The president devoted more than 20 minutes of his press conference to an attack on Centro Prodh and its activism for human rights in Mexico. He charged, without offering any evidence, that Centro Prodh’s work is influenced by political actors from opposition parties.
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Pope Francis’ absolute power—and the problems it can cause—are on display in 2 Vatican trials
Two Vatican trials are coming to a head this week and both underscore Pope Francis’ power as an absolute monarch and the legal, financial and reputational problems that can arise when he wields it.
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Man who killed 6-year-old Palestinian boy in Illinois is a Catholic parishioner
Joseph Czuba of Plainfield, Illinois, and his wife are members of St. Mary Immaculate Parish.
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Jesuits and local church deplore violence as cartel turf war cut off towns in southern Mexico
“The drug cartels have taken over our territory, and we are under a state of siege, suffering widespread psychosis from narco blockades,” the local Roman Catholic Diocese said in a statement.
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Defrocked cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial on teen sexual abuse charges
A judge ruled Wednesday that a 93-year-old former Roman Catholic cardinal is not competent to stand trial after both prosecutors and defense attorneys determined he suffers from dementia.
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Don’t believe the headlines: a Nebraska teen didn’t go to jail for having an abortion
In the year following Dobbs, accurate reporting on any story even remotely tangential to abortion is not to be expected.
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Catholic political scholars weigh in on Trump indictment in Georgia and 2024: ‘It’s not a happy prospect’
Notre Dame professor Robert Schmuhl said the Georgia indictment “reads like a who’s who of Trump loyalists—and lawyers—at the center of the alleged attempt to change the outcome of Georgia’s presidential vote count in 2020.”
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A new strategy for failing prisons: hiring former inmates
A prison warden in Mississippi hired nearly a dozen released model inmates to work as chaplains, counselors and teachers. Other prisons can follow suit—and Christian ministries can help.
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Italy approves extradition of 85-year-old priest charged with murder and torture during Argentina dictatorship
Justice Minister Carlo Nordio on Wednesday signed off on the request to extradite the Rev. Franco Reverberi, an 85-year-old priest who served as military chaplain during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship.
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Trump’s Jan. 6 indictment puts the U.S. in ‘uncharted territory,’ Catholic scholars say
Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, said that “as indictments and court cases against former President Trump increase, he becomes stronger with his supporters.”