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Meet the archbishop-elect of Brussels, the capital of the European Union

June 23, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

Archbishop-elect Luc Terlinden speaks at a press conference to present the new archbishop for Mechelen-Brussels, Thursday, June 22, 2023. / Credit: HATIM KAGHAT/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images

Vatican City, Jun 23, 2023 / 12:15 pm (CNA).
Pope Fr… […]

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Cardinal Eijk: Same-sex blessings undermine Church teaching on marriage, sexual ethics

September 30, 2022 Catholic News Agency 14

Same-sex wedding cake. / Sara Valenti/Shutterstock

Denver Newsroom, Sep 30, 2022 / 02:00 am (CNA).
The Archbishop of Utrecht has urged that the Flemish bishops be asked to withdraw their statement introducing blessing ceremonies for same-sex co… […]

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Cardinal Arinze explains why Belgian bishops can’t bless same-sex couples

September 26, 2022 Catholic News Agency 4

Cardinal Francis Arinze. / Padre Mimmo Spatuzzi via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Denver Newsroom, Sep 26, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The Belgian bishops’ introduction of blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples has drawn rebuke from Cardinal Francis A… […]

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Spanish bishop to Belgian bishops: The Church doesn’t have authority to bless gay unions

September 23, 2022 Catholic News Agency 10

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Denver Newsroom, Sep 23, 2022 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The bishop of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain, José Ignacio Munilla, reminded the Belgian bishops that the blessing of gay unions goes against the teaching of the Catholic Church… […]

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Pope Francis accepts Belgian bishop’s request not to be made a cardinal

June 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Luc Van Looy, left, with Archbishop Augustine Kasujja in 2017. / Carolus via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0).

London, England, Jun 16, 2022 / 10:21 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has accepted a Belgian bishop’s request not to be made a cardinal at a consi… […]

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Achel no long a Trappist beer, after last monks depart abbey

March 16, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Hasselt, Belgium, Mar 16, 2021 / 08:01 pm (CNA).- After the last monks left Achel Abbey earlier this year, the beers produced at Achel Brewery no longer bear the Trappist label.

In the beginning of January, there were 14 authentic Trappist beer brands… […]

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Judging by this Catholic World News story, the final report from the Vatican on the state of female religious in the U.S. will likely be a business-as-usual report. The dissenting sisters who complained to the secular press […]

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