Despite differences of opinion on Cardinal Stepinac’s life, the commission members said they were aware that the final decision on his canonization is of “the exclusive competence of the pope”
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Braxton: Micah’s words on justice, love must be ‘written in our hearts’
The bishop urged the attendees that they could all do something to know their own history and to be engaged in the community.
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Mexican Catholic Church: Mexicans can’t feel safe anywhere
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Roman Catholic Church said in an editorial that Mexicans can’t feel safe anywhere, as homicides rise throughout the country. The statement Sunday by the Mexican Council of Bishops came on the same day that the bodies of two men and a woman were left at the entrance to a once-quiet, […]
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Nigerian calls West’s imposition of abortion ‘cultural supremacy’
“In all my work with African countries, I don’t know of any which is screaming, ‘Come and help us, we have this abortion crisis.'”
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Oregon Catholic Conference denounces state’s abortion funding bill
Oregon’s Catholic bishops urged a veto, saying the bill “forces all Oregon taxpayers to help finance an extremist abortion agenda that does not enjoy majority support.”
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Cardinal Pell returns to Australia to face sexual assault charges
Pell is free ahead of his court hearing, during which he can formally apply for bail. When police announced the charges last month, Pell vowed to fight the allegations, saying: “The whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me.”
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Nuns hear stories of tragedy as they help migrants who land in Italy
The nuns give practical help and emotional support to scores of migrants flooding Sicily’s shores. The U.N.’s International Organization for Migration said that as of July 3, more than 85,000 migrants landed in Italy this year.
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Virginia carries out execution despite pleas inmate was mentally ill
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced hours before the execution that he would not block the death sentence from being carried out despite appeals from attorneys, mental health advocates and state lawmakers that Morva’s mental illness made it impossible for him to distinguish between delusions and reality.
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Attending church is good for your health. Now what?
Researchers from Vanderbilt University found that middle-aged adults who attended religious services at least once in the past year were half as likely to die prematurely as those who didn’t.
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U.S., European bishops call for a plan to eliminate nuclear weapons
“The indiscriminate and disproportionate nature of nuclear weapons compel the world to move beyond nuclear deterrence,” the declaration said.