Archdiocese of Chicago removes 2 priests from ministry after sex abuse allegations — By: Catholic News Agency

Holy Name Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Chicago. / Credit: Edlane De Mattos/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 20, 2025 / 11:55 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Chicago has removed two priests from active ministry as it investigates sex abuse allegations leveled against both of them. The archdiocese announced the development on Saturday, writing to 14 different…

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Pope Francis appoints Austin, Texas Bishop Joe Vásquez as archbishop of Galveston-Houston — By: Catholic News Agency

Deacon Ronnie Lastovica, right, and Bishop Joe Vasquez of the Diocese of Austin celebrate Mass in the Mountain View Unit prison in Gatesville, Texas, which houses the state’s female death row, on Dec. 1, 2023. / Credit: Catholic Prison Ministries Coalition/TDCJ Communications Vatican City, Jan 20, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). In an important move…

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Pope Francis thanks mediators for brokering latest cease-fire deal in Gaza   — By: Catholic News Agency

During his Angelus address on Jan. 19, 2025, at the Vatican, Pope Francis thanked those who mediated the latest cease-fire in Gaza and expressed his hope that all hostages “may finally return home and embrace their loved ones” and for the opening of humanitarian corridors into Gaza. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 19,…

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Hawaii’s seafarer ministry brings pastoral relief to island’s ‘invisible’ fishing industry — By: Catholic News Agency

Catholics attend Mass via the Apostleship of the Sea Ministry in Honolulu, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. / Credit: Deacon Marlowe Sabater CNA Staff, Jan 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). A recently launched ministry in Hawaii is bringing the Church to fishermen and other seafarers whose long hours and remote work renders them an “invisible…

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