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Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia approved a chaplaincy to serve Catholics attached to the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in accordance with the Missale Romanum of 1962. The “Chaplaincy of Our Lady of Victory,” announced June 19, will be officially established on July 1. According to the diocesan announcement, the chaplaincy is…
Abelardo de la Espriella is the new president of Colombia, according to the preliminary vote count released by the National Civil Registry on June 21. With 99.9% of polling stations reporting, De la Espriella, of the conservative Defenders of the Homeland party, secured 49.6% of the vote. His opponent, Iván Cepeda of the ruling Historic…
The Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists has withdrawn its disciplinary order against Catholic counselor Frank Canepa and is reconsidering the case in light of a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a formal notice filed with the Oregon Court of Appeals. Canepa, a licensed counselor in Beaverton, Oregon, faced…
Peru’s national legislature has passed a law declaring June Life and Family Month throughout the nation. Law 32671, approved on June 17 and published in the official gazette El Peruano, states that this declaration is intended to commemorate “life and the importance of the family as a natural and fundamental institution of society.” Milagros Jáuregui…
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is inviting dioceses across the U.S. to join in observing Religious Freedom Week through prayer, reflection, and action. “Religious freedom allows the Church, and all religious communities, to live out their faith in public and to serve the good of all,” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) website…
A 60-day Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) — which strengthens the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and seeks to pave the way for permanent peace — has garnered applause from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, who chairs the USCCB Committee on International Justice and Peace, commended both President Donald Trump…
The European Commission has told EWTN News that Pope Leo XIV’s call for AI to serve human dignity and the common good reflects principles already embedded in the EU’s approach to regulating technology, as lawmakers voted on Tuesday to postpone certain obligations under the bloc’s landmark AI Act. “We could not agree more with the…
Pope Leo XIV defended the dignity of human life at every stage and warned about the risks of a medicine subordinated to technical or utilitarian criteria at the Vatican on Monday. “No doctor should ever allow himself, on the basis of laboratory algorithms, to decide on the life of an embryo or of an elderly…
Pope Leo XIV called on the United Nations (U.N.) to prioritize people in combating world hunger and said feeding the hungry is an essential part of peacemaking. The pontiff visited the headquarters of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome on Monday. In his remarks, Leo emphasized the seriousness of world hunger, explaining that…
After a meeting at the Vatican in October last year, Pope Leo XIV and a network for victims of clergy sexual abuse and continue to build collaboration through conversations with the Vatican’s safeguarding commission. The pope “is interested in dialogue and in seeing what can be done in his new role. I think the fact…
