Resistance to same-sex blessings grows in Africa, but bishops are divided globally — By: Catholic News Agency

Members of the Episcopal Conference of Ivory Coast (CECCI). / Credit: CECCI Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 3, 2024 / 17:40 pm (CNA). Bishops in several African countries will not allow blessings for same-sex couples as opposition to a Vatican declaration continues to grow on the continent, but bishops globally remain heavily divided on implementation. More than two…

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Cardinal Fernández: Vatican’s same-sex blessings guidance is ‘clear answer’ to German bishops — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa Rome Newsroom, Jan 3, 2024 / 18:20 pm (CNA). Amid significant confusion about the Vatican’s recent guidance on same-sex blessings, the document’s architect has lashed out at those advancing the most liberal interpretation: Catholic leadership in Germany.  Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery…

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Shia LaBeouf enters Catholic Church, considers vocation to the diaconate — By: Catholic News Agency

Actor Shia LaBeouf was confirmed on Dec. 31, 2023, by Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, Bishop Robert Barron. / Credit: Capuchin Franciscans-Western America Province CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 14:10 pm (CNA). Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf was received into the Catholic Church with the sacrament of confirmation by Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, Bishop Robert Barron on Sunday evening.  The…

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Appeals court says ER doctors do not have to perform abortions — By: Catholic News Agency

Emergency room intensive care unit. / Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 10:40 am (CNA). A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected the Biden administration’s argument that emergency room doctors should be required to perform abortions under federal medical law. The legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) said on Tuesday that the U.S. Court…

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