Archive for September 6, 2019

People in the pews at Cologne Cathedral, Germany. ?w=200&h=150

By Ed Condon

Analysis: Who are the Central Committee of German Catholics?

Following the news that the Church in Germany will proceed to form a new Synodal Assembly as part of a... Read more

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Pope commends Mozambican HIV clinic community as Good Samaritans

Visiting the Zimpeto health clinic Friday, Pope Francis told the community that their care for the suffering recalls for him... Read more

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Pray for your enemies, Pope Francis tells Mozambican Catholics

Jesus calls his followers to a high standard – to forgive their enemies, to pray for those who have hurt... Read more

David French and Sohrab Ahmari, who debated the limits of government Sept. 5, 2019 at CUA in Washington, D.C. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

What is the state’s role in promoting virtue?

The debate over competing culturally conservative visions for the future of the U.S. continued Thursday night at the Catholic University... Read more

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Argentine bishops ask government to declare food emergency

Catholic bishops in Argentina are calling on the government to declare a food and nutrition emergency in response to heightened... Read more

John Bradburne with Jeromia at the Mutemwa Leper Settlement. Photo courtesy of the John Bradburne Memorial Society.?w=200&h=150

Church leaders in Zimbabwe discuss beatification cause of lay missionary

On Thursday the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe began a three-day meeting to consider the cause of canonization of John Bradburne,... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

Second Buffalo whistleblower says he was abused as seminarian

New allegations have surfaced that the second whistleblower reporting a cover-up of clerical sexual abuse by the Diocese of Buffalo,... Read more

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Suit challenges religious liberty of Catholic hospitals over assisted suicide

A Colorado man with cancer and his doctor filed a suit last month against a health system run by the... Read more