Beatification cause announced for murdered anti-Fascist priest (L’Osservatore Romano (Italian))
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, the president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, traveled to the northeastern Italian city of Argenta to preach the homily at the Mass for the 100th anniversary of the death of Father Giovanni Minzoni. The outspoken anti-Fascist priest was murdered by supporters of Benito Mussolini. Archbishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni of Ravenna-Cervia announced […]
Brazilian bishop who presided over vocation surge dead at 91 (Canção Nova )
Bishop Fernando Legal, SDB, the first bishop of São Miguel Paulista in suburban Sao Paulo, Brazil, died on August 22 at the age of 91. During his years as bishop of São Miguel Paulista (1989-2008), Bishop Legal founded three seminaries and ordained 70 priests. The number of diocesan priests in São Miguel Paulista has continued […]
USCCB official discusses vision for renewing Catholic education (National Catholic Register)
Mary Pat Donoghue, interviewed for the article, was appointed executive director of the USCCB’s Secretariat of Catholic Education in 2018. She had previously led St. Jerome Academy (Hyattsville, MD), a pioneering school in the movement to revitalize Catholic education through the adoption of a classical curriculum.
South Carolina Supreme Court upholds heartbeat abortion ban (Religion Cause)
Following a change in court membership, the South Carolina Supreme Court, in a 4-1 decision, upheld the state’s heartbeat law, just seven months after the court struck down an earlier version. “[T]he legislature has found that the State has a compelling interest in protecting the lives of unborn children,” the court ruled. “That finding is […]
How Malta just stopped legalized abortion (Human Life Review)
Dr. Miriam Sciberras, CEO of the Life Network Foundation in Malta, discussed how pro-abortion legislation was derailed in Malta. Catholicism is the state religion of the Mediterranean nation of 464,000 (map). 95% of residents are Christian (93% Catholic), and 3% are Muslim.
‘The world risks suffocating to death,’ Vatican newspaper warns (L’Osservatore Romano (Italian))
With the headline “Il polmone in affanno” [The lung in breathlessness], the Vatican newspaper warned on August 24, in its most prominent front-page article, that “the world risks suffocating to death” as “the Amazon rainforest absorbs ever less carbon because of deforestation and climate change.” The unsigned Vatican newspaper article cited data from Brazil’s National […]
Nigeria: Abducted priest and seminarian released from captivity.
Father Paul Sanogo of Mali and seminarian Dominic Merikiory Mahinini, Tannzanian, abducted by criminals three weeks ago from their parish residence in in Nigeria have been set free. Read all
Pope: Eucharistic adoration urges you to care for the poor
Pope Francis received participants in a pilgrimage promoted by the Sisters Disciples of Jesus in the Eucharist, and encouraged them to let their love of the Eucharistic Lord inspire care for “the poorest, the most despised, and the most marginalized members of the Body of Christ.” Read all
Lessons from my 50-year career in Catholic adult faith and religious education
After nearly 50 years working as a Catholic adult faith formation and religious educator, Biagio Mazza shares seven lessons. No. 1? Adult faith formation is “an essential component” of the church’s life.
Leonard Leo: Judicial activist and aspiring plutocrat
The recently announced investigation of a longtime leader of the Federalist Society raises red flags about how money influences our politics, says columnist Michael Sean Winters.