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1 week ago | 
angelusnews.com | Caroline de Sury |Simon Caldwell |Daniel Payne |Cindy Wooden
In a joyful moment after the rosary on St. Bernadette Soubirous' feast day April 16 at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France, the shrine's rector, Father Michel Daubanes, announced that a 72nd miracle at the famed pilgrimage site has been recognized.
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1 week ago | 
angelusnews.com | Daniel Payne |Simon Caldwell |Cindy Wooden |Caroline de Sury
A U.S. district judge this week permanently blocked the federal government from requiring some Catholic employers to accommodate abortions and in vitro fertilization (IVF) for their employees. North Dakota District Judge Daniel Traynor said in the Tuesday order that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) would be “permanently enjoined” from forcing the Catholic Benefits Association and the Diocese of Bismarck to abide by the Biden-era federal rule.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Daniel Payne |Junno Arocho Esteves
Pope Francis will be discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Sunday, the Vatican said on Saturday afternoon, with the Holy Father leaving the facility after spending more than a month there amid a health crisis. Hospital officials said on Saturday that the pope will continue convalescing at his apartment in Casa Santa Marta for at least two months. Francis first entered the hospital on Feb. 14, more than a month ago. He was treated for several conditions while there including bilateral pneumonia.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Gina Christian |Ronald Rolheiser |Daniel Payne
Lent marks a call to live out God's love by supporting those in desperate need across the globe, said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace. "As Catholics in a global Church, we witness to the power of God's love through our presence and assistance to those who are vulnerable," Bishop Zaidan, who heads the St. Louis-based Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon, said in a statement issued on Ash Wednesday, March 5.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Ronald Rolheiser |Daniel Payne |Cindy Wooden
Several years ago, a Presbyterian minister I know challenged his congregation to open its doors and its heart more fully to the poor. Initially, the congregation responded with enthusiasm and a number of programs were introduced to invite people from the less-privileged economic areas of the city, including a number of street people, to come to their church.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Daniel Payne |Cindy Wooden |Junno Arocho Esteves |Grazie Christie
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to pay out billions in frozen foreign aid, siding with a lower court that had directed the White House to disburse the money to nonprofit organizations. In its divided 5-4 ruling, the court upheld U.S. District Judge Amir Ali’s order regarding the funds, which have been frozen as part of a series of executive orders President Donald Trump issued in January.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Greg Erlandson |Charles Collins |Daniel Payne
What is one to make of only the second Catholic vice president in U.S. history lashing out at his own bishops in his first week in office? It would seem to bode ill for church-state relations in the near term as the Trump administration rapidly implements its anti-immigrant deportation agenda. Whether it will bode ill for relations between the bishops and Catholic voters, a majority of whom voted for Trump, remains to be seen.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Daniel Payne |Carol Glatz |Robert Brennan
Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Tucson Bishop Edward Weisenburger as the new archbishop of Detroit, accepting the resignation of current Archbishop Allen Vigneron. Vigneron, who has led the Michigan archdiocese since 2009, had submitted his resignation in October 2023 upon turning 75 as required by canon law.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Daniel Payne |Ronald Rolheiser
The New Orleans Saints NFL team is denying that any members of its organization had input into, or oversight of, a list of credibly accused clergy in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, with the denial coming amid a media controversy over the football team’s role in helping the archdiocese manage the fallout from the abuse scandal.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
thecatholictelegraph.com | Daniel Payne
Home»National & World News»‘Families who have lost everything’: Los Angeles Archdiocese responds to deadly wildfires / / 0 CNA Staff, Jan 9, 2025 / 12:30 pm Archdiocesan officials and local Church leaders in Los Angeles are working to shelter and assist victims of the ongoing wildfires there as the blaze consumes entire neighborhoods and lays waste to significant portions of the suburban area. The fires began on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and quickly spread via dry conditions and hurricane-force Santa...
