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The president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), Bishop Mariano Crociata, expressed the commission’s view on the new “Return Regulation” approved June 17 by the European Parliament. The new regulation aims to unify and streamline procedures for the expulsion of individuals in an irregular situation (who are illegally present)…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing a prominent transgender healthcare group for allegedly making false and deceptive claims that misled parents about the risks of transgender medical interventions for children — an issue U.S. Catholic bishops urged them to investigate. In the complaint, the FTC alleges the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)…
Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, offered prayers for the victims and families of the victims of a June 15 fatal plane crash at the Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California. “The bishops, priests, religious, and staff of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, join me in offering…
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV presided Thursday over the funeral rites for Cardinal Camillo Ruini, remembering him as a servant of the Church who “knew how to guide the people of God.” The funeral liturgy took place June 18 at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica, two days after Ruini died…
Mourners gathered June 16 to bid farewell to Fortune Amaya Losike, a 15-year-old Catholic schoolgirl who died while reportedly rescuing fellow students from a dormitory fire that claimed the lives of 15 other girls in Gilgil within Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Nakuru. Witness accounts indicated that Fortune had enough time to escape the May 28 inferno at Utumishi Girls Academy Senior…
The Diocese of Honolulu is preparing to mark a historic moment as it commemorates 200 years since the arrival of Catholicism in Hawaii. The diocese announced bicentennial celebrations honoring the July 7, 1827, arrival of the French brothers of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary — the first Catholic missionaries in…
Pope Leo XIV has emphasized the value of the Eastern Catholic Churches, warning that failing to understand them is harmful to the Church. In a private audience with members of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches on June 18, Leo highlighted the great gift of the Eastern Churches in communion with Rome….
Pope Leo XIV has declared American religious sister Mary Teresa Tallon venerable. The pontiff signed a decree on Thursday recognizing the heroic virtue of the foundress of the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate in New York. He also recognized the heroic virtue of several others, bringing them closer to sainthood. Just before signing the decree,…
Amid a legal dispute, the federal government will be permitted to put down a six-figure deposit as it moves to acquire a large parcel of land from the Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, in order to install fencing and other security measures along the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Gonzales said in a…
VATICAN CITY — Peruvian President José María Balcázar said Pope Leo XIV has given him “permission” to confirm to reporters the pope’s intention to visit five cities in the country — Lima, Chiclayo, Piura, Pucallpa, and Cusco — during the first half of November. “He has confirmed to us that he will be in Peru…
