‘Bring Jesus up!’: Sean Duffy rallies merchant marines over controversial painting move — By: Catholic News Agency

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. / Credit: fisheradam13/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 10, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made a splash at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York, during a speech last week when he called for a painting of Jesus to…

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Vatican grants 14 New York churches delay on mergers amid challenges to bishop’s plan — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo, New York. / Credit: CiEll/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Apr 10, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). More than a dozen parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, have received a temporary reprieve from the Vatican regarding planned mergers as the churches petition the Holy See to halt parts of the diocese’s…

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Deaf Eucharistic Congress attendees: ‘The Deaf lack what many Catholics take for granted’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Mark and Kathleen Rosing from Kentucky attended the first Deaf Eucharisitc Congress held at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, April 4–6, 2025. / Credit: Zoe Romanowsky/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 10, 2025 / 14:01 pm (CNA). Mark Rosing has been deaf for most of his life. When he was…

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Catholic bishops phase out migration programs as federal partnership ends — By: Catholic News Agency

Volunteers at a Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center help Central American refugees prepare to take a bus to go stay with U.S. family on Aug. 17, 2017, in McAllen, Texas. / Credit: Vic Hinterlang/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 10, 2025 / 12:25 pm (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is starting to…

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Emergency Missions: transforming lives and bringing hope to the most vulnerable in Peru — By: Catholic News Agency

Emergency Missions volunteers at the Dos de Mayo National Hospital in Lima, Peru. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Fabrizio Caciano Lima Newsroom, Apr 10, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). In one of the most poverty-stricken areas of Lima, Peru, where hunger and hopelessness have long prevailed, a man who once rejected the Church now leads…

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Colorado bishops urge veto of ‘abhorrent’ abortion funding bill — By: Catholic News Agency

The Colorado Capitol in Denver. / Credit: robert cicchetti/Shutterstock Denver, Colo., Apr 9, 2025 / 17:41 pm (CNA). The Colorado Catholic bishops are urging state Gov. Jared Polis to veto a bill that would put at least $1.5 million of public funding annually toward Medicaid-covered abortions. The Tuesday open letter — co-signed by Archbishop Samuel…

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