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By Catholic News Service
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The loss of St. Augustine Church’s tabernacle in a burglary is a “saddening” material loss, but what brings Catholics together “is our faith in the presence of Jesus Christ among us in the Blessed Sacrament,” Brooklyn Bishop Robert J. Brennan said June 4. The bishop made the comments in his homily during […]
National
By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — Catholic leaders expressed disappointment with a June 6 ruling by a federal judge in Oklahoma calling the state’s three-drug lethal injection method constitutional. The ruling enables the state to move ahead with executions for more than two dozen death-row inmates who were plaintiffs in a case arguing against the lethal injection drugs and […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — In the Catholic Church, permanent deacons “are entrusted with the unique responsibility of bringing Christ to every corner of society,” said the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations. They carry out their ministry “in imitation of Christ the servant and impelled by the spirit […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge confirmed men and women from across the diocese during Pentecost Sunday Mass at St. Thomas More Cathedral in Arlington June 5. In the largest confirmation Mass since 2019, 156 candidates received their final sacrament of initiation and were fully received into the church. More than 1,000 faithful attended the Mass. A […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
MANILIA, Philippines — The Manila Archdiocese has begun construction of Asia’s first-ever exorcism center to address what it says is a growing number of possessions in the Philippines and to train budding exorcists in the region. Building work on the St. Michael Center for Spiritual Liberation and Exorcism began June 6 in the capital’s Makati […]
Columns
By Olivia Gans Turner
The possible reversal of Roe v. Wade in coming days or weeks has stirred up emotions on every side of the abortion debate. It has caused fear among some who have come of age after Roe, who perceive legalized abortion as the best answer our fractured society can offer in the face of poverty, abuse, lack of […]
National
By Elizabeth Wong Barnstead
OWENSBORO, Ky. — By providing “the right people at the right place at the right time,” Chris and Todd Johnson feel that “God’s had a hand” in the journey ultimately leading to Todd donating a lobe of his liver to his dad, Chris. The surgeries took place May 17, and both father and son are […]
National
By Kurt Jensen
WASHINGTON — Battered by both the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and high gas prices making travel expensive, this year’s Society of Catholic Scientists conference, held June 3-5 at Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, Ill., was an intimate gathering with about 100 attendees. That didn’t faze Stephen Barr, professor emeritus of physics at the University […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Without dialogue, respect for differences and a recognition that all people have struggles and dreams, divisions and even violence between people will continue, Pope Francis said. “Our increasingly interconnected world is not fraternal and convivial, far from it!” the pope said June 6 as he welcomed members of the Dicastery for Interreligious […]
Global
By Peter Ajayi Dada
LAGOS, Nigeria — Condemning the actions of gunmen who attacked a Catholic Church as parishioners gathered for Mass on the feast of Pentecost, Nigeria’s Catholic bishops lamented that nowhere is safe in the country after the incident left dozens of people dead. Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, president of the Nigerian Catholic bishops’ conference, released a statement […]
