Author: Catholic News Agency
Caritas Internationalis elects Alistair Dutton as its new secretary general
Six months after Pope Francis dismissed its top administrators, Caritas Internationalis’ new leadership team elected Alistair Dutton, who also serves on the board of Stop Climate Chaos and Jesuit Refugee Services, as its new secretary general Monday night. Dutton is the chief executive of Caritas Scotland, which works to build “a green and just world”…
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France’s Catholic clergy to carry ID cards proving they are in good standing
Catholic clergy in France will soon carry a standardized identification card linked to a national database that shows whether they are currently in good standing and can celebrate Mass and hear confessions. “It aims to prevent impostors [false priests or deacons] from continuing to act to the detriment of the faithful and the sacraments,” the…
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New York Sisters of Charity won’t take new members, signaling end of congregation
May 4, 2023
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The Sisters of Charity of New York, founded in 1846, announced that they will no longer take new members, describing their congregation as on “a path to completion.” “The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of New York will no longer work toward finding nor accepting new members to our congregation in the…
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Catholic aid agencies respond after devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria
February 8, 2023
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Catholic aid agencies worldwide are coordinating and sending aid after a series of massive earthquakes shook parts of Turkey and Syria, leaving continued devastation in their wake. According to the latest available estimates as of midday Tuesday, the 7.8-magnitude quake has left at least 6,200 people dead in Turkey and Syria, the New York Times…
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Pope Francis: To stay with Jesus requires the courage to leave our sins
January 23, 2023
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In his January 22 Angelus address, Pope Francis said that following Jesus requires the courage to leave behind the sins that are holding us back. Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace, the pope said that “our vices and our sins” are like “anchors that hold us at the shore and prevent us from…
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Poll: Even after Roe, most Americans support abortion restrictions
January 21, 2023
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A new poll has found that a majority of Americans support some limits on abortion and that Americans’ attitudes toward abortion have not significantly changed since last January, even with the overturning of Roe v. Wade taking place last June. Conducted by Marist and sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, the 2023 poll found that when asked…
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Islamic State bombs church service in Congo
January 17, 2023
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The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing at a Protestant church service on January 15 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 10 people were killed and more than three dozen injured in the terrorist attack on a church in the eastern Congolese town of Kasindi on the border with Uganda,…
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Vatican responds to handwritten letters from Uvalde children
The Vatican responded to letters written by the children of Uvalde after they were personally delivered by Catholic Extension’s chancellor, Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, following the May 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 fourth graders and two teachers.
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Pope laments Easter of War in Urbi et Orb blessing
In his Urbi et Orbi blessing on Easter 2022, Pope Francis lamented an “Easter of War” as he prayed for peace in Ukraine and around the world.
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On Good Friday pope says world has chosen path of Cain
Pope Francis said in an interview aired on Good Friday that the world has “chosen the path of Cain.”
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