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Pope Francis offers blessing to athletes at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
by CNA Staff Vatican City, Jul 26, 2021 / 04:00 am Pope Francis offered his blessing on Sunday to athletes competing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In his Angelus address on July 25, the pope noted that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad began in Japan on July 23. …
Pope Francis on Grandparents’ Day: Elderly are not ‘leftovers from life’
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jul 25, 2021 / 03:30 am On the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, Pope Francis said he is worried about how an individualistic society treats its older members, and he urged young people to give them love and attention. “I worry when …
Mississippi AG asks Supreme Court to overturn abortion rulings
by Kate Scanlon Washington D.C., Jul 23, 2021 / 11:00 am Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to overturn two of its landmark rulings on abortion, arguing those decisions “shackle states to a view of the facts that is decades out of date.” The high …
Pelosi’s archbishop: No devout Catholic can condone abortion, ‘let alone have the government pay for it’
by CNA Staff San Francisco, Calif., Jul 23, 2021 / 02:10 am The Archbishop of San Francisco on Thursday responded to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after she cited her Catholic faith while defending efforts to permit federal funding of elective abortions. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, Pelosi’s home …
The Church accompanies the people in their legitimate claims, priest says of Cuba protests
by Diego Lopez Marina Camagüey, Cuba, Jul 23, 2021 / 18:01 pm The Church is accompanying those protesting Cuba’s communist government, according to a priest of the Archdiocese of Camagüey. “I will speak about the part of the Church that I know, the one that touches me closely in this …
July 5: St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria
On July 5, the Catholic Church remembers Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria. A renowned preacher and promoter of Eucharistic adoration, he founded the order of priests now known as the Barnabites. In 2001, the future Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, wrote the preface for a book on St. Anthony Mary …
New bill would defund public universities that provide on-campus abortions
by Kate Scanlon Washington D.C., Jul 21, 2021 / 14:05 pm Pro-life lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday to defund public colleges and universities that perform abortions or offer the abortion pill to students or staff. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), the founder and chairman of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, on Wednesday …
Cardinal Gregory speaks at immigration reform rally
By Joe Bukuras Washington D.C., Jul 21, 2021 / 20:01 pm Wilton Cardinal Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, spoke Wednesday in support of congressional immigration reform alongside US Senators Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin. Following many speakers in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was recently struck …
‘Bullying Redirect’ provides Christ-centered anti-bullying curriculum
By Autumn Jones Denver Newsroom, Jul 22, 2021 / 03:01 am Following the Columbine High School massacre in April 1999, Catholic educator and counselor Frank DiLallo knew he had to do something. With a background in school counseling, DiLallo recorded an audio CD titled The Peace Project, a collection of …
Fall River seminarian develops apologetics website
by Joe Bukuras Fall River, Mass., Jul 20, 2021 / 18:19 pm A seminarian and former graphic designer has created the Auspice Maria website as an initiative of the new evangelization. John Garabedian, a seminarian of the Diocese of Fall River, told CNA his goal is “to present old truths …
