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Built in 1930, the Courier-Express Building is home to the Catholic Center of Buffalo. / Credit: Warren LeMay|Flickr|CC BY-SA 2.0CNA Staff, Mar 14, 2024 / 11:15 am (CNA).The Diocese of Buffalo in New York has announced the sale of its headquarters in downtown Buffalo nearly four years after it declared bankruptcy amid hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits filed against it. The diocese announced in Western New York Catholic this week that "??the Catholic Center, the diocesan central office building since 1986, has been listed for sale" for $9.8 million.In 2020, the diocese formally filed for Chapter 11 reorganization under the U.S. bankruptcy code. At the time the diocese said it was acting to provide the most compensation for victims of clergy sex abuse while continuing the day-to-day work of its Catholic mission.Diocesan officials announced in October of last year that the diocese would be putting forth $100 million to settle the numerous abuse claims lodged against it.&...
Celebration of Mass at Holy Family Parish in Gaza. / Credit: ACN & Holy Family ParishACI Prensa Staff, Mar 14, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has released a report highlighting that the Christian community in Gaza, Palestine, "is going through the worst period" since the start of the war on Oct. 7, 2023.According to the report released on March 8, Gaza is facing difficult times, with shelling, disrupted communications and food shortages. Sister Nabila Saleh, a religious of the Holy Rosary Congregation, described the situation as distressing, but is grateful for God's grace even in adversity."The little we have is because of God's Grace. The people outside suffer even more than we do, because they don't have that consolation at this time," she said.The Holy Family parish in the neighborhood of Al Zeyton, in the north of the Gaza Strip, is one of the places affected by the intense clashes and bombardments. The church is current...
Father Alberto Reyes has emerged as a critical voice against the extreme poverty and repressive actions of Cuba's police state, having himself experienced both and seen them in the lives of his fellow Cubans. / Credit: Rachel Diez/EWTN NoticiasACI Prensa Staff, Mar 13, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA).In an interview with EWTN Noticias, the Spanish-language sister service of EWTN News, Cuban priest Alberto Reyes spoke about his apostolic ministry in Camagüey province, located in the central area of the island, and about how his defense of religious freedom on the island has earned him friends and enemies alike.Reyes did not hesitate to say that in Cuba "communism will not survive" and "the Church will remain."The Cuban priest works in Esmeralda, a small town "that was once flourishing," according to EWTN Noticias correspondent Rachel Diez. Today, the daily life of the people is the same as that of many others in Cuba, one of "sadness, migration, and deprivation," he commented.Since h...
Mexican presidential candidates Jorge Álvarez Máynez, Xóchitl Gálvez, and Claudia Sheinbaum each signed the "National Commitment to Peace." / Credit: Society of JesusACI Prensa Staff, Mar 13, 2024 / 16:30 pm (CNA).The three candidates running for president of Mexico met in the country's capital March 11 to sign the National Commitment to Peace, an initiative proposed by the Catholic Church to address growing violence in the nation.This initiative is a result of the National Dialogue for Peace, which took place in September 2023, organized by the Mexican Bishops' Conference, the Society of Jesus, and the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious of Mexico.Signing the commitment were Jorge Álvarez Máynez of the Citizen Movement party; Xóchitl Gálvez of the opposition National Action Party (PAN) and a candidate of the electoral coalition Broad Front for Mexico; and Claudia Sheinbaum, a member of the ruling Morena party (founded by current president Andrés Manuel López O...
The College of Cardinals celebrates Mass on March 12, 2013, before entering the Sistine Chapel for the papal conclave. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno/CNAVatican City, Mar 13, 2024 / 12:30 pm (CNA).The most recent change in the College of Cardinals took place on Feb. 24, when Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán turned 80 and was thus removed from the ranks of cardinal-electors. A few weeks earlier, on Feb. 12, Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno also turned 80 and, therefore, is no longer eligible to cast a vote in a conclave.There are currently 129 cardinals who could vote in a conclave, nine more than the maximum of 120 set by Paul VI and confirmed by all of his successors since.During the 11 years of his pontificate, Pope Francis has convened nine consistories to create new cardinals. In the process, he has created 142 cardinals, including 113 electors and 29 non-electors, from 70 nations. Of these nations, 22 had never had a cardinal before.This level of activity stands in con...
Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for his Wednesday general audience on March 13, 2024. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Mar 13, 2024 / 13:00 pm (CNA).Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a new chapter in his ongoing catechetical series on vices and virtues, shifting his reflection to the origins and nature of virtue itself and underscoring its value for human formation. "Virtue is a 'habitus' of freedom. If we are free in every act, and every time we are required to choose between good and evil, virtue is what enables us to have a tendency towards the right choice," the pope observed in his weekly general audience held in St. Peter's Square.The pope did not read Wednesday's address, instead relying on an aide to deliver the remarks on his behalf. The Holy Father has been assisted in his public remarks since late February when the Vatican announced he was suffering from "mild flu" symptoms. Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in St. Pet...
null / Credit: Solen Feyissa|Wikimedia|CC BY-SA 2.0Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 13, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA).The House has passed a bill that could ban the massively popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from being used in the U.S.Titled the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act," the measure passed in an overwhelming bipartisan 352-65 vote. Though the bill does not ban TikTok outright, it prohibits "distributing, maintaining, or providing internet hosting services" to any app controlled by an entity determined to be a foreign adversary. If made law, the bill will force TikTok's Chinese owner to either sell the platform or face a U.S. ban. This means that if the company is sold to an American owner, it would be allowed to continue to operate in the U.S. However, if TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, retains ownership of TikTok, U.S. users will not be allowed to use the app.House members supporting the bill voiced their concerns th...
null / Credit: ShutterstockCNA Staff, Mar 13, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA).The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week signaled that prisons throughout the United States must provide prisoners with transgender-related medical care, including "hormone therapy" and other gender-related requests. The department said in a press release on Tuesday that the Utah Department of Corrections (UDOC) had "violated the Americans with Disabilities Act" when it "failed to provide" a male prisoner with access to "hormone therapy." The prisoner in question had claimed to identify as a woman and had "repeatedly requested" access to female hormones as well as special accommodations such as "female clothing" and the modification of "pat search policies." The individual's gender dysphoria "worsened during [his] incarceration" at UDOC, the DOJ said. The department in its finding ordered UDOC to "adopt, revise, and implement relevant policies, practices, and procedures" in order ...
The Coptic Orthodox Church said Pope Tawadros II is aware of the attack that happened March 12, 2024, in the Coptic monastery of St. Mark and St. Bishop Samuel the Confessor in Johannesburg, South Africa. / Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty ImagesCNA Newsroom, Mar 13, 2024 / 14:30 pm (CNA).The Coptic Orthodox Church announced that three monks were attacked and murdered Tuesday in the Coptic monastery of St. Mark and St. Bishop Samuel the Confessor in Cullinan, South Africa, 18 miles east of the country's capital, Pretoria.In an official statement, the church said the attack resulted in the martyrdom of Father Takla El-Samouili, the diocesan vicar; Father Youstos Ava-Markos; and Father Mina Ava-Markosthree.According to Reuters, all three victims were found with stab wounds while a fourth who survived alleged that he was hit by an iron rod before fleeing and hiding, said South African police spokesperson Col. Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi.The BBC reported that an Egyptian member of the ch...
Confucius statue in Nanjing Confucius Temple, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China. / Credit: aphotostory/ShutterstockRome Newsroom, Mar 13, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).The Vatican sponsored a dialogue in Taiwan this week as the Catholic Church prepares to release official guidelines for engagement with Confucianism, one of the most influential religious philosophies in the history of China.Father Paulin Kubuya, the undersecretary for the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, traveled to New Taipei City for the meeting at Fu Jen Catholic University. He told CNA in an interview on March 12 upon his return to Rome that the guidelines could help Catholics in East Asia to navigate living out the faith amid their cultural traditions.Father Paulin Kubuya in the offices of the Vatican Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNAKubuya is from the Democratic Republic of Congo and is fluent in Chinese after serving as a Xaverian missionary in Taiwan. During his ...
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