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Catholic University of America chaplain pressures students to cancel Abby Johnson speech

February 11, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Catholic University of America chaplain pressures students to cancel Abby Johnson speech

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 11, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Catholic University of America (CUA) chaplain Fr. Jude DeAngelo OFMConv has come under fire after reportedly pressuring the university’s Students for Life chapter to cancel an event earlier this week with pro-life activist Abby Johnson. “Cardinals for Life decided to cave to liberal pressure and cancel the event,” Johnson said in a Facebook post earlier this week, extending her sympathies to “poor students” “who are taking the heat of these cafeteria ‘Catholics.’”

Cardinal Grech: The Church is reinforcing its commitment to grow in synodality

February 6, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Cardinal Grech: The Church is reinforcing its commitment to grow in synodality

An interview with the General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops on the appointment of two new Under-secretaries who will work alongside him so that the Church becomes ever more synodal, as Pope Francis desires. By Alessandro Gisotti This step forward is very important. It reinforces the General Secretariat of the Synod and provides renewed impetus toward a synodal and missionary Church. So comments Cardinal Mario Grech to Vatican Media, speaking about the appointment of the two Under-secretaries of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops announced on Saturday. The Maltese prelate reflects in particular on the appointment of Sr Nathalie Becquart who is the first woman to receive this office and on the prospects that this appointment opens…Continue Reading

Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Cupich after Biden inauguration statement dispute

January 30, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Cupich after Biden inauguration statement dispute

Vatican City, Jan 30, 2021 / 08:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis met with Cardinal Blase Cupich on Saturday, 10 days after the cardinal publicly criticized the U.S. bishops’ official statement on the inauguration of President Joe Biden. The private audience occurred in the Apostolic Palace on the morning of Jan. 30. Cardinal Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, has been in Rome for a meeting of the Vatican Congregation for Bishops. The Holy See Press Office did not release any further information on the meeting other than that it took place. On Jan. 20, the day of the U.S. presidential inauguration, Cupich took to Twitter to criticize a statement from Ar

Use ‘weapons’ of ‘prayer, fasting and almsgiving’ to fight abortion, Archbishop Naumann says

January 30, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Use ‘weapons’ of ‘prayer, fasting and almsgiving’ to fight abortion, Archbishop Naumann says

Washington D.C., Jan 29, 2021 / 08:39 am MT (CNA).- The U.S. bishops’ pro-life chair exhorted Catholics not to be discouraged, but to pray and fast for an end to abortion. “Our weapons to defeat the culture of death are not bricks, guns or, Molotov cocktails, but prayer, fasting and almsgiving,” Archbishop Naumann said in his homily for the annual March for Life Vigil Mass on Jan. 28. He celebrated the Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. “We must not yield to discouragement, much less despair. We must also not indulge in anger or attacking those who disagree with us,” he added, asking Catholics to “pray and fast” for President Joe Biden…Continue Reading

Our New “Catholic” President . . . Statement from President Biden and Vice President Harris on the 48th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

January 24, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Our New “Catholic” President . . . Statement from President Biden and Vice President Harris on the 48th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Today marks the 48th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade.   In the past four years, reproductive health, including the right to choose, has been under relentless and extreme attack.  We are deeply committed to making sure everyone has access to care – including reproductive health care – regardless of income, race, zip code, health insurance status, or immigration status.  The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to codifying Roe v. Wade and appointing judges that respect foundational precedents like Roe.  We are also committed to ensuring that we work to eliminate maternal and infant health disparities, increase access to contraception, and support families economically so that 

Archbishop Cordileone’s Response to Speaker Pelosi’s Comments About Pro-Life Voters

January 22, 2021 breaking, Uncategorized Comments Off on Archbishop Cordileone’s Response to Speaker Pelosi’s Comments About Pro-Life Voters

On Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized prolife voters who voted for Donald Trump on the abortion issue, saying their votes cause her “great grief as a Catholic” and accusing them of “being willing to sell the whole democracy down the river for that one issue.” Most Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco, issued the following statement in response: “To begin with the obvious: Nancy Pelosi does not speak for the Catholic Church.  She speaks as a high-level important government leader, and as a private citizen.  And on the question of the equal dignity of human life in the womb, she also speaks in direct contradiction to a fundamental human right that Catholic teaching has consistently championed for…Continue Reading

In one of his last acts as president, Trump again makes anniversary of Roe ‘Sanctity of Life Day’

January 19, 2021 breaking Comments Off on In one of his last acts as president, Trump again makes anniversary of Roe ‘Sanctity of Life Day’

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 18, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – U.S. President Donald J. Trump has once again declared January 22, the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision imposing abortion on demand across the country, to be “National Sanctity of Human Life Day.” In the proclamation, published yesterday, Trump called on the U.S. Congress to join him “ in protecting and defending the dignity of every human life, including those not yet born” and promised himself “to continue speaking out for those who have no voice.”

In-person March for Life canceled for all but ‘small group of pro-life leaders’

January 16, 2021 breaking Comments Off on In-person March for Life canceled for all but ‘small group of pro-life leaders’

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 15, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Organizers of the annual March for Life in the nation’s capital have announced that the mass gathering against abortion is being effectively canceled this year in place of a virtual event, with only a “small group of pro-life leaders” invited to demonstrate in person.

Nuns arrested as Beijing turns up heat on Catholic Church in Hong Kong

January 3, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Nuns arrested as Beijing turns up heat on Catholic Church in Hong Kong

HONG KONG – In a high-walled Art Deco villa in the Hong Kong suburbs of Kowloon, the Vatican operates an unofficial diplomatic mission, its only political outpost of any kind in China. The mission keeps such a low profile that it isn’t listed in the Roman Catholic Church’s formal directory of every priest and property in the city. The two monsignors who staff the outpost have no formal standing with Beijing or the Hong Kong government, and they don’t conduct official work, not even meeting Hong Kong officials. The tenuous foothold is a sign of the delicate position in China of the world’s largest Christian denomination, many of whose members in Hong Kong staunchly support the city’s democracy movement. And now…Continue Reading

Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God

January 1, 2021 breaking Comments Off on Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God