Pope Francis on Wednesday, Germany’s foreign minist… […]

Former Michigan school teacher donates $1.1 million to local Catholic schools

May 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Washington D.C., May 12, 2021 / 08:30 am (CNA).
A former Catholic school teacher in Michigan donated $1.1 million to create an endowment for local Catholic schools, the Jackson Catholic Schools district announced … […]

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