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The Redemptor Hominis chapel of the National Shrine of St. John Paul II in Washington, D.C., is decorated with mosaics by Father Marko Rupnik. / Credit: Lawrence OP|Flickr|CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 6, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).In light of several serious accusations of abuse against Catholic artist Father Marko Rupnik, the Knights of Columbus told CNA that they "are carefully considering the best course of action" concerning the priest's mosaics that adorn the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. With the assistance of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy and a small, lay staff, the Knights of Columbus own and operate the St. John Paul II National Shrine, which attracts tens of thousands of visitors and pilgrims from across the country and world. Calls to remove the priest's artwork from places of worship have been mounting around the world. Yet, extensive Rupnik artwork in the John Paul II Shrine's two chapels...
A man removes red spray paint from a statue of the Blessed Mother at the Church of the Ascension in Overland Park, Kansas. / Kathryn White/The LeavenAnn Arbor, Michigan, Mar 6, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).In a message to parishioners, Father Ed Cimbala, pastor of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Parish in New York City, revealed that overnight on March 3 intruders entered his rectory and office, wrecking both while he was sleeping in an attack that has raised questions about the vandals' motivations.Apparently nothing was stolen in the intrusion. Cimbala wrote: "The detective identified the incident as a potential hate crime as there was no evidence that the intruder was looking for money." The incident appears to track with others in which the vandals' main purpose appears to be to intimidate Catholics and wound their religious sensibilities.Hostility and vandalism against churches, especially Catholic places of worship, have increased by several multiples since 2018, according to a...
"Cabrini" chronicles the early days of the American mission of Mother Cabrini, Patroness of Immigrants. / Credit: Angel StudiosNational Catholic Register, Mar 6, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA)."During the past few weeks, dark-featured women, in the garb of Sisters of Charity, have been going through the Italian quarters in the Bend and in Little Italy, climbing up dark, steep, and narrow stairways, diving down into foul basements and into dens that even a New York policeman does not care to enter without assistance. "These women are all slight and delicate. They wear a peculiar veil, unlike that of the usual religious devotees, and few can speak English. They are members of an order entirely new to this country, the Silesian [sic] Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is an Italian organization of nuns who look after the welfare of orphans and all that are engaged in this work are of Italian birth."So begins an article in New York's The Sun dated June 30, 1889, wh...
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at an election night watch party at Mar-a-Lago on March 5, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. / Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 5, 2024 / 22:47 pm (CNA).Former President Donald Trump easily defeated his sole remaining rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, in at least 11 of the states voting on Super Tuesday, March 5.As of 10 p.m. ET, Trump held double-digit leads over Haley in 11 of the 12 states in which polls had closed: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Haley prevailed in only one of the Super Tuesday states, Vermont, where she edged out Trump by 50% to 46% with 90% of the vote in that state reporting.Three other states also held primaries or caucuses on Super Tuesday: Utah, California, and Alaska. Returns from those states are expecte...
Pope Francis meets with members of the Pontifical Academy for Life on Feb. 12, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Mar 5, 2024 / 12:15 pm (CNA).On Monday France became the first country in the world to enshrine the right to abortion in its basic law, a move that has been staunchly opposed by the French bishops and by the Vatican. "The Pontifical Academy for Life reiterates that precisely in the era of universal human rights, there cannot be a 'right' to take a human life," the academy wrote in a March 4 statement released by the Bishops' Conference of France following the historic vote. The Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) went on to appeal to "all governments and all religious traditions to do their best so that in this phase of history, the protection of life becomes an absolute priority, with concrete steps in favor of peace and social justice, with effective measures for universal access to resources, education, and health." ...
null / Credit: ShutterstockCNA Staff, Mar 5, 2024 / 15:50 pm (CNA).Leaked internal documents have revealed that members of a prominent transgender advocacy organization admitted that the children who receive permanently life-changing transgender procedures are too young to be capable of giving informed consent.  The documents also show, according to a watchdog group, that the organization's endorsement of transgender procedures for children is based on "pseudoscience."The group Environmental Progress published on Tuesday what it dubbed "the WPATH Files," which it described as "semi-private conversations" inside the "internal online forum" of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.WPATH on its website bills itself as a "nonprofit, interdisciplinary professional and educational organization devoted to transgender health." For years the group has advocated for the use of "puberty suppression" drugs and cross-sex hormones for young b...
A mother and child / Credit: Jordan Whitt / UnsplashCNA Newsroom, Mar 5, 2024 / 09:25 am (CNA).Ahead of a crucial vote on Friday, the bishops of Ireland have raised grave concerns about proposed changes to the country's constitution, warning these would abolish "all reference to motherhood" and diminish the "unique importance of the relationship between marriage and family." On International Women's Day, March 8, voters in the country of more than 5 million people will head to the polls to cast their ballot in twin referendums proposing historic changes to the Constitution of Ireland. The first referendum pertains to the family and would amend Article 41.1 by introducing "other durable relationships" alongside marriage as the foundation of the family. The second referendum would delete a wording on women and motherhood in Article 41.2, where the state recognizes "that by her life within the home, woman gives to the state a support without which the common good ca...
Father Custodio Ballester serves a parish in the Archdiocese of Barcelona, Spain. / Credit: Courtesy of hazteoir.orgAnn Arbor, Michigan, Mar 5, 2024 / 10:15 am (CNA).A Spanish priest is facing up to three years in prison on "hate crime" charges for his heated words about Islam.Last month, Father Custodio Ballester and two other individuals received a summons from a provincial court in Spain to answer charges of an alleged "hate crime" for criticizing Islamic extremism. If convicted, Ballester could be forced to pay a fine of more than $1,600 and serve up to three years in prison. The charges date back to 2020, when the Court Prosecutor's Office in Catalonia  accused Ballester of a "hate crime" based on what he wrote in a 2016 article titled "The Impossible Dialogue with Islam."Four years later, Ballester is still awaiting trial on criminal charges for criticizing the faith that he says aims to "destroy" all those who refuse to recognize Mohammed as "the last and ultim...
The Holy See Press Office announced on March 5, 2024, that Monsignor Shane L. Kirby has been named the Substitute Promoter of Justice of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. / Credit: Diocese of ScrantonVatican City, Mar 5, 2024 / 11:40 am (CNA).Pope Francis has appointed a Catholic priest from the Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, as an officer of the Vatican's highest court.The Holy See Press Office announced on March 5 that Monsignor Shane L. Kirby has been named the substitute promoter of justice of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.The Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, established in the 15th century, is one of three courts within the Holy See and functions as a sort of Supreme Court, hearing appeals coming from the two other tribunals. The pope is the Holy See's supreme judge.Kirby has been based in Rome since 2017 serving as an official in the Dicastery for the Clergy. Raised in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Kirby converted from the Pen...
A Rural Parish Clinic mobile unit makes the rounds, featured on "EWTN News in Depth" March 1, 2024. / Credit: "EWTN News in Depth"CNA Staff, Mar 5, 2024 / 07:45 am (CNA).The St. Louis Archdiocese is the largest in Missouri by population, and though much of its territory is urban or suburban, large swaths of its territory are rural, where medical and dental facilities can be few and far between. Stepping up to help are Catholic volunteers staffing mobile medical and dental units, housed in large trucks and run by the archdiocese, which have helped to fill the gaps for hundreds of patients, workers told "EWTN News in Depth."The Rural Parish Clinic, an initiative of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, began in 2019 and rotates through several rural destinations twice a week, offering doctors, nurses, exam rooms, and prescriptions. Private donations and grant money keep the mobile medical clinic and an accompanying mobile dental clinic running. Vicki Boehmer, a registered nurse...
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