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Destruction of Catholic retreat center’s cross a possible hate crime, Orange County authorities say
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jul 5, 2023 / 07:30 am An unknown vandal or vandals sawed down a 14-foot cross at a Catholic-run retreat center in Orange County, California, and investigators are considering whether the act was a hate crime. “It’s still a mystery why an apparently hateful person …
Catholic priest shares inside look of accompanying a man on death row
By Francesca Pollio Fenton Denver, Colo., Jul 4, 2023 / 07:00 am Darryl Barwick was 19 years old when he killed 24-year-old Rebecca Wendt on March 31, 1986, at her Panama City, Florida, apartment. After watching her sunbathe by the pool, he followed her back to her room where he stabbed …
Man fatally shot on DC campus of Catholic University of America
By Kevin J. Jones CNA Staff, Jul 5, 2023 / 09:56 am A fatal shooting Wednesday morning on the D.C. campus of the Catholic University of America is no threat to the university community and is under police investigation, the university said July 5. A male shooting victim was found at …
Catholic universities blast Supreme Court affirmative action decision
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 30, 2023 / 14:30 pm The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) as well as numerous Catholic universities blasted the U.S. Supreme Court’s Thursday decision to overturn affirmative action in higher education. In a June 29 press release, the ACCU called the court’s decision …
Franciscan friar gets 6 months in jail for blocking New York abortion clinic entrance
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 29, 2023 / 15:55 pm Catholic priest and pro-life activist Father Fidelis Moscinski, CFR, has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for blocking access to a Planned Parenthood abortion facility by placing locks and chains on the gated entrance. Judge Steven Tiscione …
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with web designer opposed to same-sex marriage
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jun 30, 2023 / 08:50 am The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment’s free speech clause protects a Colorado web designer who feared she would be prosecuted under state anti-discrimination law for her faith-based objections to designing websites that promote same-sex marriage …
U.S. bishops rebuke group of Catholic Democrats vowing to support abortion
By Francesca Pollio Fenton Denver, Colo., Jun 29, 2023 / 10:45 am The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) has issued a strong response to a group of Catholic lawmakers who signed a letter citing Catholic teaching in support of abortion. The group of 30 Democrats, led by Connecticut Rep. Rosa …
Meet the U.S.’s newest archbishop and leader of the Church in Las Vegas
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Jun 28, 2023 / 12:48 pm “God, is this right?” Archbishop George Leo Thomas prayed when he was first appointed to lead the Church in Las Vegas in 2018. He was moving to the deserts of southern Nevada after 14 years in Montana’s Rocky Mountains and …
Close to 100 Spanish youths to walk almost 800 miles to World Youth Day in Lisbon
By Nicolás de Cárdenas ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 28, 2023 / 13:00 pm Nearly 100 young people from the parishes of St. Matthew and St. Raphael in the Guineueta neighborhood of Barcelona, Spain, will walk 1,276 kilometers (790 miles) over 40 days to reach Lisbon, the site of the 2023 World …
BREAKING: Supreme Court rules in favor of Christian postal worker in unanimous religious freedom decision
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 29, 2023 / 08:47 am The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling Thursday in favor of a Christian postal worker who says he was targeted and disciplined by his employer for refusing to work on Sundays because of his religious beliefs. In its …
