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Archdiocese of New Orleans agrees to $180 million abuse settlement

1 month ago | angelusnews.com | Daniel Payne |Kate Scanlon |Gina Christian

The Archdiocese of New Orleans this week agreed to pay a massive $180 million to victims of clergy abuse there, bringing an end to years of bankruptcy proceedings in federal court and pointing to what Archbishop Gregory Aymond called “a path to healing for survivors and for our local Church.” The law firm Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, which represented abuse victims in the proceedings, said in a press release that the sum represented “more than 20 times the archdiocese’s initial...
New miracle confirmed from Lourdes sanctuary

2 months 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.
Judge blocks requiring Catholic employers to accommodate abortion, IVF

2 months 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.
Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital after month stay, Vatican says

Mar 22, 2025 | 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.
Lent a call to support poor, vulnerable

Mar 6, 2025 | 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.
Unless you’re a saint or naïve, it’s tough to love others like Jesus did

Mar 6, 2025 | 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.
SCOTUS says White House must pay out $2 billion in frozen foreign aid

Mar 5, 2025 | 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.
Why Catholic J.D. Vance misses the point on immigration

Feb 12, 2025 | 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.
Pope appoints Tucson Bishop Weisenburger as new archbishop of Detroit

Feb 11, 2025 | 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.
NFL team denies it had input into archdiocesan clergy abuse list

Feb 4, 2025 | 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.