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Nigerian Catholic parish hard hit in latest raid
by Douglas Burton Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 21, 2022 / 14:40 pm An early morning raid Sunday by terrorists in north-central Nigeria hit a Roman Catholic congregation hard. “We lost three of our parishioners, and 36 people were kidnapped, the majority of whom were Catholics,” Father Francis Agba, pastor of …
June 22: St. Thomas More
On June 22, the Catholic Church honors the life and martyrdom of St. Thomas More, the lawyer, author and statesman who lost his life opposing King Henry VIII’s plan to subordinate the Church to the English monarchy. Thomas More was born in 1478, son of the lawyer and judge John …
US Supreme Court rules against Maine’s ban on tuition aid to religious schools
By CNA Staff Denver Newsroom, Jun 21, 2022 / 10:55 am The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 6-3 that Maine’s policy barring students in a student-aid program from using their aid to attend “sectarian” schools violates the free exercise clause of the First Amendment. “Regardless of how the benefit and restriction …
Did a saint work in Catholic campus ministry? Bismarck diocese opens inquiry for Michelle Duppong
by Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, Jun 20, 2022 / 14:26 pm Michelle Duppong was a North Dakota Catholic woman who lived such an exemplary life of faith, joy, and campus missionary work that her home diocese will open an inquiry into whether she should be recognized as a saint …
Firebombed NY pregnancy center facing investigation — for not offering abortion services
By Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 20, 2022 / 17:08 pm While Jim Harden waits for those responsible for firebombing the pro-life CompassCare pregnancy center he runs in upstate New York to be brought to justice, he’s facing another, unexpected investigation — of the clinic itself. One of several pro-abortion measures New …
June 21: St. Aloysius Gonzaga
As a young boy, St. Aloysius always had a great desire to know and serve God, but his family life was not always supportive of this desire. He was born into a noble Italian family, and his father was a compulsive gambler. He grew up in a castle and was …
Fathers’ Day: When a dad became a priest, like his son
by Christine Rousselle Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 24, 2020 / 03:00 am MT (CNA).- Edmond Ilg, 62, has been a father since the birth of his son in 1986. But on June 21, he became a “father” in a whole new sense: Edmond was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese …
Bishop Olmsted: Fatherhood the ‘mission of every man’
CNA Staff, Jun 21, 2020 / 06:01 am MT (CNA).- In a video message Thursday, Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix urged prayers for fathers ahead of Father’s Day, saying that fatherhood is the “mission of every man.” “In the time of the current pandemic and social unrest, in a society …
Hallow app, Detroit Archdiocese partner on I AM HERE campaign focused on the Eucharist
by Maisy Sullivan Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 18, 2022 / 05:23 am The transformative power of encountering Jesus Christ in the Eucharist is a phenomenon that is often difficult to fully comprehend. To help those who are searching for Jesus’ presence, the Archdiocese of Detroit and Hallow App are launching the I AM …
Bishop revokes Catholic status of Jesuit school flying LBGT, Black Lives Matter flags
by Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, Jun 17, 2022 / 06:06 am After a months-long impasse, A Jesuit middle school in Worcester, Massachusetts, has had its Catholic status revoked by the local bishop for defying his order to stop flying flags supporting LGBT pride and the Black Lives Matter movement. …
