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African American Louisiana priest hospitalized after machete attack, race cited as possible motive
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jul 14, 2023 / 18:00 pm A Catholic priest is in critical but stable condition after he was attacked on the grounds of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Melville, Louisiana, Thursday evening. Father Stephen Ugwu, the church pastor, was allegedly approached by 58-year-old …
Vatican grants plenary indulgence for St. Thomas Aquinas jubilee celebrations
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Jul 15, 2023 / 09:00 am The Vatican is granting a plenary indulgence to anyone who participates in the two years of jubilee celebrations of St. Thomas Aquinas leading up to the 800th anniversary of his birth. Beginning with the 700th anniversary of Aquinas’ canonization on …
Why does producer Eduardo Verástegui consider ‘Sound of Freedom’ success a miracle?
By Walter Sanchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 13, 2023 / 16:00 pm Mexican activist and filmmaker Eduardo Verástegui said he considers the success of his film “Sound of Freedom,” which opened in U.S. theaters on July 4, a miracle. “Sound of Freedom” is a film from Angel Studios that narrates the …
Lawmakers grill FBI chief on anti-Catholic memo
By Tyler Arnold Washington D.C., Jul 13, 2023 / 13:00 pm Republican lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday pressed FBI director Chris Wray on a leaked memo from the bureau’s Richmond division that described an investigation into Catholic communities. The internal memo, dated Jan. 23 and leaked to the …
Walking in the footsteps of St. Kateri Tekakwitha at historic shrine
By Isabel Barry Chicago, Ill., Jul 13, 2023 / 12:00 pm Shrines to various saints can be found in every part of the world, including every state in the U.S. Each one is dedicated to faith and prayer, but one shrine in the northeastern United States also has a distinct mission …
National data shows U.S. students still ‘stalled’ after pandemic
By Daniel Payne Washington D.C., Jul 12, 2023 / 08:21 am A new national survey shows students in the United States are still struggling to make up learning loss experienced over the course of the COVID-19 crisis. The report this week from NWEA examined test scores from nearly 7 million elementary and …
Fight over abortion, transgender treatments heats up ahead of defense spending vote
By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Jul 12, 2023 / 15:45 pm With the annual military budget package soon to hit the House and Senate floors, the fight over military spending on abortion and transgender treatments is heating up in Congress. The bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), is …
Boy who got past security barrier to embrace Pope Francis at WYD 2013 is now a seminarian
By Natalia Zimbrão ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 11, 2023 / 16:30 pm The little boy who managed to get past the crowd control barrier at World Youth Day (WYD) in Rio de Janeiro in 2013 to give an emotional embrace to Pope Francis is now a seminarian preparing for the priesthood. …
Future Portuguese cardinal on WYD: ‘We don’t want to convert the young people to Christ’
By Walter Sanchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 10, 2023 / 16:00 pm “We don’t want to convert the young people to Christ or to the Catholic Church or anything like that at all,” said Bishop Américo Aguiar, the head of World Youth Day (WYD) Lisbon 2023 who will be created …
U.S. bishops praise new immigrant family reunification program
By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Jul 11, 2023 / 10:50 am El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, head of the U.S. bishops’ migration committee, on Monday praised the Biden administration’s new immigrant Family Reunification Parole program and called for more immigration reform. “We welcome this effort to provide a realistic opportunity for …
