Archbishop: Minister to trans-identified people while stressing ‘goodness of human creation’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Christopher J. Coyne. / Credit: Diocese of Burlington, Vermont CNA Staff, Apr 29, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). A New England prelate is urging Catholics to both minister to transgender-identifying individuals in the Catholic Church while still continuously affirming “the goodness of human creation” as male and female. Coadjutor Archbishop Christopher Coyne of Hartford,…

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Sidewalk Advocates for Life celebrates over 22,000 lives saved from abortion — By: Catholic News Agency

Sidewalk advocates withstand the rain to be present outside a Planned Parenthood in Syracuse, New York. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Sidewalk Advocates for Life CNA Staff, Apr 29, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). A national organization that organizes sidewalk counseling — the practice of giving women information outside abortion clinics about their other options…

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Catholic movement in Italy dedicated to people ‘far from the Church’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Prayer house at San Simeone, Italy, September 2012. / Credit: Courtesy of Ricostruttori nella preghiera Rome, Italy, Apr 28, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). Across Italy there are houses of prayer run by the Ricostruttori (Reconstructors) community, a Catholic movement dedicated to people who are far from the Church but attracted to spirituality, particularly Eastern…

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Democratic Republic of Congo bishops: Amid growth of Church ‘the Congolese state is dead’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Members of the Provincial Episcopal Assembly of Bukavu (ASSEPB). / Credit: Radio Moto ACI Africa, Apr 28, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). Catholic bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have denounced the insecurity and violence in their dioceses. In their collective statement issued Sunday, April 14, the…

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