Bishop Denis Brennan has said that the “continued existence of church closures” needs to be “revisited and amended” in his letter encouraging solidarity in the “age of coronavirus” for the month of November. The Bishop of Ferns asked that people do more than “what is simply right at present”, saying “Let us as Church go…
The United States hosted the signing ceremony of the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Thursday last (October 22). The document rejects the claim that abortion is an international human right. “Today we put down a clear marker; no longer can UN agencies reinterpret and misinterpret agreed-upon language without accountability,” said Secretary of Health and Human Services…
Pope Francis has announced he will create 13 new cardinals November 28. The Pope made the announcement at the end of his Angelus address October 25, telling the crowd in St Peter’s Square the names of the nine cardinals under the age of 80, who will be eligible to vote in a conclave, and the…
The Pope’s words on same-sex civil-unions aren’t a departure from Church teaching, a leading theologian has said. In a statement, Fr Eamonn Conway of Mary Immaculate College said: “The Church’s stance towards civil unions is a matter of prudential judgement and not one of dogma. “This recent statement by Pope Francis is not to be misunderstood…
Two dioceses in central Vietnam hit by some of the worst floods in the country’s history are struggling to provide emergency aid for hundreds of thousands of victims, church officials said. The devastating floods caused by heavy rain that began two weeks ago and made worse by Tropical Storm Nangka last week have reportedly killed…
The president of Poland’s bishops’ conference has urged critics of a landmark abortion ruling to express their opposition “in a socially acceptable way” after protesters disrupted Sunday Masses. Archbishop Stanisław Gadecki issued the appeal on October 25, after the country’s constitutional court ruled that a law permitting abortion for foetal abnormalities was unconstitutional. In a…
Pro-life group Precious Life held a series of gatherings across Northern Ireland to mark one year since abortion was controversially decriminalised in the North. On October 21, 2019, Westminster’s Section 9 of the NI (Executive Formation) Act removed the laws that had protected unborn children in Northern Ireland. Department of Health (DoH) figures released at…
Recent annual reports show that federal funding to Planned Parenthood has increased, despite efforts by the Trump administration to eliminate federal funding for the abortion provider over the last four years. One healthcare funding expert told CNA that without congressional action, new avenues of federal funding for abortion providers could soon be made available by…
Music legend Bruce Springsteen [pictured] who was brought up a Catholic said he “wouldn’t change anything about the way I grew up” when asked about his Faith. ‘The Boss’ also said he has faith and the Bible has been “incorporated into so much” of his music, in an appearance on The Late Late Show last…
The president of Focolare has accepted the resignations of the lay movement’s top leaders in France and announced the group will ask an independent committee to investigate how allegations of the sexual abuse of minors have been handled. “The task of this body will be to listen to the presumed victims and to gather further…
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