Chicago priest removed from ministry after allegations of child sexual abuse — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Manikhan143|Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 18, 2025 / 15:15 pm (CNA). The Archdiocese of Chicago has removed a priest from ministry following allegations that he sexually abused a minor several decades ago.  In two letters — one to parishioners of Sts. Joseph and Francis Xavier Parish in Wilmette, Illinois, and one to those…

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Bishops call for unity after deadly attacks in Germany and Austria — By: Catholic News Agency

The Frauenkirche, the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. / Credit: Diliff via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.5) CNA Newsroom, Feb 18, 2025 / 11:05 am (CNA). Bishops in Germany and Austria have reacted to separate, deadly attacks that have shaken both countries, with Archbishop Franz Lackner of Salzburg describing the violence as “bloodthirsty,…

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Vatican doctrine chief warns against ‘claim to omnipotence’ of gender ideology — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN News CNA Newsroom, Feb 18, 2025 / 09:50 am (CNA). The Vatican’s doctrine chief delivered a pointed critique of…

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Pope receives prisoners’ prayers for recovery while hospitalized in Rome — By: Catholic News Agency

Concert at the Santa Maria dell’Olivo convent in Maciano, Italy, in July 2024. / Credit: Courtesy of Amici della Nave Association Rome Newsroom, Feb 17, 2025 / 11:05 am (CNA). Pope Francis received heartfelt letters from inmates at Milan’s San Vittore prison after his hospitalization forced the cancellation of a planned meeting where the prisoners…

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At Vatican evening event, historic St. Peter’s bell ‘speaks’ through new sound installation — By: Catholic News Agency

Statues illuminated in ethereal blue light during the special evening access to St. Peter’s Basilica for the Jubilee of Artists, February 16, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Feb 17, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). For the Jubilee of Hope, an American artist has created an installation mapping the “soundscape” of one of the…

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New UK immigration bill ‘punishes’ refugees, say Catholic bishops and Jesuit Refugee Service — By: Catholic News Agency

Crowds at a town hall meeting on immigration in Los Angeles, January 2014. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Victor Aleman/vida-nueva.com London, England, Feb 17, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). 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…

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