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angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Natalie Romano |Kurt Jensen |Cindy Wooden
The U.S. Supreme Court April 22 heard a case concerning a request from an interfaith group of Maryland parents to allow them to opt their children out of classroom instruction pertaining to books containing LGBTQ+ themes to which they object on religious grounds. A coalition of parents sued Montgomery County Public Schools' board when it said it would not allow parents to opt out of instruction using some materials containing LGBTQ+ themes.
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angelusnews.com | Kurt Jensen |Natalie Romano |Cindy Wooden |Elise Italiano Ureneck
For decades, Dominican Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella immersed herself in the ministry of teaching, not retiring until she was 84. Now, having turned 112 on Easter at Queen of the Rosary Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Dominic in Amityville, New York -- a supercentenarian for two years, and a member of her order since 1931 -- she is, like all members of the body of Christ, still able to participate in the ministry of presence. Her colleagues and family are grateful.
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2 days ago | 
angelusnews.com | Gina Christian |Natalie Romano |Cindy Wooden |Elise Italiano Ureneck
Faithful are recalling Pope Francis' 2015 apostolic journey to the U.S. as a moving encounter, with an impact still felt a decade later. "Immediately in his presence, everyone was a child of God," Joanne Walsh, associate superintendent for early childhood education for the Archdiocese of New York, told OSV News.
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3 days ago | 
angelusnews.com | Robert Barron |Natalie Romano |Kurt Jensen |Cindy Wooden
I've spent much of my life reading and studying religious and philosophical texts. I’ve perused the works of Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Hegel, etc. I love such texts and the ideas that these great thinkers share. What all of these figures have in common is a certain calm, a measured manner of sharing what they have learned. And consequently, one reads their texts in a sort of abstracted way.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Nirmala Carvalho |Cindy Wooden |Natalie Romano
The U.K. government is “choosing criminalization over compassion and protection” with its new asylum and immigration bill, according to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. The Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill is currently making its way through the U.K. Parliament and passed its second reading on Feb. 10.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Nirmala Carvalho |Cindy Wooden |Natalie Romano
A Catholic priest was killed in Myanmar on Friday, an incident that “deeply shocked and saddened” Cardinal Charles Maung Bo.Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win from the Archdiocese of Mandalay in Upper Burma, was killed by a group of armed men on the evening of Feb. 14 in Kangyi Taw village of the Shwebo Township. The 44-year-old was a priest at Our Lady of Lourdes’s Parish, and had been a priest for seven years. His body was found in a forest near the old town of Pyu in Kangyi Taw.
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2 months ago | 
news.diocesetucson.org | Mike Cisneros |Theresa Cisneros |Natalie Romano
LOS ÁNGELES (OSV News) -- En el evento OneLife LA del año pasado, llovió tanto que los asistentes quedaron completamente empapados. En el evento de este año, los participantes rezaron para que cayeran unas pocas gotas, cualquier cosa que ayudara a combatir los incendios forestales que aún ardían y que han arrasado gran parte del sur de California.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Gina Christian |Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan
The Dicastery of the Causes of Saints has promulgated a decree recognizing that five Spanish Franciscans were killed “in odium fidei” (“in hatred of the faith”) in 1597 — specifically for defending the sanctity of marriage. Monday’s announcement paves the way for the beatification of the missionaries, who have been known collectively as the “Georgia Martyrs” for decades.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Cindy Wooden |Gina Christian |Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan
"Technological progress is part of God's plan for creation," the Vatican said, but people must take responsibility for using technologies like artificial intelligence to help humanity and not harm individuals or groups.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Gina Christian |Natalie Romano |Robert Brennan
Proposed legislation looking to repeal clergy-penitent protections in at least two states is in a head-on collision with the church's primary legal code, one expert told OSV News. Montana and Washington are among the states seeking to compel clergy to disclose abuse revealed to them in the context of the sacrament of reconciliation or similar confidential pastoral settings in other faith traditions. Earlier in January, Washington state Sen.
