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Reports: Vatican-ordered investigation targets Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas
By Shannon Mullen, Jonathan Liedl CNA Newsroom, Jun 25, 2023 / 11:11 am The Vatican’s Dicastery of Bishops has completed a formal investigation of Bishop Joseph E. Strickland and the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, according to multiple media reports. What prompted the inquiry, known as an apostolic visitation, remains unclear, but it …
Mother Mary Lange, founder of first African American religious congregation, declared venerable
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 22, 2023 / 05:37 am Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, a Black religious sister who founded the country’s first African American religious congregation in Baltimore in 1829. The recognition of Lange’s heroic virtue and the advancement of her …
5 Things to know about Venerable Lucia dos Santos
By Francesca Pollio Fenton Denver, Colo., Jun 22, 2023 / 11:55 am Sister Lucia dos Santos, one of the Fatima visionaries, just had her cause for sainthood advanced by Pope Francis on June 22. Jacinta and Francisco Marto, the two other Fatima visionaries, were already canonized by Pope Francis in 2017. The two …
UPDATED: Here’s what you need to know about the National Eucharistic Revival
By CNA Staff, Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 20, 2023 / 13:00 pm The National Eucharistic Revival, which launched on the feast of Corpus Christi in 2022, has a mission to “renew the Church by enkindling a living relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ in the holy Eucharist,” as stated on its website. Sponsored …
National Celebrate Life Day Rally to be held rain or shine on Saturday, organizers say
By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jun 21, 2023 / 12:45 pm On Saturday, June 24, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., several pro-life organizations will be leading a “National Celebrate Life Day” rally to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Roe v. …
Thousands march in prayer procession protesting Dodgers honoring anti-Catholic drag group
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 19, 2023 / 15:30 pm Thousands of Catholics and other Christians marched in a prayerful procession Friday protesting the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring an anti-Catholic drag group called the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.” As thousands marched outside of Dodger Stadium, inside the stadium the …
Pectoral cross of Benedict XVI stolen from Bavarian church
By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Jun 20, 2023 / 12:30 pm A pectoral cross bequeathed by the late Pope Benedict XVI to a parish in his native Bavaria has been stolen from the church where it was on display. According to CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language partner news agency, unknown perpetrators broke open …
John Kerry meets Pope Francis at the Vatican for a fourth time
By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jun 19, 2023 / 07:45 am Pope Francis met with U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry on Monday in what was Kerry’s fourth official private meeting with the pope. The 79-year-old American politician was the first government official to have a private audience at …
U.S. bishops discuss forming ‘eucharistic missionaries’, synodality at spring meeting
By Lauretta Brown Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 15, 2023 / 15:40 pm During the first public session of their spring meeting in Orlando, Florida, the U.S. bishops discussed spreading the love of the Eucharist as part of their three-year Eucharistic Revival initiative, the Holy Father’s emphasis on synodality, and the ways …
LA archbishop at Mass before Dodgers game: ‘When God is insulted, it diminishes all of us’
By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jun 16, 2023 / 15:45 pm Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez celebrated a special Mass on Friday ahead of an act of “blasphemy” scheduled to take place at Dodgers Stadium this evening. The Mass, celebrated on the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, marked the …
