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Catholic summer camp for teens aims to produce ‘active voices for life’
Washington D.C., May 28, 2021 / 18:01 pm A five-day summer camp in California is aiming to give Catholic teens the tools they need to be “courageous and active voices for life” in the modern world. The Vox Vitae Catholic Pro-Life Teen Leadership Camp, to be held from July 18-23 …
May 29: St. Pope Paul VI
“Before and after becoming Pope, Saint Paul VI lived with his gaze constantly fixed on Christ whom he considered and proclaimed as a necessity for everyone,” Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, commented on the papal decree. With this declaration, published Feb. 6, the pope who …
More prelates reject delays of US bishops’ discussion of Eucharistic coherence
by CNA Staff Denver Newsroom, May 27, 2021 / 16:58 pm More Catholic bishops have spoken out in support of continuing as planned the process to address “Eucharistic coherence,” namely Christian life and worthiness to receive Holy Communion. The bishops have reacted after an American cardinal’s letter asked the bishops’ …
Cardinal Müller calls on Pope Francis to intervene with the Church in Germany
by CNA Staff Vatican City, May 27, 2021 / 16:00 pm Gerhard Cardinal Müller on Monday called upon the Holy Father to intervene in the German situation to correct clerics who have attempted to bless same-sex unions, or encouraged such attempts. “For the sake of the truth of the gospel …
Toledo pro-life group purchases parking lot across from abortion clinic
by Joe Bukuras Washington D.C., May 27, 2021 / 15:03 pm A pro life organization in Toledo, Ohio, purchased a parking lot across the street from a local abortion clinic in February, in anticipation of a local prohibition on sidewalk counseling. The Northwest Ohio-based Foundation for Life recently bought the …
May 28: St. Bernard of Menthon
The Church remembers St. Bernard of Manthon on May 28. He was born in 923, probably in the castle Menthon near Annecy, in Savoy, and died at Novara, 1008. He was a descendant from a rich, noble family and received a thorough education. He refused to enter an honorable marriage …
USCCB after 9 killed in San Jose shooting: “Something fundamentally broken in our society”
by CNA Staff San Jose, Calif., May 26, 2021 / 19:14 pm Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development said on Wednesday, May 26, that the tragic shootings at a rail yard in San Jose, CA, “reminds us once again that something …
Los Angeles clergy celebrate Mass for unaccompanied migrant children
by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, May 26, 2021 / 19:03 pm Catholic clergy in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have been celebrating Masses this month for hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children housed in large temporary shelters. Beginning on May 9, priests have offered private weekend Masses for migrant children at …
Bishop Paprocki rebukes shut-down tactics: Discussion on eucharistic coherence must proceed
Washington D.C., May 26, 2021 / 12:59 pm Another U.S. bishop has reproached efforts to delay discussion of “Eucharistic coherence” by the whole conference. “Sadly, there are some bishops and cardinals of the Church who not only are willing to give holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians, but who seek to …
Oakland’s Catholic bishop robbed of cash, episcopal ring while praying near cathedral
by CNA Staff Oakland, Calif., May 26, 2021 / 18:01 pm A gun-wielding man allegedly robbed Bishop Michael Barber of Oakland of some money and his episcopal ring near the city’s cathedral on Saturday, the very day the cathedral held a previously scheduled vigil against gun violence. “A man pulled …
