Antisemitic incidents in U.S. up by more than 350% since start of Israel-Hamas war — By: Catholic News Agency

Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus on Nov. 15, 2023, in New York City. The university suspended two student organizations, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voices for Peace, for violating university policies. / Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images CNA Staff, Jan…

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Pope Francis calls for greater dialogue and cooperation between Christians, Marxists — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis meets with representatives of DIALOP, Transversal Dialogue Project, an association of European leftist politicians and academics that seeks to bridge Catholic social teaching and Marxist theory, on Jan. 10, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 12, 2024 / 10:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis this week called for cooperation between…

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French bishops back Fiducia Supplicans and say it’s ‘an encouragement’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Eric Moulins-Beaufort, president of the French Bishops’ Conference. / Credit: Bishopric of Reims and the Ardennes ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 11, 2024 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The Permanent Council of the French Bishops’ Conference has expressed its support for the Fiducia Supplicans declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on pastoral…

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African bishops: ‘No blessing for homosexual couples in the African Churches’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). / Credit: François-Régis Salefran, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 11, 2024 / 14:25 pm (CNA). In response to new Vatican guidelines permitting nonliturgical pastoral blessings of homosexual couples, the bishops of Africa issued a united…

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