Amid immigration raids and emptying pews, the Nashville diocese is reminding faithful that they are not required to attend Mass if they fear for their well-being, according to the church’s own teaching and canon law.
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Trump, Elon Musk and the dangers of ‘god mode’ tech powers in government
DOGE is attempting to undermine a congressional check on presidential power. It is rewriting the Constitution.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
State laws require priests to disclose abuse revealed in confession
Washington State’s new law mandating priests to divulge abuse revealed in confessions is the latest salvo in a larger dispute between the Catholic Church and multiple U.S. states.
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At JD Vance’s meeting with the Vatican secretary of state, migration and religious freedom were on the agenda
Against the backdrop of deep differences with the Trump administration over migration and foreign aid as well as concerns for Ukraine and for Gaza, the Vatican secretary of state welcomed U.S. Vice President JD Vance to the Vatican.
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JD Vance attends Good Friday liturgy at St. Peter’s Basilica
Vance, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, attended the liturgy with his wife, Usha, a practicing Hindu, and his three children after meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni earlier in the day.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
Where St. Ignatius stayed—and why
The further we get from the needs and the lives of the poor, the easier it is to forget that we have duties to them at all.
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The antidote to Christian nationalism
We need a healthier public square in which people of all backgrounds can work together.
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JD Vance announces trip to Rome, meeting at Vatican without Pope Francis—for now
The Vatican press office has said that it has no information to share about Vance’s trip, but if the vice president were to participate in one of the liturgies, it would let people know.
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El Salvador president says he won’t return erroneously deported and imprisoned man to US
“Of course I’m not going to do it. The question is preposterous,” said Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in a meeting with Trump administration officials on Monday, April 14.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
What Gaza is like now: 2.1 million people are ‘trapped, bombed and starved’
The Israeli military began perhaps its most aggressive ground offensive so far in the war to root out what is left of Hamas, maintaining an almost daily pace of incursions and airstrikes. The results have been devastating.