Daily Rome Shot 1023
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Celebrity abortion stories illustrate how swiftly ‘choice’ can become ‘obligation’
Abortion is, more often than not, an expectation rather than an option. If a man does not want to be a father, he can demand that the woman he has impregnated get an abortion and can exert an enormous amount of pressure on her.
Canadian euthanasia doctor gushes about how much she enjoys killing people
Dr. Ellen Wiebe rejects the case made by disability rights groups that they are vulnerable, and that social pressure and even coercion often accompanies euthanasia.
Bishop Strickland, Archbishop Cordileone defend Harrison Butker amid onslaught of media attacks
Bishop Joseph Strickland and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone have praised NFL kicker Harrison Butker for his anti-woke and pro-family commencement address at Benedictine College that caused leftists and sports pundits alike to flip out.
Cardinal Hollerich again falsely claims Catholic teaching on male-only priesthood ‘can be changed’
Pope St. John Paul II declared in his 1994 apostolic letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis that it is ontologically impossible for women to be ordained to the priesthood.
Pro-lifers rally in London amid consideration of abortion amendments
Representatives from the pro-life movement and their supporters gather to demonstrate in Parliament Square on May 15, 2024, in London. / Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images CNA Staff, May 17, 2024 / 10:43 am (CNA). A large number of pro-life people rallied May 15 outside the Houses of Parliament in London to protest a set of […]
Fernández: Vatican’s new apparitions guidelines stress ‘caution’ in discernment process
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN News Rome Newsroom, May 17, 2024 / 11:03 am (CNA). Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández held a press conference on […]
Vatican Overturns Own Decision on Seminary Dean
Ladislav Luppa Philosophical-Theological University of Bressanone in Italy. Rome’s position on Father Lintner’s appointment was reversed after the Vatican’s controversial declaration Fiducia Supplicans approved nonliturgical blessings for same-sex couples in December 2023.
Patriarch says pope will visit Turkey in 2025 to mark Nicaea anniversary
Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople said he will host Pope Francis in 2025 and they will go together to Iznik, Turkey, to celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
Jerusalem cardinal makes unannounced visit to Catholic parish in Gaza
In a previously unpublicized visit, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, entered the Gaza Strip May 16, reaching Holy Family Parish for his first pastoral visit since the outbreak of Israel-Hamas war following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.