New York diocese offers $200 million to abuse victims in largest-ever settlement offer — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Agnes Cathedral, Diocese of Rockville Centre / Italianfreak00|Wikipedia|CC0 1.0 DEED Rockville Centre, N.Y., Nov 30, 2023 / 16:55 pm (CNA). In what it called its “best and final” offer to survivors of abuse, the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York on Monday proposed a plan that offers $200 million to approximately 600 survivors…

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German bishop says divisions within local Church are a ‘disaster for the faithful’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Stefan Oster. / Credit: Diocese of Passau Vatican City, Nov 30, 2023 / 16:25 pm (CNA). A prominent German bishop and steadfast opponent of the controversial Synodal Way has leveled his harshest criticism yet of the state of the Catholic Church in his own country, describing the German episcopacy as deeply “divided”— and warned…

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Deaths by suicide reach ‘highest number ever recorded’; ideation likely higher, expert says — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Studio4dich/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 30, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA). Deaths by suicide grew to “the highest number ever recorded in U.S. history,” reaching nearly 50,000 in 2022, according to new data released by the CDC this month. The CDC study, which shows the provisional data for 2022, reported that there were…

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‘I am prepared to die a martyr’: Freed Nigerian monk recounts kidnapping, murder of brother monk — By: Catholic News Agency

Brother Godwin Eze. / Credit: Benedictine Monastery, Eruku ACI Africa, Nov 30, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Brother Peter Olarewaju recently recounted the horrific kidnapping and torture he and two other monks from a Benedictine monastery in Nigeria underwent, including the murder of one of the monks. Brother Godwin Eze spent his final hours encouraging…

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Pope to Orthodox patriarch: ‘Bonds of faith, hope and charity’ unite two churches — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Vatican on Oct. 4, 2021. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Nov 30, 2023 / 11:13 am (CNA). On the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, Pope Francis sent a message to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople expressing his “fraternal affection” and reflecting on…

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Nicaraguan dictatorship releases new photos, video of imprisoned Bishop Álvarez — By: Catholic News Agency

Some photographs of Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez disseminated by the dictatorship of Nicaragua in November 2023. / Credit: Ministry of the Interior of Nicaragua ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 30, 2023 / 09:30 am (CNA). In response to demands for proof that Bishop Rolando Álvarez is still alive, the Nicaraguan dictatorship’s Ministry of the Interior released…

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