NFL’s Harrison Butker, Notre Dame give $10,000 to group creating ‘monastic village’ for ex-prisoners — By: Catholic News Agency

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, which was closed in 1989 and sold, which the Serenelli Project is hoping to purchase (left), and a home for ex-inmates reentering society owned by the Serenelli Project (right). / Credit: Serenelli Project CNA Staff, Nov 11, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). An initiative to help former inmates reenter…

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Catholics and pot: Denver archbishop speaks out against marijuana use, U.S. drug culture — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: chayanuphol/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2023 / 18:20 pm (CNA). Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver on Friday released a pastoral letter on the Church’s teaching on recreational drugs, with a particular focus on marijuana, aiming to “help Catholics intelligently dialogue with the 70% of Americans who currently believe marijuana should be legal.”…

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New York must stop demanding private info from Sisters of Life after court order — By: Catholic News Agency

Two religious sisters in Sisters of Life embrace. / Credit: Sisters of Life (photo by Martin Jernberg) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 10, 2023 / 17:40 pm (CNA). The State of New York agreed to a court order that forbids officials from demanding private and sensitive information from Sisters of Life, a pro-life Catholic religious order.  Sisters of…

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Senate Democrats plan to bypass Sen. Tuberville’s pro-life blockade on military promotions — By: Catholic News Agency

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, speaks to reporters on his way to a closed-door lunch meeting with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol Nov. 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C. / Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 10, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA). Senate Democrats, led by Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed, are planning to…

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Shanghai bishop calls on faithful to support Chinese Community Party’s ‘sinicization’ of Church   — By: Catholic News Agency

null / esfera/Shutterstock. CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2023 / 17:13 pm (CNA). A Chinese bishop who was appointed last April against the wishes of the Vatican has renewed his commitment to implement the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s program of religious sinicization in his diocese.  Bishop Joseph Shen Bin of Shanghai made his comments in an interview…

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Two Spanish theologians latest recipients of prize named for Pope Benedict XVI  — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Benedict XVI. / Credit: Giulio Napolitano/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2023 / 16:06 pm (CNA). Two Spanish theologians are the winners of the 2023 Ratzinger Prize, named for the late Pope Benedict XVI. Father Pablo Blanco-Sarto, 59, a professor at the University of Navarra, which is affiliated with Opus Dei, has written extensively about…

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