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FBI retracts leaked document orchestrating investigation of Catholics
by Tyler Arnold, Joe Bukuras Washington D.C., Feb 9, 2023 / 15:15 pm The FBI says it is retracting a leaked document published on the internet Feb. 8 that appears to reveal that the bureau’s Richmond division launched an investigation into “radical traditionalist” Catholics and their possible ties to “the far-right …
Police say church vandal was about to break into tabernacle — until he saw the statue of Mary
By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Feb 6, 2023 / 13:55 pm In early January, a man entered a Benedictine monastery in Arkansas and began smashing the altar with a sledgehammer. He was about to begin breaking open the tabernacle where the consecrated bread is kept, but something stopped him in his …
The ‘Four Chaplains,’ selfless heroes of WWII, honored on 80th anniversary of their deaths
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Feb 6, 2023 / 14:36 pm A crowd of military veterans, their families, and Boy Scouts filled a New Jersey parish church on Sunday to honor the “Four Chaplains” — a band of men of different faiths who all sacrificed their lives to save others …
AP tells reporters to call crisis pregnancy centers ‘anti-abortion centers’
By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Feb 6, 2023 / 13:21 pm The Associated Press (AP) issued new guidelines advising reporters not to use the terms “crisis pregnancy center” or “pregnancy resource center” but to instead refer to centers that offer pro-life counseling and support as “anti-abortion centers.” Reporters should “avoid potentially …
Pope Francis, Syriac Patriarch call for prayers after devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Feb 6, 2023 / 09:23 am Pope Francis and local Church leaders on Monday reacted with dismay and calls for prayer following a devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. According to Reuters, the series of earthquakes — up to 7.8 magnitude — killed about 1,700 people …
American tourist desecrates statue of Christ in Catholic church in Jerusalem
by CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, Feb 2, 2023 / 13:45 pm On Feb. 2, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple and the Virgin of Candlemas, a vandal desecrated an image of Jesus in a Catholic church in Jerusalem. The Associated Press reported that the attack …
Head of U.S. bishops’ conference contradicts Biden’s claims about taxpayer-funded abortions
By Matt McDonald Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 1, 2023 / 18:40 pm President Joe Biden is wrong on taxpayer funding of abortion and wrong on Pope Francis’ view of it, the president of the U.S. bishops’ conference said Wednesday. The president suggested Tuesday that neither the pope nor all Catholic bishops …
Smithsonian staff kick out Catholic students for wearing pro-life hats
by Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Feb 2, 2023 / 07:51 am A group of Catholic students was wrongly kicked out of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum because museum staff reacted with hostility to their matching blue pro-life hats, their supporters say. Twelve students from Our Lady of the …
February 3: St. Blaise
Blaise was a hard-working bishop dedicated to encouraging the spiritual and physical health of his people in Sebastea, Armenia. Although the Edict of Toleration which granted freedom of worship in the Roman empire had been signed five years prior, religious persecution still raged in the country. According to a legend, …
Biden claims the pope and ‘not all’ bishops are against taxpayer funded abortion
by Tyler Arnold Washington D.C., Feb 1, 2023 / 11:45 am Despite a clear letter from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) calling for “no taxpayer funding for abortion,” President Joe Biden this week claimed that Pope Francis and some bishops are not in agreement with this policy. …
