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By Nichole Golden
ATLANTA — Georgia’s “heartbeat law” is now in effect after a July 20 ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that reversed a lower court decision and said the law should be permitted to take effect immediately. The law bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is about six weeks into […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Oblate Father John M. O’Neill, former pastor and parochial vicar at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Vienna, died July 9. He was a member of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in the Wilmington-Philadelphia Province for 57 years. He retired from active ministry in 2017. “He served in the 1990s and early […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Saying he wanted to highlight the spiritual gifts of Opus Dei and its contributions to the Catholic Church’s evangelizing activities, Pope Francis said it will now work with and answer to the Dicastery for Clergy, rather than the Dicastery for Bishops. In the apostolic letter “Ad Charisma Tuendum” (“For the protection of […]
National
By Margaret Peppiatt
WASHINGTON — An opportunity for more research on ectopic pregnancies cannot be overlooked as controversy over these pregnancies erupted following Roe v. Wade being overturned. In the weeks since the Supreme Court issued the Dobbs decision, people have voiced concerns about the resulting impact on treating ectopic pregnancies. The life-threatening condition typically requires the removal […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointment: Reverend Daniel F. Hanley — from Associate Director of the Secretariat of the Committee for Clergy Consecrated Life and Vocations at the USCCB to Coordinator of the Propaedeutic Stage Program at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary, effective January 1, 2023.
Movies
By Catholic News Service
Bathroom humor reaches new depths in this animated martial-arts spoof loosely based on the 1974 comedy “Blazing Saddles” and directed by Rob Minkoff, Mark Koetsier, and Chris Bailey. A warmongering cat (voice of Ricky Gervais) plots to destroy a neighboring feline village by installing a hapless dog (voice of Michael Cera) as its protector. But […]
National
By George P. Matysek Jr.
BALTIMORE — In the 10 days following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 ruling overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, the Archdiocese of Detroit’s “Walking with Moms in Need” webpage received nearly 1,600 unique page views. That number represented about half the views the page had garnered in the entire previous […]
Global
By Victor Gaetan
At the heart of Pope Francis’ “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada July 24-29 is the pursuit of reconciliation with Indigenous people, which is just as relevant in the United States. “The ill-treatment of Indians occurred up and down the continent, in Canada and the U.S.,” said Jack Healey, founder of the Human Rights Action Center based […]
Art
By Christina Lee Knauss
WASHINGTON — An exhibit currently on display in Washington offers a moving portrait of the courage of Catholic journalists during the era of Soviet persecution in Eastern Europe, along with a potent message of faith and resistance to tyranny that has relevance in today’s world. The Embassy of Lithuania is presenting an exhibit on “The Chronicle […]
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