Pope names Uganda-born priest to lead Louisiana’s Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux — By: Catholic News Agency

Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Bishop-elect Simon Peter Engurait. / Credit: Courtesy of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Vatican City, Jun 5, 2025 / 08:54 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Thursday named Uganda-born Father Simon Peter Engurait, a former business analyst who became a priest at age 41, to lead the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in southeastern Louisiana….

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Pope Leo’s aim for basilica at Eucharistic miracle site in Peru impeded by legal dispute — By: Catholic News Agency

Chapel built on the remains of the old church where, in 1649, the apparition of the Child Jesus took place in a consecrated host in Eten, Peru. Currently, it is not under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Chiclayo but is administered by the so-called Multisectoral Committee of Eten City. / Credit: Diego López Marina/EWTN…

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Trump administration rescinds Biden-era requirement for ER doctors to perform abortions — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Orhan Cam/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 4, 2025 / 16:59 pm (CNA). The Trump administration on Tuesday nixed a Biden-era requirement that forced emergency room doctors to perform abortions.   The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services, announced on June 3 that it…

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Senate Judiciary Committee: Anti-Catholic texts found in 13 more Biden-era FBI documents — By: Catholic News Agency

The J. Edgar Hoover FBI headquarters building in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 4, 2025 / 17:35 pm (CNA). A report from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee revealed that the 2023 anti-Catholic Richmond FBI memo involved coordination with field offices around the country and…

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Bishop Barron talks faith, freedom, and tech with Tucker Carlson — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Robert Barron spoke on political commentator Tucker Carlson’s show on June 2, 2025. / Credit: CNA/EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 4, 2025 / 16:29 pm (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron sat down with conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson this week to talk about the Catholic faith and discuss some hot cultural topics. Carlson, an…

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