On Nov. 21, Ortega supporters tried to enter St. John the Baptist Parish in Masaya, south of Managua, the capital, forcing churchgoers to barricade the doors with pews.
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Church becomes improvised morgue as Bolivian violence continues
A church located on the outskirts of Bolivia’s capital city became an improvised morgue Nov. 20, following another deadly day of protests in the South American country.
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Caritas expresses outrage over former director in Africa accused of abuse
Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based confederation of 165 national Catholic charities, has expressed sadness and outrage over incidents of child abuse by a Belgian Salesian priest who had been the national director of Caritas in the Central African Republic.
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Judge blocks scheduled executions of federal death-row inmates
A federal judge Nov. 20 temporarily blocked the executions of four federal death-row inmates scheduled for December and January, saying the lethal injections they were to receive goes against the Federal Death Penalty Act.
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Vatican renews call for two-state solution in Israel-Palestine after U.S. policy reversal
“The Holy See reiterates its position of a two-state solution for two peoples as the only way to reach a complete solution to this age-old conflict.”
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Comedy writer Jeannie Gaffigan sees urgent need to help Catholic teens
The mother of five and wife of comedian Jim Gaffigan said she has a charism and a vocation to work with post-confirmation teens
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Boston College students and faculty push to reject Koch funding
“As a Jesuit institution, we have a moral duty to put the common good above all else, and we believe the acceptance of this grant would legitimize the past, self-interested actions of the Koch Foundation,” a petition read.
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California school shooting hits home for Santa Clarita Catholics
About 1,000 people from the parish of about 4,600 registered parishioners attended a Nov. 14 healing Mass the night of the shootings.
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Issue of selling slaves ‘bigger than Georgetown,’ says descendant
“There was an apology, but for us, we needed more and we continue to seek more.”
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Archbishop Sheen will be beatified Dec. 21 at Peoria’s cathedral
A news release from the Diocese of Peoria said it was informed Dec. 2 that Vatican had decided to postpone the Dec. 21 ceremony “at the request of a few members” of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.