Church in Mexico condemns murder of 8-year-old girl, vigilante retribution
Crédit: Jcomp vía Freepik ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 3, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA). “We are destroying ourselves little by little,” the Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico said in condemnation of the recent kidnapping and murder of an 8-year-old girl, Camila, which was followed by a vigilante reprisal against the alleged perpetrators. In an editorial in […]
‘Me First’ to ‘Family First’: Brad Wilcox ‘Gives Voice to the Value of Marriage’
Artman ‘One recent poll found that only 32 percent of young adults ages eighteen through forty think that marriage is essential to living a fulfilling life, compared to 64 percent who think education and 75 percent who think making a good living is crucial to fulfillment.’ Sociologist and father of nine expounds on why marriage […]
Australian state threatens religious freedom with bill criminalizing ‘vilification’ of transgenderism
The proposed Queensland Anti-Discrimination Bill threatens to criminalize speech considered ‘reasonably likely to incite hatred, serious contempt or severe ridicule’ of gender-confused people.Read More
French government cracks down on priest who said homosexual relations are sinful
Father Matthieu Raffray. / Credit: @AbbeRaffray on X ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 3, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). The French government has initiated a series of legal measures against Father Matthieu Raffray for calling homosexual relations sinful and for describing homosexuality as a “weakness.” On March 15, the priest of the Institute of the Good […]
Pope Francis on Gaza conflict: ‘Without justice, there is no peace’
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square gathered for his weekly general audience on April 3, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Apr 3, 2024 / 09:05 am (CNA). Pope Francis during his general audience on Wednesday deplored the recent killing of humanitarian workers in the Gaza Strip, with the Holy Father […]
Pope Francis: ‘Without justice, there is no peace’
In a speech at his weekly general audience, Pope Francis highlighted justice in his cycle of catechesis on virtues. Justice, the pope said, is animated by the righteous person who “desires the good of society as a whole.”
University launches gender studies program that seeks to be authentically Catholic (Our Sunday Visitor)
The University of St. Thomas in Houston has announced an online graduate certificate in sexuality and gender. “There are plenty of programs at secular universities on women’s and gender studies, but this is the first one from a full, authentically Catholic perspective,” said Kevin Stuart, director of the Nesti Center for Faith and Culture at […]
Cardinal Müller concerned that US could become ‘Orwellian state’ (Tucker Carlson)
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller said that there is “a great task in the United States to overcome the temptations to become an Orwellian state.” “When one party wants to dominate with its ideology, it must penetrate all the universities and all the mass media,” he continued. “We need the […]
Threats to Catholic Charities staffers increase (RNS)
Catholic Charities staff members in San Diego, Laredo (Texas), and southwestern Ohio received obscene phone calls and death threats following the posting of videos critical of their assistance of migrants. “We have never seen this level,” said Appaswamy Pajanor, the head of Catholic Charities San Diego. “Some of our team members have been here for […]
English bishop’s resignation preceded by Vos Estis investigation (Pillar)
The March 14 resignation of Bishop Declan Lang of Clifton, England, at the age of 73 was preceded by the launch a Vos Estis investigation into the mishandling of sexual abuse allegations, The Pillar reported. Bishop Lang failed to investigate properly—or even to note in a personnel file—allegations against Canon Christopher Whitehead, a Clifton priest […]