Church madness: Pope promotes ‘Art of Kissing’ author, names new pro-Communist China cardinal
Father James Altman returns to join John-Henry Westen and Liz Yore on this week’s episode of Faith & Reason.
Pope Francis appoints ‘Art of Kissing’ author as new doctrine watchdog
Archbishop Victor Fernandez of Argentina, author of the book ‘The Art of Kissing,’ has been appointed by Pope Francis to serve as Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly known as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Archbishop Fernandez will now occupy one of the Vatican’s highest posts, which […]
Pope John Paul II’s personal secretary makes private visit to Medjugorje
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz. / Credit: Kyle Burkhart/ACI Prensa ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 14, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Polish Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, archbishop emeritus of Krakow and for more than 40 years the personal secretary to Pope John Paul II, has paid a private visit to Medjugorje. As reported by Radio Mir Medjugorje, the cardinal […]
Black Louisiana priest hospitalized after machete attack, race cited as possible motive
null / Credit: Shutterstock Denver, Colo., Jul 14, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). A Catholic priest is in critical but stable condition after he was attacked on the grounds of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Melville, Louisiana, Thursday evening. Father Stephen Ugwu, the church pastor, was allegedly approached by 58-year-old Johnny Dwayne Neely […]
Amid Public Uproar, California Lawmaker Says Blocking Child Trafficking Law Was ‘Bad Decision’
Bobkeenan Photography The California State Capitol is located in Sacramento. The Assembly’s Public Safety Committee blocked the trafficking bill even as the state faces a rise in victims and a new film ‘Sound of Freedom’ spotlights the problem.
After bipartisan backlash, California legislators vote trafficking bill through committee
California State Capitol. / Sundry photography/shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 14, 2023 / 08:21 am (CNA). California Democratic legislators on Thursday hastily voted an anti-child-trafficking bill through a key committee after signi… […]
21 international doctors sign open letter against youth transgender ‘transition’ procedures
null / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 14, 2023 / 09:34 am (CNA). A group of 21 doctors from countries around the world wrote publicly on Thursday that the ongoing push to provide young children with transgender “transition” procedu… […]
Bishop Barron, U.S. bishops condemn FDA’s approval of first OTC birth control pill
null / Image Point Fr/Shutterstock. Washington D.C., Jul 14, 2023 / 09:55 am (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, unequivocally condemned the FDA’s approval of the first over-the-counter oral contraceptive “Opill” in a sh… […]
Cupich on German processes, same-sex blessings, role of women
Cardinal Blase Cupich. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA. CNA Newsroom, Jul 14, 2023 / 10:35 am (CNA). Cardinal Blase Cupich recently expressed confidence in the intentions behind the German Synodal Way while warning of divisions and praising the pontificate… […]
Bishop expresses ‘moral concern’ over U.S. provision of cluster munitions to Ukraine
Cluster bomb. / Credit: aindigo/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 14, 2023 / 11:15 am (CNA). The head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace expressed concern this week over t… […]