Detroit man thought he was a priest. He wasn’t even a baptized Catholic
by JD Flynn Denver Newsroom, Aug 22, 2020 / 02:10 pm MT (CNA).- If you think you’re a priest, and you really aren’t, you have a problem. So do a lot of other people. The baptisms you performed are valid baptisms. But the confirmations? Nope. The Masses you celebrated were …
JPII rose added to White House Rose Garden
Washington D.C., Aug 22, 2020 / 11:08 am MT (CNA).- A rose named for the late Pope St. John Paul II has been included in a renovation of the White House Rose Garden. The Pope John Paul II rose, a white tea rose cultivar, is included in a redesign of …
After Netflix apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ film poster, theologian says Cuties movie is unacceptable
by Christine Rousselle Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 20, 2020 / 04:00 pm MT (CNA).- Netflix has apologized after a poster advertising an upcoming film was accused of normalizing pedophilia. But one theologian told CNA that an apology for the image is not enough, and that the film itself sexualizes children. …
August 22: Queenship of Mary
In this feast, particularly cherished by the Popes of modern times, we celebrate Mary as the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Pope Pius XII in the Papal Encyclical Ad Coeli Reginam proposed the traditional doctrine on the Queenship of Mary and established this feast for the Universal Church. Pope Pius …
Wildfires wreaking ‘profound damage’ in multiple California dioceses
By Mary Farrow Denver Newsroom, Aug 22, 2020 / 03:34 am MT (CNA).- As wildfires rage across California, scorching more than 700,000 acres of land in multiple dioceses and killing at least four people, Catholics are asking for prayers and offering resources to the displaced. “In our diocese alone the …
Legal abortion ‘above my pay grade,’ says religious sister who lead prayer at DNC
by Kevin Jones Denver Newsroom, Aug 20, 2020 / 10:52 am MT (CNA).- Sister Simone Campbell, who offered a prayer at the Democratic National Convention Thursday, has declined to take a stand on the morality of abortion protections, and a CNA examination finds donors to her organization, Network Lobby, have …
Justice Department: Vermont college tuition program can’t exclude Catholic school student
CNA Staff, Aug 21, 2020 / 03:39 pm MT (CNA).- The U.S. Department of Justice has sided with a Vermont Catholic high school student who has said a state program wrongly excluded her participation in a college credit coursework program because she attends a religious private school. The Vermont Education …
Analysis: The end of business as usual for the USCCB?
by JD Flynn Denver Newsroom, Aug 21, 2020 / 01:23 pm MT (CNA).- The U.S. bishops’ conference has canceled its in-person November meeting in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Sources say that conference leadership is now considering whether to conduct an abbreviated virtual meeting in place of the canceled event. …
Remembering the Dayton Shooting: Dayton Parishes & Sisters of the Precious Blood Honor Victims One Year Later
by Kary Ellen Berger On the morning of August 4, 2019, people in and around the Dayton area woke up to the horrifying news that a gunman took nine innocent lives and injured dozens of others in the city’s downtown Oregon District. In memory of those victims, the downtown Dayton …
Did you know: St. Peter in Chains Cathedral
To download the PDF, click: Did you know St Peter in Chains This feature appeared in the September edition of The Catholic Telegraph Magazine. For your complimentary subscription, click here.
