Two Worcester Catholic schools say they won’t implement bishop’s new gender policy
The Ryken Center at St. John’s High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts / John Phelan|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 3.0 Boston, Mass., Aug 18, 2023 / 13:36 pm (CNA). Members of religious orders affiliated with two Catholic high schools in Massachusetts have told Worcester Bishop Robert McManus that they will not be implementing the diocese’s new policy concerning gender […]
Minnesota single-sex Catholic colleges say students who identify as ‘nonbinary’ may apply
null / Andrii Zastrozhnov/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 18, 2023 / 14:05 pm (CNA). A pair of single-sex Catholic colleges in Minnesota are allowing males and females to openly apply to either one of the respective opposite-sex ins… […]
Baltimore Archdiocese says it obtained over 360 guns in $50,000 buyback program
The Archdiocese of Baltimore said it acquired several hundred guns as part of a “buyback” program financed by local parishes and individual donors on Aug. 5, 2023. / Credit: Baltimore Police Department Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 18, 2023 / … […]
An archdiocese for God and country
For all the territory it covers, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS) operates somewhat under the radar. Established by Pope John Paul II in 1985, the AMS serves both in the U.S. and […]
Tigray food crisis deepens as Catholic leaders plead for relief
Workers carry sacks of grain in a warehouse of the World Food Programme (WFP) in the city of Abala, Ethiopia, on June 9, 2022. The Afar region was the only passageway for humanitarian convoys bound for Tigray. / Credit: EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via G… […]
South African bishops file class-action suit against mining company over black lung disease
South African platinum and chrome miners drilling holes in rock for blasting. / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 18, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA). The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference began the process of filing a class-action … […]
Bishops of Mexico call for prayers for peace: ‘We live surrounded by violence’
A weapon is seen in the house where allegedly five young men were murdered in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco State, Mexico, on Aug. 17, 2023. / Credit: ULISES RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 18, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA). The Mexican Bish… […]
Jesuits’ superior general condemns seizure of university by Nicaragua dictatorship
The economic sciences building of the Central American University (UCA) in Nicaragua. / Credit: Courtesy of the Jesuits Central America ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 18, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA). The superior general of the Jesuits, Father Arturo Sosa, co… […]
Vatican secretary of state pledges solidarity with refugees, returnees from Sudan
Cardinal Pietro Parolin addresses returnees and refugees at their camp in the Diocese of Malakal in South Sudan Aug. 15, 2023. / Credit: John Amuom, Radio Voice of Love, Catholic Diocese of Malakal ACI Africa, Aug 18, 2023 / 16:50 pm (CNA). Vat… […]
Glenn Beck back on Apple Podcasts after censorship attempt, over 1,000 episodes still missing
The Blaze Media co-founder says he has not received a clear explanation why his content was deplatformed.