Author: baik
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Analysis: This week at the Synod on Synodality — revolution or much ado about nothing?
By Andrea Gagliarducci Vatican City, Oct 3, 2024 / 17:45 pm Perhaps it is in the very nature of the Synod on Synodality to take steps back after having taken several steps forward. But the tone of the opening days of the synod’s final general assembly makes it apparent that, for the moment, there is…
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California Catholic hospital apologizes after lawsuit claims it denied pregnant woman care
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 2, 2024 / 17:45 pm The head of a Catholic hospital network in California has issued an apology after the state’s attorney general filed a lawsuit claiming Providence St. Joseph Hospital refused emergency care to a pregnant woman whose water broke prematurely at 15 weeks. “We are heartbroken over the experience…
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Pope Francis: We must acknowledge our sins, ask forgiveness to become missionary Church
By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Oct 1, 2024 / 18:30 pm On the eve of the second session of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis said on Tuesday that the Catholic Church must first acknowledge its sins and ask for forgiveness before it can be credible in carrying out the mission Jesus Christ entrusted to…
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Vatican announces apostolic visit to Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 30, 2024 / 17:53 pm The Vatican has announced it will carry out an apostolic visitation to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), an institution whose priests celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) and which is in full communion with the Catholic Church. The FSSP should…
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Pope Francis responds to critics of his comments on women in Belgium
By CNA Staff Aboard the papal plane, Sep 29, 2024 / 12:00 pm Aboard the papal plane to Rome on Sunday, Pope Francis responded to criticism of remarks he made about women during a Sept. 28 visit to a Catholic university in Louvain, Belgium, saying it is an “obtuse mind” that intentionally misunderstands his position.…
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Pope Francis lauds Belgian king who chose to abdicate rather than sign abortion law
By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Sep 28, 2024 / 14:15 pm Pope Francis lauded Belgian King Baudouin for choosing to temporarily abdicate the throne rather than sign a law legalizing abortion during a visit to the Catholic king’s tomb on Saturday in Belgium. The pope also expressed hope that the sainthood cause for King Baudouin,…
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Pro-life group launches ad debunking false claim that Georgia abortion law killed women
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 27, 2024 / 17:27 pm One of the country’s leading pro-life groups has launched a $500,000 television and digital ad campaign debunking misinformation that Georgia laws protecting unborn life killed two women. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, the group behind the ad, said the two women, Amber Thurman and Candi…
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Doctors dispute claim raised at Senate hearing that pro-life laws are killing women
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 26, 2024 / 17:36 pm At a hearing held by U.S. Senate Democrats this week doctors, experts, and Republicans disputed claims that former president Donald Trump and state pro-life laws enacted after the overturn of Roe v. Wade are causing the deaths of women across the country. Dr.…
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Catholic Institute for Nonviolence to launch in Rome, contribute to 2024 Synod on Synodality
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Sep 25, 2024 / 17:40 pm Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar and Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego will lead the inauguration of the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence on Sept. 29 in Rome at the Istituto Maria Santissima Bambina, a convent just outside St. Peter’s Square. The institute’s goal…
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Judge shields Catholic employers from mandate to provide time off for abortion, IVF
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Sep 24, 2024 / 17:30 pm A Monday ruling from a federal judge in North Dakota shields thousands of Catholic parishes and employers — for now — from new regulations mandating time off for abortions and fertility treatments as part of federal legislation originally designed to help mothers. At issue…