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Archbishop Paul S. Coakley. / null CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA). A state board in Oklahoma this week narrowly recommended clemency for a man convicted of a double murder more than 20 years ago, a decision that Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City urged the state governor to accept. Coakley thanked…
null / Credit: Hostage and Missing Families Forum CNA Staff, Nov 10, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The mother of a hostage held by the Palestinian terror group Hamas has expressed thanks to Pope Francis for his efforts to free the hundreds of innocent people who were abducted from Israel on Oct. 7. In a…
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Happy Friday, friends, Before we get started: JD and I will be in Baltimore for the USCCB meeting next week and hosting a live taping of The Pillar Podcast at Todd Conner’s bar, Wednesday, Nov. 15, starting at 7 p.m — brought to you by the University of Dallas. If you are in the neighborhood,…
WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) – A new report is attempting to focus public attention on the extreme level of persecution Christians are undergoing throughout the world. International Christian Concern, headquartered in Washington, D.C., published its new report this month detailing the suffering of hundreds of millions of Christians in the most heavily persecuted countries in the world. “Religious persecution is…
VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) – Acting under Pope Francis’ direction in 2015, the Vatican’s doctrine watchdog ruled against transsexuals serving as godparents for baptisms, stating that people who identify as transgender “cannot be admitted to the position of either godmother or godfather.” Alex Salinas Catholic LGBT activists are hailing the latest decree published Wednesday by the same Dicastery for…
The Vatican Museums. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Nov 10, 2023 / 09:23 am (CNA). The Vatican Museums have announced a series of novelties beginning both this month and after the new year, in anticipation of the 2025 Jubilee Year. Beginning Nov. 17, the Vatican Museums will open an additional entrance every Friday and…
Editor’s note: what follows is the official English text from His Eminence. Original address delivered in Italian here: Presentation of “Credo: Compendium of the Catholic Faith” Robert Cardinal Sarah, Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Rome, Thursday, 26 October 2023 Firstly, I would like to thank…
[“Last Judgment,” Michelangelo, 1536-1541] Why is it that only in the last few years, after decades of a long drought, has the Church actually started to train exorcists? When I started in this ministry years ago, there were only a handful of exorcists and no formal training. Even now, despite the Holy See’s request that…
