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1 week ago | 
angelusnews.com | Pablo Kay |Kate Scanlon |Simon Caldwell |Justin Mclellan
Organizers have changed plans for the conclusion of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, June 22, in light of recent immigration-related protests and police activity in the area. A Eucharistic procession through the streets of downtown Los Angeles had originally been planned following the pilgrimage’s 3 p.m. closing Mass inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
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1 week ago | 
angelusnews.com | Simon Caldwell writes |Simon Caldwell |Kate Scanlon |Justin Mclellan
Members of British Parliament have voted overwhelmingly in favor of decriminalizing abortion up to birth. After two hours of debate in the House of Commons June 17, with a majority of 242 votes needed, MPs voted 379 to 137 in support of an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, which removes criminal liability from any woman who aborts her child for any reason up to and during birth.
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4 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kate Scanlon |Simon Caldwell |Mike Cisneros |Robert Brennan
Washington state's bishops filed a lawsuit May 29 over a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege. First reported by The Pillar, the lawsuit is in response to Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson's approval of Senate Bill 5375 earlier the same month, which designated members of the clergy as mandatory reporters, or people required by law to report suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect.
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4 weeks ago | 
angelusnews.com | Simon Caldwell writes |Simon Caldwell |Mike Cisneros |Robert Brennan
Scotland has seen a dramatic rise in abortions involving Down syndrome diagnoses, with government figures showing an 82% increase since 2021. A total of 60 fetuses with Down syndrome were aborted in 2024 -- almost double the number of the 33 such abortions in 2021. The increase also represents a 15% rise over the 52 abortions of Down syndrome-affected unborn babies in 2023, according to statistics released by Public Health Scotland.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Simone Orendain |Simon Caldwell |Mike Cisneros |Robert Brennan
The Archdiocese of Chicago has scheduled a Mass and a special program June 14 to celebrate the election and inauguration of Pope Leo XIV, and participants will get a video message from the native son of the Windy City. "Pope Leo XIV will greet us in Chicago and offer a special video message to the young people of the world, which will be broadcast first from our event," the Chicago Archdiocese said on its website.
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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.
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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.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Simon Caldwell
Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a "dark day" in the history of the country. Members of Parliament voted by 330 to 275 for the "Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill," which will permit doctor-assisted deaths for adult patients deemed to have less than six months to live. Although the bill must pass through several stages in both Houses of Parliament in London, the Nov.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
iobserve.org | Simon Caldwell
WORLDBy Simon Caldwell, OSV NewsLONDON (OSV News) — Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a “dark day” in the history of the country. Members of Parliament voted by 330 to 275 for the “Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill,” which will permit doctor-assisted deaths for adult patients deemed to have less than six months to live. Although the bill must pass through several stages in both Houses of Parliament in London, the Nov.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
franciscanmedia.org | Simon Caldwell
LONDON (OSV News) — Catholic bishops in England have decried a vote for assisted suicide, with one saying it represented a “dark day” in the history of the country. Members of Parliament voted by 330 to 275 for the “Terminally Ill (End of Life) Bill,” which will permit doctor-assisted deaths for adult patients deemed to have less than six months to live. Although the bill must pass through several stages in both Houses of Parliament in London, the Nov.
