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by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Jun 10, 2021 / 15:02 pm An all-boys Catholic high school in Tampa, Florida is attracting attention for fostering a faith-filled environment that helped lead nearly two dozen of its students into the Church last month. “Coming off of COVID, there was really a hunger …

By CNA Staff Vatican City, Jun 11, 2021 / 06:57 am Pope Francis Friday named Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik as the new prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy. The 69-year-old bishop is the first Korean to lead a Vatican congregation. He succeeds the Italian Cardinal Beniamino Stella, who …

By CNA Staff Rome, Italy, Jun 10, 2021 / 08:51 am The theologian Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., has been appointed rector of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, becoming the first American to hold the position. White, who has taught at the university commonly known as …

Washington D.C., Jun 9, 2021 / 16:01 pm The Biden administration on Tuesday said it is required by law to uphold a Title IX exemption for religious colleges, in response to a lawsuit filed by students identifying as LGBT. Filing in an Oregon district court, the Justice Department said that …

By CNA Staff Vatican City, Jun 10, 2021 / 05:40 am Pope Francis declined on Thursday the resignation of Cardinal Reinhard Marx, offered to him last month. In a June 10 letter, the pope asked the influential German cardinal to continue as archbishop of Munich and Freising. Writing in Spanish, …

by Christine Rousselle Washington D.C., Jun 8, 2021 / 16:01 pm Fundamental theological principles provide the framework for any doctrinal questions over the discovery of extraterrestrial beings, a theologian claimed in a lecture on June 5. While the Church does not have any specific teachings on extraterrestrial life, theologians can …

By Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Jun 7, 2021 / 20:01 pm The U.S. bishops next week will deliberate and vote on whether to draft a teaching document on the Eucharist – despite the recent request of some bishops to delay such a discussion. At the bishops’ virtual spring meeting scheduled …

by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jun 5, 2021 / 03:00 am The Benedictine monks and nuns who tend to the first papal vineyard in France have launched an appeal to sell their wine to help the families of local wine growers. Located on a hill in the Rhône Valley, the …

By CNA Staff Chiavenna, Italy, Jun 6, 2021 / 11:00 am An Italian nun who was stabbed to death by three teenage girls was beatified on Sunday, after Pope Francis declared her a martyr, killed “in hatred of the faith.” Sr. Maria Laura Mainetti was beatified on June 6, the …

By Jonah McKeown New York City, N.Y., Jun 5, 2021 / 06:01 am A perpetual adoration chapel slated to open next spring will bring spiritual healing and revitalization to Manhattan, according to a Dominican priest overseeing the project. “This is really a project of the Holy Spirit. There’s so many …