Two envoys will work to get a “comprehensive picture of the complex pastoral situation in the archdiocese.”
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New poll: QAnon embraced by 11 percent of white Catholics and 15 percent of all Americans
According to a new P.R.R.I.-I.F.Y.C poll, 15 percent of U.S. adults—including 16 percent of Hispanic Catholics and 11 percent of white Catholics—agree with a core belief of the QAnon movement.
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Pope Francis kisses numbered tattoo of Auschwitz survivor
“The gesture by the Holy Father strengthened me and reconciled me with the world,” said Lidia Maksymowicz, 80, a Polish woman of Belorussian descent who survived the concentration camp as a child.
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Archbishop Gomez responds to unprecedented letter from 67 bishops asking for a delay on abortion and Communion document
The back-and-forth messages follow an increasingly public debate among the bishops about Catholic politicians who support keeping abortion legal and whether they should be denied access to the Eucharist.
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Father James Altman, who said Catholic Democrats would ‘face the fires of hell,’ asked to resign by his bishop
The priest has criticized Catholics who are Democrats, saying they must “repent” of their support for the party or “face the fires of hell.”
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Army attack on Myanmar Catholic church leaves four dead
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo said “the midnight attack made the hapless people flee to the jungle. Their fate is still not known to the outside world.”
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Pope Francis asks every Catholic to join a new grassroots movement to save the environment
Pope Francis asked everyone to join a new global grassroots movement to create a more inclusive, fraternal, peaceful and sustainable world.
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Prosecutors finally had a lead on the murder of an altar boy in 1972: a former priest—who then died just days before he could be arrested
Gulluni said his office was prepared to prosecute Lavigne for Croteau’s killing, but he died Friday at the age of 80 before he could be arrested.
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Vatican issues a street art stamp and ends up getting sued
Babrow sued the Vatican City State’s telecommunications office in a Rome court last month, alleging it was wrongfully profiting off her creativity and was violating the original intent of her artwork.
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Father Michael Pfleger reinstated after investigation finds ‘no reason to suspect’ him guilty of sex abuse claims
Nationally known activist and priest the Rev. Michael Pfleger will be reinstated after an investigation found “no reason to suspect” he sexually abused children.