Religious freedom report shows dangerous trends in the West
“It’s not necessarily that type of persecution here ,” ACN-USA Director of Outreach Edward Clancy told CNA. Clancy said that Western governments often engage in “polite persecution,” referencing a term…
Vatican’s child protection commission invites public feedback on safeguarding principles
“The function of these principles,” the commission said, “is to promote protection from abuse in the Church according to existing good practices in safeguarding, with a focus on assisting people…
Amid trans ideology dispute, Portland Archdiocese temporarily closes department of schools
The department oversees more than 40 archdiocesan elementary schools and high schools, which educate more than 15,000 students and employ about 1,300 teachers, according to the archdiocese’s website. It supports…
German cardinal under investigation: Allegations of perjury prompt search of archdiocese
Searches were conducted simultaneously at 8 a.m. local time by some 30 police officers and four public prosecutors at a total of six locations, including the premises of the vicariate…
Cardinal Zuppi to go to Moscow this week as Pope Francis’ peace envoy
Pope Francis has asked the Italian cardinal to serve as a papal envoy to “initiate paths of peace” between Russia and Ukraine. The Moscow trip follows Zuppi’s visit to Kyiv…
Archdiocese criticizes Mexico Supreme Court’s ‘tireless interest’ in decriminalizing abortion
For the pro-life leader Marcial Padilla, director of the ConParticipation platform, what the SCJN did was “impose abortion on the national level by means of appeals.” “In other words, a…
Church demands answers after at least 48 die in gang fight in Honduran women’s prison
The number of women who died has not been fully determined. The public prosecutor’s office of Honduras counted 41 in a statement published June 20. According to the Office of…
St. Josemaría Escrivá’s call to sanctify daily work is a modern spiritual call to arms
While much of Spanish society had grown disaffected with the Church and ambivalent toward the faith and even to God, Escrivá taught that God is still seeking souls and that…
Ringing in a new era: the historic return of Nazi-plundered bells to Poland
At a service marking the return of the bells, Bishop Jacek Jezierski of the Diocese of Elbląg reflected on the historic and symbolic significance of the bells: “The bell bore…
Pope Francis names Bishop Coyne as new coadjutor archbishop of Hartford
Originally from Woburn, Massachusetts, Coyne worked as a bartender for two years before entering seminary. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Boston at the age of 27.…
Reports: Vatican-ordered investigation targets Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas
According to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), an apostolic visitation is an “exceptional initiative of the Holy See” that involves a delegated visitor or visitors being…
Detroit Mass Mobs to return June 25 after three-year pandemic hiatus
Mann used Roman numerals to designate each previous Detroit Mass Mob event. The first one at St. Hyacinth was Mass Mob I. Since then, historic churches throughout Detroit have scheduled…