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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 […]
Movies
By Joe Bukuras
The weight of playing St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more popularly known as Padre Pio, one of the most popular saints of the 20th century, was “enormous,” Shia LaBeouf told CNA in late May. The new film “Padre Pio,” starring “Transformers” and “Fury” star LaBeouf, aired in theaters June 2 and portrays the Italian friar in […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The pontifical mission societies are called to inspire all Catholics to share the Gospel, a work that requires funding but can never be about money, Pope Francis said. “Please do not reduce the societies to money,” the pope told the Vatican-based officers and national directors of the societies June 3 during their […]
Local
Father William B. Schardt, pastor of St. Thomas à Becket Church in Reston, will retire to a private residence effective June 29. Father Richard E. Dyer, parochial vicar of St. Veronica Church in Chantilly, has been appointed pastor of St. Thomas. Father Schardt was born May 16, 1949, in El Paso, Texas, the son of […]
