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‘Sound of Freedom’ screening on Capitol Hill sparks call to track missing children in U.S.
By Martin Barillas Washington D.C., Jul 28, 2023 / 13:10 pm Mexican actor and film producer Eduardo Verástegui was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, July 25, to show his new film “Sound of Freedom” and call for bipartisan congressional action to account for tens of thousands of children and teens …
On Aug. 2, you can get this St. Francis-themed indulgence
By Carl Bunderson Denver, Colo., Jul 28, 2023 / 07:00 am The feast of Our Lady of the Angels of Portiuncula and its associated indulgence is a way to focus on the importance of Mary and the Franciscan tradition in the Church, according to one friar. The Aug. 2 feast is …
Here’s where abortion may be on the ballot
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 26, 2023 / 14:00 pm Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, and returned most of the power to regulate abortion back to states, legislative fights have ensued among state lawmakers throughout the country. Many of these battles …
FBI gives documents to Congress relating to memo targeting Catholics
By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jul 26, 2023 / 15:05 pm The FBI handed over to Congress on Tuesday internal documents relating to the bureau’s now-withdrawn leaked memo that recommended investigating devotees of the Traditional Latin Mass. The leaked memo, dated Jan. 23, which originated from the bureau’s Richmond office, claims …
Pope Francis names Davenport, Iowa’s Bishop Zinkula to lead Archdiocese of Dubuque
By Hannah Brockhaus, Jonathan Liedl Vatican City, Jul 26, 2023 / 05:51 am Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed Bishop Thomas Zinkula of Davenport to lead Iowa’s Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque. Zinkula, 66, has led the Davenport Diocese in southeast Iowa since 2017. The Archdiocese of Dubuque has been run by an apostolic …
New Catholic Charities USA head is laywoman with leadership, philanthropy background
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jul 25, 2023 / 15:50 pm Catholic leadership expert and philanthropist Kerry Alys Robinson will be the next president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, the domestic humanitarian arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S. whose affiliates serve more than 15 million people per …
Police investigate alleged attack on pro-lifers outside DC Planned Parenthood
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 25, 2023 / 15:27 pm Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department has launched an investigation after two pro-life sidewalk counselors were allegedly attacked outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic on July 22. A group of pro-life sidewalk counselors, who were there to encourage women to …
July 26: Sts. Anne and Joachim
On July 26 the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the parents of the Virgin Mary, Saints Joachim and Anne. The couple’s faith and perseverance brought them through the sorrow of childlessness, to the joy of conceiving and raising the immaculate and sinless woman who would give birth to Christ. The New …
Bishop Strickland denies wrongdoing, says Vatican inquiry ‘not fun’
By Kevin J. Jones Denver, Colo., Jul 25, 2023 / 12:00 pm In a recent podcast, Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, denied any wrongdoing related to the Vatican inquiry into his conduct and that of his diocese and said the recent apostolic visitation was “not fun.” The Vatican’s delegates …
Experts speculate on why marriage is declining — and what to do about it
By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 25, 2023 / 11:24 am Support for marriage and marriage rates themselves have sharply declined among young people in recent years, leading experts to offer various explanations for the troubling trends as well as potential solutions to reverse them. Data has long pointed toward …
