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anti-catholicism
An Afghan appeals to Pope Francis: Save a Catholic family stuck in Kabul

by Courtney Mares Rome, Italy, Aug 20, 2021 / 14:58 pm An Afghan Christian refugee whose parents were killed by the Taliban in the 1990s is appealing to Pope Francis to help a Catholic family currently at the Kabul airport. “I ask please, please of both the Holy See and …
Pope Francis saddened by ‘brutal attack’ which killed Catholic nuns in South Sudan

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Aug 18, 2021 / 07:10 am Pope Francis has sent his condolences after a violent attack on a group of Catholic religious sisters and others in South Sudan left five dead on Monday. “His Holiness Pope Francis was deeply saddened to learn of the brutal …
Rwandan man suspected of killing French Catholic priest reportedly met Pope Francis in 2016

by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Aug 9, 2021 / 10:30 am A Rwandan man who reportedly handed himself in to police after the murder of a priest in western France on Monday met with Pope Francis in 2016, according to French Catholic media. The suspect, identified by the media as …
Who was Fr. Olivier Maire, the Catholic priest murdered in France?

by CNA Staff Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, France, Aug 9, 2021 / 09:05 am Fr. Olivier Maire, the Catholic priest murdered in France on Monday, was the provincial superior of the Montfort Missionaries, a worldwide religious congregation founded by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort. He was killed in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, a commune in the …
Report: Envelope with three bullets addressed to Pope Francis intercepted

by Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Aug 9, 2021 / 07:00 am An envelope addressed to Pope Francis and containing three bullets was intercepted in Milan late on Sunday night, according to Italian media reports. The piece of mail, which had no return address but carried a French stamp, was addressed …
Breaking: Catholic priest murdered in France, says country’s interior minister

by CNA Staff Paris, France, Aug 9, 2021 / 05:40 am France’s Interior Minister announced on Monday that a Catholic priest has been murdered in western France. Gérald Darmanin wrote on his Twitter account on Aug. 9 that he was traveling to the Vendée department of France following the killing. …
Statue outside NC parish restored after vandalism

by Joe Bukuras Washington D.C., Jul 7, 2021 / 18:01 pm A statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in front of Catholic church in Asheville, North Carolina was vandalized and restored this past weekend. “Sadly, when we arrived for Mass on Sunday morning, we discovered that someone had defaced …
Mackenzie Scott donates millions to controversial group outspoken on Catholic issues, religious freedom

by Kevin J. Jones Washington D.C., Jun 30, 2021 / 11:02 am Several million dollars from the Amazon fortune of Jeff Bezos’ former wife Mackenzie Scott have funded a controversial multi-religious advocacy group, Faith in Public Life. Faith in Public Life combines a vision of progressive politics with criticism of …
Paris archbishop laments attack on Catholics honoring city’s martyrs

By CNA Staff Paris, France, May 31, 2021 / 04:00 am The archbishop of Paris on Sunday lamented an attack on Catholics taking part in a procession commemorating the city’s 19th-century martyrs. Archbishop Michel Aupetit deplored May 30 the “anger, contempt and violence” directed at the group of around 300 …
Brooklyn diocese requests greater police presence outside churches, after acts of vandalism
Washington D.C., May 18, 2021 / 16:00 pm America/Denver (CNA). The Diocese of Brooklyn is requesting increased police presence after two incidents of vandalism in three days at church properties. Over the weekend, a statue depicting the Blessed Mother holding the infant Jesus was discovered vandalized outside the diocesan administrative …