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In phone call, Zelenskyy thanks Pope Francis for praying for Ukraine
by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Aug 13, 2022 / 04:45 am Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he spoke with Pope Francis over the phone on Friday and thanked the pope for his prayers and humanitarian support. In a tweet posted on Aug. 12, Zelenskyy wrote that he had …
A ‘non-binary’ Joan of Arc? Theater’s spin on Catholic heroine stirs backlash
by Edie Heipel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 12, 2022 / 16:30 pm Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is re-inventing the story of St. Joan of Arc in an upcoming production called “I, Joan,” in which the French Catholic heroine will be portrayed as a non-binary “queer” character who refers to herself with …
Olivia Newton-John attended Catholic Mass, said ‘favorite prayer’ daily
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 11, 2022 / 13:51 pm Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, perhaps best known for her role as Sandy Olsson in the 1978 film “Grease,” shared her favorite prayer last year. She passed away Monday at age 73. The prayer was, she revealed in …
Britney Spears clarifies she asked for a Catholic church wedding: ‘I don’t like being called a liar’
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 10, 2022 / 18:00 pm American pop star Britney Spears said that she asked to get married in a Catholic church in California, pushing back against claims that she never contacted the parish. “There was a lot of backlash saying I never asked …
Catholic schools’ free lunch funds jeopardized by Biden LGBT rule change
by Edie Heipel, Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 10, 2022 / 18:00 pm Catholic school leaders need to be aware that their schools could be cut off from the federal government’s free and subsidized lunch program if their policies don’t comply with the Biden administration’s revised rules against LGBTQ discrimination, …
Kansas woman arrested after allegedly striking pro-life teen ‘with fists’ to the head
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 10, 2022 / 05:00 am Grace Hartsock was knocking on doors to encourage Kansas citizens to vote for a pro-life amendment when, she says, she was attacked. The 18-year-old from Austin, Texas — a rising freshman at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas — walked away …
Will Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act work? Here’s what cash-strapped families need to know
by Edie Heipel Washington D.C., Aug 10, 2022 / 03:00 am President Joe Biden is poised to sign the $485 billion Inflation Reduction Act into law later this week, promising Americans relief from the rising cost of food and other necessities. But the massive spending bill is drawing criticism from …
What is the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life?
by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Aug 10, 2022 / 09:47 am A controversy over a book and statements made on Twitter has recently drawn increased attention to the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life. In late June, the academy’s official Twitter account began promoting a Vatican-published book synthesizing a 2021 seminar on ethics, …
Drive-by gunshots target Denver-area Catholic church
by Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Aug 8, 2022 / 17:30 pm A gunman shot at a Denver-area Catholic church in separate early morning incidents Saturday and Monday. No one was hurt, but one estimate suggests the gunshots caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage. Parish staff stressed the …
Lightning strike causes major fire damage to historic Illinois Catholic church
by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 9, 2022 / 15:10 pm A lightning strike caused a roof fire Monday that severely damaged a historic Catholic church in Rockford, Illinois, and left three firefighters injured, authorities said. The Rockford Fire Department determined that lightning set the roof on fire, Mike …
