Priests, prelate respond to ‘visionary’ who encouraged using Eucharist in rituals — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Pixabay ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 9, 2024 / 09:00 am (CNA). Two Peruvian priests and the president of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference responded to “visionary” Erica Serrano, who encouraged people to use a consecrated host to perform purification rituals and to ward off toxic people during the broadcast of the video podcast…

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‘Search for beauty and truth’ leads young adults to church, Ukrainian Catholic deacon says — By: Catholic News Agency

Father Deacon Andrew Bennett addresses a fundraising breakfast for Catholic Pacific College in Langley Township, British Columbia, in December 2023. “Increasingly young adults see what the world is offering them, and they realize it’s not what they want,” he said. / Credit: Paul Schratz Toronto, Canada, Jan 9, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). When it…

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Don Bosco’s successor: Young people need gentleness and love to fulfill their dreams — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Ángel Fernández, 10th successor of St. Don Bosco. / Credit: ANS ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 9, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA). Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, the 10th successor of Don Bosco as rector major of the Salesians, recently released a video message in which he encouraged fostering young people’s dreams but “not with blows,”…

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Cardinal Fernández responds to uproar over sexually explicit book: ‘I certainly would not write [that] now’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Argentinian prelate Víctor Manuel Fernández. / Credit: Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 8, 2024 / 19:10 pm (CNA). Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, one of the most powerful men in the Vatican, responded to criticism about a book he wrote in the 1990s on spirituality and sensuality. “I certainly would not write…

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Cardinal Sarah speaks out against clergy blessing same-sex unions — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Robert Sarah speaks with students and faculty at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas on May 25, 2023. / Credit: Benedicte Cedergren/Angelicum CNA Staff, Jan 8, 2024 / 17:45 pm (CNA). Cardinal Robert Sarah responded to the controversial Vatican declaration that allows clergy to bless same-sex couples in certain scenarios by instructing the…

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