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Cardinal Müller calls on Pope Francis to intervene with the Church in Germany

May 28, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Müller calls on Pope Francis to intervene with the Church in Germany

Gerhard Cardinal Müller on Monday called upon the Holy Father to intervene in the German situation to correct clerics who have attempted to bless same-sex unions, or encouraged such attempts. “For the sake of the truth of the gospel and the unity of the Church, Rome must not watch in silence, hoping that things won’t turn out too badly, or that the Germans can be pacified with tactical finesse and small concessions. We need a clear statement of principle with practical consequences,” Cardinal Müller, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and himself a German, wrote in “Blessing and Blasphemy”, a May 24 essay for First 

Xinxiang, the bishop, seven priests and 10 seminarians arrested

May 24, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Xinxiang, the bishop, seven priests and 10 seminarians arrested

Rome (AsiaNews) – In the space of just two days, almost all the ecclesiastical personnel of the apostolic prefecture of Xinxiang were wiped out with an operation by the police forces of the province of Hebei.  Yesterday 21 May the bishop Msgr.  Zhang Weizhu;  the day before, seven priests and 10 seminarians were arrested. On the early afternoon of May 20, at least 100 policemen from Hebei province – from Cangzhou, Hejian, and Shaheqiao – surrounded the building used as a diocesan seminary in Shaheqiao (Hebei).  Xinxiang, in fact, used a small factory owned by a Hebei Catholic as a seminary.  The police entered the building and arrested four priests, seminary professors, and three other priests who carry out pastoral…Continue Reading

Gov. Greg Abbott signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ bill banning most abortions in Texas

May 19, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Gov. Greg Abbott signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ bill banning most abortions in Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Wednesday legislation that prohibits abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, effectively banning most abortions in the state. The restriction puts Texas at the vanguard among states challenging the boundaries of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark Supreme Court case that established a woman’s legal right to an abortion. Senate Bill 8, a priority for Republican state lawmakers, would allow virtually any private citizen to sue an abortion provider or others who “aid and abet” an abortion in violation of the new ban. The bill sailed through the Senate and Hous

A supreme chance at an abortion fix

May 18, 2021 breaking Comments Off on A supreme chance at an abortion fix

May 18, 2021 (Family Research Council) – Americans could use some good news right about now – and yesterday morning, the Supreme Court gave it to them. After 29 long years, the justices just took a case that every pro-lifer has been waiting for: a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade. For the first time since 1992, the highest court in the land has a chance to deal a death blow to the precedent that’s tied this country in judicial knots – and robbed us of 62 million unique, irreplaceable lives. That could all change by this time next year when the Supreme Court has what some legal scholars are c

Hong Kong bishop-elect: I am not afraid, but I believe prudence is a virtue

May 18, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Hong Kong bishop-elect: I am not afraid, but I believe prudence is a virtue

The newly appointed bishop of Hong Kong gave a press conference Tuesday in which he said he believed that prudence and dialogue were a way forward in the challenges facing his diocese. Bishop-elect Stephen Chow Sau-yan, 周守仁, told journalists May 18 that he did not think it would be wise to comment on especially controversial issues, particularly on China, the day after his appointment. “That would be rash,” he said. “But it is no

USCCB has ‘nothing in the works’ on Biden and Communion (See Story Below)

April 29, 2021 breaking Comments Off on USCCB has ‘nothing in the works’ on Biden and Communion (See Story Below)

Recent reports that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops may at their spring general assembly press pro-abortion Catholic politicians not to receive Communion are unfounded, and at best ignorant of ecclesial structure, a source close to the conference has told CNA. A source close to the USCCB told CNA April 29 that they believe such reports from the AP and the Washington Post are either “just totally ignorant of the Church’s structure,” or meant “to pressure the bishops into silence” regarding the Equality Act. The Equality Act would a

Catholic Bishops to debate calling on Biden to stop taking communion

April 28, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Catholic Bishops to debate calling on Biden to stop taking communion

Catholic bishops are debating calling on President Biden to stop taking communion due to his stance on abortion. The Committee on Doctrine for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is working on a document that would say politicians who are pro-abortion rights or publicly advocate for abortion rights should not take communion, The Associated Press reported. The national meeting will be held in June and will be the first meeting since Biden, the second Catholic president in history, has been inaugurated.

Oklahoma governor signs laws to ban virtually all abortions

April 27, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Oklahoma governor signs laws to ban virtually all abortions

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 26, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law Monday three new measures “protecting the lives of the unborn” from effectively all abortions, though at least two of the laws are likely to be put on hold by the courts before taking effect. KOKH reports that the first law makes it a homicide to abort any baby with a detectable heartbeat. The second la

Cardinal Cupich asked Archbishop Aquila for ‘public clarification’ over Eucharistic doctrine

April 23, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Cupich asked Archbishop Aquila for ‘public clarification’ over Eucharistic doctrine

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago wrote to Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila last week to express “a number of concerns,” after Aquila published an essay on theological and pastoral issues concerning the reception of Holy Communion. Cardinal Cupich urged the archbishop to offer a “public clarification” of his arguments.

‘Cleanse our land’: U.S. bishops call for prayer, action to end racism after Chauvin verdict

April 22, 2021 breaking Comments Off on ‘Cleanse our land’: U.S. bishops call for prayer, action to end racism after Chauvin verdict

Bishops across the United States on Tuesday and Wednesday responded to the guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, in the trial for the murder of George Floyd. Two chairs of committees at the U.S. bishops’ conference (USCCB) issued a joint statement on Tuesday evening, after a jury found Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. “The death of George Floyd highlighted