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Baltimore archbishop attends bankruptcy hearing, listens to testimony from abuse victims

null / orgarashu / Shutterstock. CNA Staff, Apr 9, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA). Baltimore Archbishop William Lori on Monday attended a hearing at a U.S. bankruptcy court in which several witnesses testified on the abuse they endured at the hands of Church officials.  The archdiocese said in a release on Monday that the archbishop “attended [the […]

Baltimore Archbishop Attends Bankruptcy Hearing, Listens to Testimony From Abuse Victims

Werbung The archdiocese filed for bankruptcy in September of last year in response to a looming wave of sex-abuse-related lawsuits. After the sealed hearing on Monday at U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, Archbishop Lori said he was ‘deeply grateful to the victim-survivors for their courage today [and] moved by their heartrending experience.’

Dignitas Infinita: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Above: the ugly “progress of human dignity” on display in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro. Yesterday I discussed some of the important aspects which contextualise the new document on the “infinite dignity” of the human person (Dignitas Infinita). Without claiming to be an exhaustive analysis, we intend here to present the some of […]

US Catholic pastoral leaders welcome Vatican document on human dignity

A number of Catholic pastoral leaders in the U.S. are applauding a new Vatican declaration on human dignity for its specific treatment of several key — and contentious — issues. “Dignitas Infinita” (“Infinite Dignity”), released April 8 by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, recounts the biblical and magisterial basis for the […]

Lebanese prelate calls for calm after murder of Christian leader (Fides)

Maronite Catholic Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai has issued a plea for “calm and moderation” after the kidnapping and murder of Pascal Sleiman, the head of the Christian Lebanese Forces. Sleiman was seized by a small group of armed men on April 7, killed, and his body taken to the Syrian border. Lebanese officials said that […]

European bishops: abortion cannot be a fundamental right (Vatican News)

The Catholic bishops’ conference of the European Union have insisted that abortion “can never be a fundamental right.” In a statement released before a vote on the inclusion of abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) said that a claim for a “right” […]

Catholic bishop protests deportation from Mexico (CNA)

A Melkite Catholic bishop has angrily protested after he was stopped at a Mexico City airport, his Vatican passport was taken, and he was deported to Venezuela. Bishop Joseph Khawam heads the Melkite eparchy (diocese) of Venezuela, but also serves as apostolic administrator for the Melkite eparchy in Mexico. Noting that he arrived in Mexico […]