Author: Catholic News Agency
Dictatorship in Nicaragua dissolves John Paul II Catholic University
In a new blow to the Church in Nicaragua, the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega has ordered the legal status of several institutions to be revoked, including that of John Paul II Catholic University. On March 7, the Ministry of the Interior published in the regime’s official newspaper, La Gaceta, the text of Ministerial Agreement 28-2023-OSFL,…
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China’s new ‘Smart Religion’ app requires faithful to register to attend worship services
March 10, 2023
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A human rights group active in China is reporting that religious believers in a populous Chinese province are now required to register on a government app in order to attend worship services. ChinaAid, a U.S.-based Christian charity, reported March 6 that the religious department of the provincial government of Henan is rolling out a system whereby all…
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Notre Dame cathedral to open in December 2024
March 9, 2023
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Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, whose spire and roof were destroyed by an April 15, 2019, fire, is expected be rebuilt within the five-year deadline set by the French government. As confirmed by the head of the construction site, French Army Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin, in an interview with the Associated Press, the faithful and tourists should have…
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Mexican bishops condemn police pursuit, violent arrest of migrants on cathedral grounds
March 7, 2023
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The bishops of Mexico roundly condemned the intrusion of Ciudad Juárez municipal police onto cathedral grounds in order to violently arrest a group of migrants. The Ciudad Juárez Cathedral and its facilities have long been one of the places where migrants are received, as the city sits on the opposite side of the Rio Grande…
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‘God really intervened’: How a Catholic priest escaped from his kidnappers in Haiti
March 6, 2023
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Father Antoine Macaire Christian Noah, a Claretian priest from Cameroon, escaped unharmed from a crime gang that had kidnapped him in Haiti last month and has been taken to another country for his safety. On March 2, Father Fausto Cruz Rosa, major superior of the Antilles Delegation of the Claretian Missionaries, told ACI Prensa, CNA’s…
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Why the ‘microschool’ model is working in three LA Catholic schools
February 28, 2023
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When Maria Guillermo first heard about the plan to turn Precious Blood School into a “microschool,” with enrollment capped at around 100, she worried that it was the school’s last gasp and that her daughters’ learning might be impeded by having two grades share a classroom.“But I think it’s benefitted them,” she said two years…
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Archdiocese of Miami offers to take in priests exiled from Nicaragua
February 17, 2023
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The archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, announced that his archdiocese will receive with open arms the priests and seminarians who were exiled by the dictatorship in Nicaragua, offering them longer-term housing. The prelate explained to Florida Catholic Media that although they will initially be taken in by Nicaraguan families living in the United States, they…
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Pope names new auxiliary bishop for Diocese of El Paso
Pope Francis has announced the appointment of a new auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of El Paso, Father Anthony C. Celino. Bishop-elect Celino is the current pastor of St. Raphael Parish in East El Paso and judicial vicar for the diocese. Pope Francis announced the appointment at Roman noon on February 8. The appointment of an auxiliary bishop is the first since the establishment of the diocese in…
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More than 100 pilgrims cross the Andes in a show of love for the Virgin Mary
February 7, 2023
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With the theme “Pilgrim of the Andes, lift up your gaze,” more than 110 youths began the trek known as the Crusade for Mary on Jan. 16 starting out from Mendoza, Argentina, and hiking 415 kilometers (260 miles) over the Andes to arrive on Feb. 2 at Bellavista Shrine on the other side of the…
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Spanish bishops lament low participation in Synod on Synodality, especially by young people
February 1, 2023
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The Spanish bishops consider “synodality to be advancing in our Church” although they report low participation, especially among young people, to whom the Church must learn to listen and modulate the way of communicating the Gospel, they say. The Spanish Bishops’ Conference has presented the Synthesis for the European Continental Stage of the Synod on…
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