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Bishops urge prayer as they continue abortion referendum fights in 4 states
Bishops and priests remain active in Nevada, Virginia, Idaho, and Missouri, as they prepare Catholics to vote on referendums that could reshape abortion policies in their states. An election polling place during a United States election.| Credit: flysnowfly/Shutterstock Catholic bishops across four states are asking for prayers as they continue to rally the faithful ahead of ballot initiative votes that would reshape abortion policies in their states.
Oregon officials back off ‘gender ideology mandate’ for mom seeking to adopt
Oregon officials back off ‘gender ideology mandate’ for mom seeking to adopt By Tyler Arnold for EWTN News The legal settlement ensures that Jessica Bates’ religious views will not be a factor in determining whether she can adopt children.
On Mexican independence day, bishops warn of country’s ‘open wounds’
The Mexican bishops acknowledged that while progress has been made in human rights, serious social ills persist. They also emphasized religious freedom and devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe. Mexican flag.
Vocations initiative topping 100,000 followers launches priestly discernment program
Vocations initiative topping 100,000 followers launches priestly discernment program By Madalaine Elhabbal for EWTN News Shepherding Future Shepherds, an initiative through the International Institute for Culture, will partner with the Avila Institute’s High Calling program. Ordinations take place in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome in 2025.
Pew report finds most American Catholics favor death penalty for those convicted of murder
Pew report finds most American Catholics favor death penalty for those convicted of murder By Tessa Gervasini for EWTN News The research showed that support for the death penalty among U.S. adults is 6 percentage points higher than it was in April 2021. Credit: J.J. Gouin/Shutterstock A Pew Research Center survey found that 65% of American Catholics favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder, with 28% who “strongly” favor it.
EWTN News explains: What does it mean that the pope is both head of state and head of the Church?
Vatican City, Oct 22, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).- The Vatican and China have renewed a provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops for two more years, the Holy See announced Thursday. An Oct. 22 Vatican communique said that the Chinese government and Vatican authorities agreed to extend “to extend the experimental implementation phase” of the two-year provisional agreement first signed on Sept. 22, 2018, concerning the nomination of bishops.
Vandals deface Our Lady statues, set fire to altar at Medjugorje shrine
Vandals deface Our Lady statues, set fire to altar at Medjugorje shrine By EWTN News Staff The parish called on the faithful to respond “with prayer, fasting, and forgiveness” as police arrested a suspect and cleanup began days before the Mladifest youth festival. A statue of Our Lady stands in front of St. James Church at the Medjugorje shrine in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Weeds, seeds, and “a coded letter left by a Lover”
Weeds, seeds, and “a coded letter left by a Lover” The Readings for Sunday, July 19, 2026, present parables focused on the mysteries of evil, growth, and transformation. "Wheat Field" (1888) by Vincent van Gogh (Image: WikiArt) Readings: • Wis 12:13, 16-19 • Ps 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16 • Rom 8:26-27 • Mt 13:24-43 What is the Kingdom of God? How does it come about? And how will it grow? These are some of the questions addressed in the parables of Jesus, including the seven parables found in Matthew 13.
Diocese of Oslo to open canonization cause for Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset
Announced during the feast of St. Sunniva on the island of Selja, the cause for the celebrated novelist and Catholic convert is expected to open its diocesan phase this fall. Sigrid Undset, author of “Kristin Lavransdatter,” writes at Bjerkebæk, her home in Lillehammer, Norway.
Netanyahu claims unnamed Lebanese Christian villages sought annexation
Netanyahu claims unnamed Lebanese Christian villages sought annexation By Madalaine Elhabbal for EWTN News Alberto Fernández, a former U.S. ambassador and contributor to EWTN News, said the prime ministerʼs claim “only makes sense within the context of him trying to look good to his own Israeli audience.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 4, 2025.
Cardinals confront a ‘wounded world’ at opening of synodal consistory
The 178 cardinals attending the two-day consistory spoke of growing polarization within their respective societies. A gathering of 178 cardinals take part in working groups during an extraordinary consistory held in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on June 26, 2026.
Philippine court dismisses case against bishop involved in mining dispute
Philippine court dismisses case against bishop involved in mining dispute By Mark Saludes for EWTN News Bishop Jose Elmer Mangalinao of Bayombong welcomed the June 24 ruling, which dismissed a complaint against him, another priest, and community leaders related to a mining exploration project. Filipino Bishop Jose Elmer Mangalinao of Bayombong.
The Front Royal Statement outlines cardinal principles for Catholic education
The Front Royal Statement outlines cardinal principles for Catholic education The recent inaugural Front Royal Education Summit at Christendom College included bishops, priests, scholars, educators, superintendents, and strategic partners, who gathered to consider the future of Catholic education. The attendees for the inaugural Front Royal Educational Summit, held at Christendom College in Front Royal, VA.
At FIFA 2026 World Cup, abortion survivors to share their stories
An advertising campaign is set to play at the FIFA 2026 World Cup to give sports fans the opportunity to encounter the stories of abortion survivors. Abortion survivor Melissa Ohden, who survived a saline abortion, went on to start the Abortion Survivors Network.
Pakistan police shooting of Christian driver renews ‘encounter’ concerns
Catholic justice officials and rights advocates say the shooting of a Christian driver in Rawalpindi reflects a broader pattern of deadly police “encounters” in Pakistanʼs Punjab province. Tariq Mehmood Ghouri, right, visits Alyan Johnson at Benazir Bhutto Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on May 29, 2026.
Colombia to be consecrated to Immaculate Heart of Mary on May 13
Colombia to be consecrated to Immaculate Heart of Mary on May 13 By Eduardo Berdejo for EWTN News The dayʼs events in Bogota will include the rosary, Mass, the consecration, Eucharistic adoration, and a procession, with the theme of praying for peace and reconciliation through conversion of heart. The Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá, Colombia, with the Plaza de Bolívar in the foreground.
Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Here are some articles, essays, and editorials that caught our attention this past week or so.* A sacramentary is seen on the altar during a traditional Tridentine Mass July 18, 2021, at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City. (CNS photo/Gregory A.
U.S. House passes farm bill that would reshape global food aid program
The U.S. House advanced legislation that could change how the U.S. delivers international food assistance. Senate consideration is next. An aid worker distributes measured portions of yellow lentils at an aid operation run in part by Catholic Relief Services on June 16, 2021, in Mekele, Ethiopia.
‘For the Lord, age is no barrier’: Chilean religious ordained at 64
Prompted by others and feeling a stirring within himself, Brother Juan Daza, after 40 years of service as a religious, responded to a call to the priesthood and was ordained to the priesthood at 64. The priestly ordination of Father Juan Daza Jara. | Credit: Don Orione Chile “For the Lord, age is no barrier,” said Father Juan Daza Jara, who at the age of 64 and after 40 years of serving as a coadjutor brother of the Little Work of Divine Providence, was ordained a priest.
Redemptor Hominis: more important than ever
Redemptor Hominis: more important than ever Pope John Paul II was determined that the Church lift up Jesus Christ as the One who reveals the truth about God and about us. Forty-seven years ago, Pope John Paul II issued his first encyclical, Redemptor Hominis (The Redeemer of Man).
The U.S. Church should pay attention to the French report on sex abuse. Here's why
A man prays inside St. Martin Church near Nantes, France, Oct. 5, 2021. A new report on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in France shows there have been 3,000 abusers since the 1950s. (CNS photo/Stephane Mahe, Reuters) By now we have been depressed once more by headlines of abuse in the Catholic Church, this time in France, where the large number of cases (more than 200,000) blazoned across our newsfeeds.
How should we feel when a priest we know is accused of abuse? There is no one answer
An acquaintance once paused awkwardly before confessing to being really upset over the death of his barber. His somewhat sheepish tone clearly suggested that he was expecting me to find his reaction overwrought. Instead, I was able to affirm his feelings, knowing that, for some men, the barbershop is not just a place where you get your hair cut. It has been well documented that barbers are also confidantes, counselors and coaches.
What Do We Owe the Dead?
Appears in Summer 2021 Can you crave a corpse? My cravings, like those of most normal, healthy people, are rather more predictable: chips, chocolate, chicken wings, steak. They do not include corpses. I doubt if most people’s are any different. And yet some of the most prominent saints in Christianity are said to have “craved” a corpse.
Farewell to the Church Comfortable
This is the first of a series on the state and the future of the Catholic Church taken from the Catholic Herald’s archives. It is a subject many feel anxious about, but one that Catholics have been thinking deeply about for the newspaper’s entire history. They also had experiences of the Church with which we can compare our own. In this article, Anthony Petti, editor of New Catholic Hymns, lists the changes thrust upon the laity after the Second Vatican Council.
Pope Francis and Cardinal Marx Do a Dance
July 1858 production of Shibaraku at the Ichimura-za theater theatre in Edo. Triptych woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni III (Public Domain) “The pope will need to accept Cardinal Marx’s resignation,” I wrote last Friday.
Cardinal Marx: Pope’s decision a ‘great challenge’
“In obedience, I accept [Pope Francis’] decision, as I promised him,” said Cardinal Reinhard Marx in a statement following the pope’s decision to reject his resignation as head of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. Cardinal Marx offered to resign his See in a “confidential and personal” letter to the pope that was later made public with the pope’s permission.
Pope Francis rejects Cardinal Marx’s resignation
— Rome — In a letter published by Holy See Press Office on Thursday, Pope Francis rejected Cardinal Reinhard Marx’s resignation as head of the Archdiocese of Munich and Friesing. Cardinal Marx had offered his resignation in a “confidential and personal” letter that was subsequently released to the press with the permission of the Pope.
Church in Colombia to renew consecration of country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Cover image: Primatial Cathedral of Bogotà, Colombia, by Bernard Gagnon – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 The Bishops of Colombia will renew the country’s consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as an expression “of the fervent yearning of the Catholic Church for unity, peace, and reconciliation in Colombia.” Cardinal Rubén Salazar, the Archbishop emeritus of Bogotá, will preside at a Solemn Mass for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with numerous prelates taking part, including the...
When Your Church Hides Dead Children
My church and my country, and a community I value, have been implicated in hiding a mass grave of abused children. An unmarked mass grave of 215 children has been discovered under a residential school in British Columbia run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. This has haunted me as a Catholic, as a graduate of an Oblate institution, and as a Canadian. We have not done well. We are not doing well. The statement from the president of the Canadian Catholic bishops said too little.
How (not) to be ambivalently synodal
Pope Francis watches a performance during a meeting with young people and Synod Fathers in Paul VI Hall on 6 October 2018. (TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images) Wherein Adam A.J. DeVille offers a modest proposal It’s a good thing I’m already a Freudian, for perhaps the most valuable lesson I learned from him is that human beings are ambivalent creatures whose motives and feelings are usually mixed.
Do you love the church but sometimes hate it? There’s a word for that feeling (and it can be beneficial).
(iStock/Illustration: America) As we passed the one-year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic, we saw a number of people reflecting on new habits they took up or things they learned when they suddenly had so much time on their hands. For my part, I found that I was able—after more than two decades of trying—to make some headway in reading the controversial and often deliberately obtuse French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.
Nothing is ever lost in the kingdom of God
A member of the Canadian Grenadier Guards assists a resident of the Jeanne-Le Ber Nursing Home in late June in Montreal during the COVID-19 pandemic. CNS photo/Cabo Marc, Combat Camera via Reuters I have now seen at least three articles in different places suggesting that, emerging from the pandemic, the world will experience another Roaring ’20s as we try rather manically to make up for lost time.
Trump Impeachment Trial: House Managers Rest
By Priscilla Huff Washington, DC Defense to present Friday “We need to exercise our common sense about what happened here,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) in closing the presentation by the eight impeachment managers from the U.S House of Representatives.
Bishops of England and Wales urges society to "cultivate kindness" on World Day of the Sick
The Bishops of England and Wales have called for society to “cultivate kindness” in its treatment of the sick after a year of pain and suffering. Noting the extraordinary healthcare challenges facing the world this year, Bishop of the Forces and Lead Bishop for Healthcare Paul Mason outlined the theme of the World Day of the Sick this year. The CBCEW’s theme is taken from Christ’s teaching against hypocrisy – we should “remember that we ‘are all brothers'”.
Cardinal condemns treatment of migrants by Guatemalan security forces
Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini has condemned the violent treatment of Central American migrants by Guatemalan security forces. In January, 7,000 migrants, principally from neighbouring Honduras, were blocked from passing through Guatemala by security forces. Fleeing poverty, gang violence and an economic downturn brought on by two hurricanes and exacerbated by Covid-19, they are heading for the US-Mexico border.
The Politics of Synods
There has been swooning in the media over Pope Francis’s appointment of a French woman religious, Sr Nathalie Becquart, as one of two new undersecretaries of the Synod of Bishops, where she will enjoy both voice and vote. The surprise comes from the assumption – which Catholics share broadly though not quite generally – that synod membership is restricted to those who are male clerics. That assumption deserves to die.
John Ryan – gently lampooning the Catholic sixties - Catholic Herald
I did not know that Captain Pugwash was a Catholic until I recently encountered him making his confession—of the sin of envy, at the success of the Muppet Show. Longstanding readers of the Catholic Herald may have suspected this already; while Pugwash’s creator, John Ryan, was busy delighting millions with the adventures of his eponymous pirate and his other popular creations, he was also the paper’s in-house cartoonist for over four decades.
Ethiopian federal forces alleged to have indiscriminately shelled towns in Tigray, says rights watchdog
Human Rights Watch have called for a UN inquiry into the alleged indiscriminate shelling of urban areas in Tigray by Ethiopian federal forces. In the first days of the conflict in November last year, artillery attacks on the city of Mekelle and the towns of Humera and Shire, hit hospitals, schools, markets and homes, According to the report. Eighty-three civilians, including children, are said to have been killed and a further 300 wounded.
President Biden announces new sanctions on Myanmar's military leadership
US President Joe Biden has announced that the US will impose new sanctions on Myanmar following the military coup in Myanmar last week. The new restrictions were outlined amid growing police violence. During the first protests, Security forces had deployed water cannons to disperse the crowds in the country’s major cities. But they have since started to use rubber bullets and live ammunition, resulting in the hospitalisation of at least two people in the capital, Naypyidaw.
The necessity of seeing self-care as self-gift
After a sabbatical in 2018-19, part of which was spent on a fellowship at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, I made a decision to resume the clinical training I abandoned in the late 1990s when the unexpected opportunity of teaching theology presented itself. Part of my decision was motivated by a genuine sense of vocation to be of service to the many Catholics suffering from the massive trauma of abuse that I have written about in a number of places.
The McCarrick Report: Weak links
As we process the McCarrick report, let me continue what I started in my previous article: trying to understand why the victims are still so often invisible while the victimizer gets a 461-page international report named after him.
McCarrick Report: All things visible (and invisible)
Week by week, Christians worldwide stand to profess their belief “in all things visible and invisible.” That provides a useful way for thinking about the McCarrick report. Let us look first and foremost at who is invisible in the report: the victims. Then, let us look at what is blindingly obvious in the report at every turn: an entire ecclesial culture which must be radically transformed. Two years ago at this time I was on sabbatical.
To mourn, neither manically nor hopelessly, but in Christ
Family and friends attend a funeral for David Gutierrez of Houston who died from COVID-19 Aug. 26, 2020. (CNS photo/Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters) As I found myself being drawn — with considerable resistance — to the Catholic Church in the 1990s, one of the first issues that helped to tip me over the edge from skepticism to a more fair-minded inquiry into what Catholic teaching actually said was the Church’s position on death and dying.
Ambivalent iconoclasms and deliberate forgetting: Catholicism and the tearing down of statues
Statue of Christopher Columbus in Columbus Park in Boston. Shutterstock Several times in the past weeks I’ve seen Catholics on social media denounce the removal of statues in the United States, the United Kingdom and Belgium as acts of “iconoclasm,” using that theological term from the eighth century in a careless way to suggest there is only one permissible view for Catholics today: to be against the removal of statues. But is that so?
Jean Vanier and the discernment of memories: To damn or not?
Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche communities, appears in the documentary "Summer in the Forest." For the adults with disabilities who are the core members of L'Arche, news that Vanier sexually abused six women over a 35-year period hit particularly hard. (CNS photo/Abramorama) In her fascinating book “The Art of Forgetting: Disgrace and Oblivion in Roman Political Culture,” the Princeton classicist Harriet Flower talks about damnatio memoriae.
Benedict XVI and Iconoclasm One Year On
Benedict XVI and Iconoclasm One Year On One year ago, when Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world by announcing his retirement, a scholarly friend said to me that the papacy of Benedict XVI was a “failed papacy” in that it left too much undone. Only very diffidently did I agree with that summary judgment in some small ways.
What Freud Can Teach Us About Trump and His Christian Supporters
If commentators today reach for psychological categories in trying to understand both the Trump presidency and his Christian supporters, they usually reach for pathological categories, often centered on “narcissism.” But that does not really explain Trump or his evangelical and Catholic supporters. What if the clue lies not in pathology but supposed health and wealth?
Recovering and Recreating the Institutions We Need
Catholics today are caught between two understandable but equally incomplete approaches to the sex-abuse crisis. On the more “liberal” side, Massimo Faggioli has recently rightly written that in an age of profound corruption in the Church, we must resist the temptation of “institutional iconoclasm,” the mentality that leads some people to say “burn the whole thing down.” No serious Catholic can support that.
We’ve nothing to fear from Freud | CatholicHerald.co.uk
The father of psychoanalysis can help Christians in their search for the true face of God ‘Is Freud Dead?” asked Time magazine on its front cover in November 1993. I was an undergraduate student in psychology in Canada at the time when this cover assaulted my plans to train as a psychoanalyst. I later abandoned that path for other reasons, but have never abandoned my belief that Freud is a hugely important and – especially among Christians – much misunderstood figure.
The war we’re not fighting against ISIS | CatholicHerald.co.uk
Islamic extremists recruit their fighters with slick propaganda about Christian history. Exposing the lies should be part of our strategy To defeat ISIS, we need something more than a military strategy. A large part of the terrorists’ success lies in their skill at propaganda.
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