Our Lady of Guadalupe becomes point of contention in Mexican presidential debate — By: Catholic News Agency

Mexico presidential candidates Claudia Sheinbaum (left) and Xóchitl Gálvez speak after the last presidential debate ahead the presidential election at Centro Cultural Tlatelolco on May 19, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico. / Credit: Medios y Media/Getty Images ACI Prensa Staff, May 22, 2024 / 17:03 pm (CNA). Our Lady of Guadalupe took center stage during…

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Archbishop Lori completes court-ordered ‘listening sessions’ with sexual abuse victims — By: Catholic News Agency

“I was deeply moved by their very powerful testimony,” Archbishop William Lori said following a second bankruptcy court-ordered listening session with sexual abuse victims on May 20, 2024. / Credit: Matthew Balan Baltimore, Md., May 22, 2024 / 16:21 pm (CNA). Baltimore Archbishop William Lori has completed the second of two federal bankruptcy court-ordered “listening…

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Pontifical Academy for Life is betraying its founder, JPII biographer George Weigel says — By: Catholic News Agency

George Weigel at the Angelicum in Rome, May 18, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, May 22, 2024 / 15:05 pm (CNA). George Weigel, biographer of St. John Paul II, lamented that the Pontifical Academy for Life betrayed Dr. Jérôme Lejeune, its founding president, with a book that dissents from the pontiff’s encyclical…

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Archbishop shares key themes of upcoming International Eucharistic Congress in Ecuador  — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, SDB, discusses the upcoming International Eucharistic Congress to be held Sept. 8–15, 2024, in Quito, Ecuador, on “EWTN News Nightly” May 21, 2024. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly” screen shot CNA Staff, May 22, 2024 / 14:23 pm (CNA). Following the announcement that EWTN will be the designated channel for…

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Bishop of Shanghai defends China’s religious freedom record at Vatican conference — By: Catholic News Agency

Shanghai Bishop Shen Bin speaks to Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin at a Vatican conference on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. / Credit: Fabio Gonnella/EWTN Rome Newsroom, May 22, 2024 / 13:14 pm (CNA). The bishop of Shanghai defended the Chinese government’s religious freedom record at a Vatican conference on Tuesday in a speech…

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Catholic-run Pennsylvania migrant facility criticized for ‘deplorable’ conditions — By: Catholic News Agency

“We had to sue the Biden administration to get them to release these documents,” American Accountability Foundation President Thomas Jones told “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol. “When the documents came out, we [understood] why we had to sue them.” / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/Screenshot CNA Staff, May 22, 2024 / 10:53 am (CNA). Documents…

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