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NEW JERSEY – Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark, announced today that the Dioceses of New Jersey will soon release the names of all priests and deacons who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing minors. The Catholic Dioceses in New Jersey are under a complete review of files. The complete review is coordinated […]
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Washington D.C. — With November 2nd came the final ruling of the HHS mandate for the Little Sisters of the Poor. In January of 2012 the Obama Administration decided that it was “basic healthcare” to provide contraceptive methods and sterilization to anyone with insurance at the expense of the employer. The clear moral implications of
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BALTIMORE – After a day of discernment and prayer, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) gather together for the next two weeks for their Fall General Assembly. November 12, 2018 starts off with addresses from Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the USCCB president, and Archbishop Christoph Pierre, the Papal Nuncio. After their addresses, spiritual discernment
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ITALY – The investigation continues at the Italian Embassy of the Holy See. This week, Italian police found more bones when examining the Holy See territory in an investigative probe. Preliminary examinations of the bones found last week revealed that the skeleton belonged to a woman in her 30’s, “not an adolescent.” Up to this
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BRITAIN – The Vatican is putting together the final arrangements to loan Saint Thomas Becket’s bloodstained tunic to Britain. Canterbury Cathedral is celebrating the 850th anniversary of the saint’s death and the 800th anniversary of the opening of the saint’s shrine in 2020. Thomas was close friends with King Henry II, serving as his chancellor.
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VATICAN CITY – 35 years ago, two teenage girls went missing in Rome. This week, human remains found during the reconstruction of the Vatican Embassy in Italy could reopen a case that’s been cold for decades. Construction workers found a whole skeleton, followed by the discovery of bone fragments. Italian media immediately drew connections between
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LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA — St. Landry Catholic Church is coming together to pray for peace after the shootout that took place on Church grounds this past weekend. As Mass began, shots rang out which seeming to come from the back of the Church. It took a minute for the priest saying mass, Monsignor Russell J. Harrington,
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Gotta Catch ’em All, Gotta Catch ’em All… Saints? VATICAN CITY, ROME – A new app has been released by an independent creator, inspired by the popular game, POKEMON GO! The app-based game, Follow JC Go! will have catholics watching their phone for all the right reasons: learning about the saints, growing in their faith,
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FRANCE – A Catholic priest accused of sexual misconduct in France committed suicide last week. Father Pierre-Yves Fumery was 38 years old. He was found in his residence in Gien this past weekend. Last week, police had questioned Father Fumery about allegations of sexual assault involving a child under the age of fifteen. Bishop Jacques
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PYONGYANG – Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, will invite Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang. South Korean president Moon Jae-in will deliver the invitation during his visit to the Vatican next week. Although he may be the first pope to visit North Korea, Pope Francis is not the first to receive an invitation. Saint
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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has prepared a “thorough preliminary investigation” into the abuse allegations against Archbishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick. The church will eventually “make known the conclusions” to the public. The statement issued by the Vatican on October 6, 2018 did not mention the the Viganò accusation against Pope Francis, which accused the pontiff of
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SALINA – Bishop Gerald Vincke of the Diocese of Salina received a phone call from Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. on September 13th, 2018. After exchanging pleasantries, Cardinal Wuerl requested Bishop Vincke’s permission to allow Archbishop Theodore McCarrick to reside at the Saint Fidelis Capuchin Friary in Victoria, Kansas. McCarrick, now 88 years old, will
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BURKINA FASO – Last weekend, Catholics from a village of Dissin in the Diocese of Diébougou arrived for Sunday morning mass. But parishioners from the Church of Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant Jésus were appalled by what they saw. Most of the statues in the church had been decapitated. The heads of the statues were lined
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CHICAGO – Father Paul Kalchik burned a LGBT rainbow flag last week in an exorcism ceremony on the grounds of Resurrection Catholic Church. Father Kalchik and seven parishioners cut the flag into seven pieces. They then burned the pieces in the fire pit used for the Easter vigil Mass. The flag once held a prominent place
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ALGERIA – Bishop Pierre Claverie and 18 of his companions were martyred between 1994 and 1996. This week, the Algerian bishops’ conference announced that their beatification will take place on December 8th at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Cross in Oran. Bishop Pierre Claverie was a French Roman Catholic. Born in Algeria,
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NEW YORK – On September 11, 2001, four coordinated terrorist attacks in the United States resulted in the death of 2,996 people and the injury of 6,000 others. But the first official fatality of the attack was a Catholic priest, Father Mychal Judge. Today, seventeen years later, we honor the sacrifice and witness of Father
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St. Joan of Arc fought as a warrior. St. Catherine of Siena convinced the pope of his proper home. These modern women are also not afraid to speak their minds or call for change when it comes to the recent events of the horrifying sex abuse crisis within the Church. 1. Sr. Theresa Aletheia
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In 2015, doctors gave Gianna Grace Masciantonio a few weeks to live. Named after Saint Gianna and the Blessed Mother, Gianna seemed healthy at birth. But an MRI revealed that a tumor was entwined around the stem of her brain. With no surgical options, the doctors sent Gianna and her family home. Gianna’s parents, Kristen
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PERU – The murdered body of Father Carlos Riudavets Montes, who served the Yamakai-Entsa indigenous group in the Amazonian jungle, was found in the school kitchen last week. His hands were tied and he suffered several stab wounds. The school’s cook, Gumercinda Diure, discovered the priest’s body. It did not appear that Father Riudavets’ murder was connected
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MEXICO – Two dozen Dominican sisters live together in a convent next door to the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Salud. But the sisters aren’t the only ones who call the convent home – endangered salamanders find their refuge in the walls of the holy house. Your biology textbook would refer to the species
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