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by CNA Staff Denver Newsroom, Jun 8, 2022 / 05:48 am The bishops of Colorado on Tuesday issued an open letter asking Catholic lawmakers who recently voted for a new abortion law to refrain from receiving Holy Communion. The full text of the letter is below: Open Letter to Catholic Politicians and …
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by Justyna Galant Warsaw, Poland, Jun 6, 2022 / 11:05 am Twenty-two thousand young people from Poland and Ukraine attended the 26th Lednica 2000 meeting on the eve of Pentecost. Pope Francis sent a message to participants ahead of the youth festival on June 4. Speaking at his general audience on June …
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On June 2, the Catholic Church remembers two fourth-century martyrs, Saints Marcellinus and Peter, who were highly venerated after the discovery of their tomb and the conversion of their executioner. Although the biographical details of the two martyrs are largely unknown, it is known that they lived and died during …
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“We are slain with the sword, but we increase and multiply; the more we are persecuted and destroyed, the more are deaf to our numbers. As a vine, by being pruned and cut close, shoots forth new suckers, and bears a greater abundance of fruit; so is it with us.” …
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by CNA Staff Denver Newsroom, May 29, 2022 / 16:33 pm A tabernacle has been stolen from St. Augustine Catholic Church in the Park Slope neighborhood of New York City’s Brooklyn borough. The Diocese of Brooklyn said May 29 that “the Holy Eucharist housed inside the Tabernacle was thrown all …
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by Courtney Mares Vatican City, May 31, 2022 / 09:05 am The Vatican published the official schedule for the 10th World Meeting of Families on Tuesday. The international gathering of Catholic families will be held in Rome on June 22-26 with the participation of the pope and a performance by the Italian …
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by Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., May 29, 2022 / 07:20 am Pope Francis announced Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals in August, one of whom is the bishop of San Diego, California. Who is Bishop Robert McElroy? Here are some fast facts: A San Francisco native, McElroy has led …
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by CNA Staff Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 22, 2022 / 08:24 am The Catholic Church recognizes seven sacraments. Of these, the Eucharist stands apart. St. Thomas Aquinas called it the “Sacrament of Sacraments.” The Eucharist is the real presence of Jesus Christ, body, blood, soul, and divinity, under the appearance …
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by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 20, 2022 / 15:10 pm Catholics are responding in a variety of ways to Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s decision not to admit Nancy Pelosi to Communion, from viewing it as a compassionate act to the “waging [of] a culture war.” Cordileone notified the Speaker …
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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 13, 2012. | Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Shutterstock, Michelle Bauman/CNA by CNA Staff Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 20, 2022 / 15:37 pm Editor’s note: Below is the full text of San …
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