5 years after massacre, Nicaragua dictatorship arrests priest, blocks return of another
Father Fernando Zamora Silva. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Félix Maradiaga ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 11, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). Five years after the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega massacred protesters in the Carazo area of Nicaragua in 2018, the regime has arrested a priest as he was leaving Mass and blocked another priest from […]
US bishops praise expansion of family reunification processes for migrants
The U.S. bishops July 10 praised a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that it would expand family reunification processes for some migrants.
‘Right to life’ at stake: Catholics react to high court’s ruling on Navajo water rights
After a 5-4 Supreme Court decision struck a blow to the Navajo Nation’s request for federal assistance in securing water for the reservation June 22, Catholics who minister among Native Americans shared their thoughts on the historic water crisis facing the Southwest U.S. and the Indigenous populations who live there.
ANALYSIS: How to interpret Pope Francis’ choice of new cardinals
Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti with Pope Francis / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jul 11, 2023 / 03:00 am (CNA). With his ninth consistory in 10 years of his pontificate, Pope Francis will lock down his influence on the College of Cardinals for the… […]
When St. Benedict watched over me
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Benedict, by Laura Oldfather
Nebraska woman pleads guilty to aborting grandchild, burning and burying body
Nebraska woman Jessica Burgess ‘burned’ and ‘buried’ the body of her aborted grandchild in a field.Read More
RFK Jr. challenges vaccine maker immunity, safety claims in interview with Bill Maher
Kennedy highlighted the 1977 McKinlay and McKinlay study, which showed that the improvement in public health was attributable to better nutrition and sanitation.Read More
Lepanto Institute launches survey to rate orthodoxy, trustworthiness of US bishops
‘It is time, perhaps past time, long past time, for the faithful to encourage, I might say demand, that their bishops fulfill the responsibility of their office,’ Fr. James Altman said in a promotional video for Lepanto Institute’s bishop trust survey.Read More
Society is crumbling because churches have abandoned the Great Commission
We have witnessed the emergence of ‘woke’ churches, where everybody is ‘nice,’ and no one’s faith walk is burdened by stern moral demands.Read More
Biden admin loses appeal against ruling that stopped collusion on Big Tech censorship
Judge Terry A. Doughty denied the Biden admin’s request for a stay on his preliminary injunction that blocks the government from pressuring Big Tech to censor speech.Read More