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San Diego diocesan schools to accept personal belief exemption from student Covid vaccine mandate
by Christine Rousselle San Diego, Calif., Nov 8, 2021 / 14:47 pm Catholic schools in the Diocese of San Diego will accept “any” personal belief exemption for the coronavirus vaccine once California’s mandate for schoolchildren goes into effect. “In implementing any legal mandate for Covid vaccinations that includes a personal …
Charles de Foucauld and 6 others to be canonized May 15
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Nov 9, 2021 / 04:50 am The Vatican on Tuesday announced that the canonization of Bl. Charles de Foucauld and six others will take place in Rome on May 15, 2022. The date of the canonization had been delayed due to the uncertainty of the …
Archbishop Gomez addresses rise of ‘wokeness’, social movements in US
by Autumn Jones Denver Newsroom, Nov 4, 2021 / 17:00 pm On Thursday, Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles discussed the rise of new secular ideologies and movements for social change in the United States during a virtual address to the Congress of Catholics and Public Life in Madrid. He …
Why is a Planned Parenthood fundraiser being held on this Catholic campus?
by Joe Bukuras CNA Staff, Nov 4, 2021 / 12:10 pm Loyola Marymount University says it will not block a student club from hosting a fundraiser Friday for abortion provider Planned Parenthood, despite a petition drive that says it’s an “egregious violation” to hold the event on the Catholic institution’s …
New parish outside Nashville welcomes growth of community, plans for new Catholic schools
by Autumn Jones Nolensville, Tennessee, Nov 5, 2021 / 03:51 am After moving to Nolensville, Tennessee, 14 years ago, Laura Czarka began frequent drives out Nolensville Road to a greenhouse where she would buy plants every spring and fall. On each drive, she passes a hilly horse farm, where she …
Pope Francis names new auxiliary bishop for Diocese of Pittsburgh
by CNA Staff Vatican City, Nov 5, 2021 / 09:00 am Pope Francis on Friday named a new auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The pope appointed Fr. Mark A. Eckman to the post on Nov. 5, assigning him the titular see of Sitifi. Eckman is the pastor of Resurrection Parish …
November 5: Sts. Elizabeth and Zachariah
Sts. Elizabeth and Zachariah were the parents of John the Baptist. She was a relative of Mary the Mother of God; no one knows the exact biological relationship between them, but tradition often says that they were cousins. The Gospel of Luke states that though Elizabeth had committed no evil …
Catholic school defends importance of pro-life assembly boycotted by students
by Jonah McKeown San Francisco, Calif., Nov 3, 2021 / 11:19 am Students at a Catholic high school in San Francisco staged a walkout last month to protest an all-school assembly which featured a pro-life speaker. Despite the students’ actions, the school’s president defended the talk as “an opportunity to …
Pope Francis to COP26: ‘Now is the time to act, urgently, courageously, and responsibly’
by CNA Staff Vatican City, Nov 2, 2021 / 13:00 pm Pope Francis told world leaders attending a United Nations climate summit on Tuesday that “now is the time to act, urgently, courageously, and responsibly.” In a message read out at the meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, the …
What’s in (and isn’t in) the bishops’ draft document on the Eucharist?
by Christine Rousselle Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 2, 2021 / 17:25 pm A draft text of the U.S. bishops’ forthcoming document on Eucharistic coherence does not make explicit mention of denying the sacrament from certain high-profile Catholics and instead focuses on the importance of teaching the Real Presence of the …
