A Patriarch Flees Baghdad
A Patriarch Flees Baghdad By Joseph Amar August 31, 2023 In a move that has sent shockwaves throughout Christian communities in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, Cardinal Louis Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, announced that he was leaving his headquarters in Baghdad and relocating to the city of Erbil, in the Kurdish-held region of […]
Misguided notions of ‘freedom’ distort what it means to be human
Lawyer Chris Ferrara will join fellow Catholics at Rome Life Forum strategy conference from October 31 to November 1.Read More
St. Raymond Nonnatus gave himself up to torture for the sake of Christians enslaved under Muslim rule
Our blessed Savior, in His infinite wisdom, has always allotted His best-loved friends, including St. Raymond Nonnatus, the kind of life which He had deliberately chosen for Himself: the way of the Cross.
This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for September 2023
Pope Francis prays at his Wednesday audience in St. Peter’s Square on April 12, 2023. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Denver, Colo., Aug 31, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of September is for people living on the margins. “A homeless person who dies on the street will never appear among […]
This is Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for September 2023
Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Pope Francis prays at his Wednesday audience in St. Peter’s Square on April 12, 2023. ‘Let us pray for those people on the margins of society in subhuman living conditions, that they may not be neglected by institutions and never be cast out…’
Catholic commune with Bay Area hippie roots faces abuse allegations (NBC Bay Area)
Catholics United for Life, originally based in California and now based in Kentucky, is the subject of multiple sexual abuse lawsuits, according to the report.
Michigan governor vows to end waiting period for abortion (Michigan Catholic Conference)
Previewing her legislative agenda, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (R-MI) vowed to seek to overturn a 24-hour waiting period for abortion and other pro-life measures. In response, an official of the Michigan Catholic Conference said that “Gov. Whitmer and the Legislature should focus their time and energy on public policies that benefit all people, especially the low-income […]
Institutionalized child care is not ideal, says leading East African bishop (ACI Africa)
“We continue to give the children institutionalized care not because it is ideal, but because of their circumstantial being,” Zambian Bishop Charles Kasonde, chairman of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa, said in an address to the conference of Catholic Care for Children International. He added, “Here we are confronted with the […]
Vatican cardinal proposes 8 concrete actions for ‘green transition’ (Thinking Faith)
“To achieve net-zero emissions, which will allow our overheated planet to cool off, transformations are necessary across all global systems – how our economies are powered, how people and goods are transported, how a growing and aging population gets fed,” writes Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. […]
Bishop accountability group: Dismissal of charges against McCarrick ‘hugely disappointing’ (CNA)
“McCarrick’s predations were an open secret,” Anne Barrett Doyle of BishopAccountability.org said following the dismissal of charges against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick. “Many of his fellow cardinals and bishops knew, and they did nothing … McCarrick might have been prosecuted years ago if even one of his brother bishops had called the police.”