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Pope Francis was taken to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for abdominal surgery under general anesthesia after the weekly general audience June 7, shortly after 11 a.m. Rome time, the Vatican said. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge tweeted the morning of June 7 asking everyone in the diocese to pray for Pope Francis. “Please keep Pope Francis in […]
National
By Special To The Catholic Herald
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued a statement in advance of the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned legalized abortion on the federal level last year. Bishop Burbidge celebrated the ruling and explained how […]
National
By Peter Pinedo
Leading pro-life organizations will hold a “National Celebrate Life Day” rally and gala in Washington June 24, the first anniversary of the reversal of Roe v. Wade. Students for Life of America announced the event in an April press release. The rally will be held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall […]
National
By Tyler Arnold
The state of Oklahoma approved the country’s first-ever religious charter school June 5. The move will allow public funds to pay the tuition of children attending an online Catholic school run by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted 3-2 to approve St. Isidore of […]
Global
By Hannah Brockhaus
One of Pope Francis’ last gestures before undergoing abdominal surgery June 7 was to pray before a relic of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. A relic of the French Carmelite nun, also known as St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, was present on the platform in front of St. Peter’s Basilica during the pope’s weekly general […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
ROME — Pope Francis returned to the hospital for a brief medical checkup June 6, the Vatican said. In a statement to journalists, Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, said Pope Francis visited Rome’s Gemelli hospital the morning of June 6 “to undergo some clinical examinations and returned to the Vatican before […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, celebrated a penitential rite at the basilica’s main altar June 3 after a man climbed up on it naked before being apprehended. The man, a Polish citizen, had written on his bare back “Save children of Ukraine.” He had climbed up on the altar […]
Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has named U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, to be the next president of the supreme court of Vatican City State. Until Pope Francis modified the judiciary of the city-state in April, the president of the court always was the prefect […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The Holy Spirit invites the faithful to share in God’s love and to make the church a loving home whose door is open to everyone, Pope Francis said. “Our God is a communion of love: and this is how Jesus revealed him to us,” the pope said before praying the Angelus with […]
Local
By Anna Harvey
Hundreds filled the pews and side aisles at Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville to witness the ordination of eight deacons to the priesthood by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge June 3: Fathers Jonathan “Tony” Bennett, Andrew W. Clark, Timothy A. Courtney, Zinjin N. Iglesia, Michael T. Nugent, Stanley “Luke” Poczatek IV, Charles C. Wilton and […]
