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Trips by Jesuit priest accused of abuse are transgression of restrictions, superior says

June 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Marko Rupnik. / Credit: Screen shot/ACI Prensa

ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 14, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Jesuit priest and artist Father Marko Rupnik, accused of having physically and psychologically abused numerous nuns, continues to travel and … […]

Argentine archdiocese to study statue of the Sorrowful Virgin that allegedly shed tears

June 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe in Argentina announced that it will study the case of a statue of the Sorrowful Virgin that, according to parishioners at St. Jerome Church in the town of Coronda, shed tears June 9, 2023. / Credit: Aire de Santa Fe/Y… […]

Anglican bishop from Wales will convert to Catholicism to serve as priest

June 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 7

The Right Rev. Richard Pain, who served as the Anglican Bishop of Monmouth, will join the Catholic Church on Sunday, July 2, 2023. / Credit: Keith Moseley, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 14, 2023 / 14:05 pm (… […]

Pope Francis’ emphasis on synodality cited in joint Catholic-Orthodox statement

June 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

In a speech during a meeting with Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, and other Coptic Orthodox representatives on May 11, 2023, Pope Francis announced that the Coptic Orthodox martyrs killed by ISIS in 2015 w… […]

Pittsburgh ‘Pride Mass’ canceled after bishop’s letter disavows event

June 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

null / Nata Sha via www.shutterstock.com.

Washington D.C., Jun 14, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).
An event advertised as a “Pride Mass” scheduled to take place on the feast of Corpus Christi at Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University was canceled after the di… […]

Nigerian priest abducted on Corpus Christi Sunday regains freedom

June 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Father Jeremiah Yakubu of the Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria was freed on Monday, June 12, 2023, after 24 hours in captivity. / Credit: Diocese of Kafanchan

ACI Africa, Jun 14, 2023 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Father Jeremiah Yakubu, who was kidnapped f… […]

Vatican: Pope Francis’ doctors plan to discharge him from hospital ‘in the next few days’

June 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

This photograph taken on June 11, 2023, shows the statue of the late Pope John Paul II at the entrance to the Gemelli hospital in Rome. Pope Francis underwent an operation for an abdominal hernia on June 7, 2023, at the Rome hospital. / Credit: … […]

New York attorney general sues pro-life group

June 13, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, CFR (right) encounters protesters during the July 10 "Witness for Life" prayer procession in Brooklyn. / Jeffrey Bruno/Instagram/EWTN Pro-Life Weekly

Washington D.C., Jun 13, 2023 / 16:05 pm (CNA).
Pro-life acti… […]

Nicaragua dictatorship confiscates assets of political prisoners it deported to U.S.

June 13, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Nicaraguan academic and political activist Felix Maradiaga speaks during an interview with AFP in Managua on Feb. 11, 2021. / Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 13, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).
A Nicaraguan court on June 9 announc… […]

Pro Life and Family office vandalized by LGBT marchers in Rome

June 13, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Pro Vita & Famiglia (Pro Life & Family) headquarters in Rome was vandalized June 10, 2023. / Credit: Pro Vita & Famiglia

ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 13, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
The Italian association Pro Vita & Famiglia (Pro Life and … […]

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