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Galway Bishop Michael Duignan said in a statement on Friday that the news of the stabbing of a Catholic chaplain was “deeply shocking and upsetting.” / Credit: Olliebailie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Aug 16, 2024 / 14:50 pm (CNA). Military authorities in Ireland are investigating the stabbing of a Catholic chaplain…

null / Credit: JHVEPhoto|Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 16, 2024 / 14:20 pm (CNA). The treasurer of Louisiana is calling for Bank of America to be blocked from handling state government deposits due to reports that the institution is “deliberately denying banking services” to religious customers.  The bank, meanwhile, is sharply disputing what it calls “factually…

On the Vatican website, the Holy See’s communications department used a picture of a Rupnik mosaic of the dormition of Mary at the top of an article for the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary on Aug. 15, 2024. / Credit: Screenshot from Vatican News Rome Newsroom, Aug 16, 2024 / 13:32 pm (CNA). Despite…

St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Dunedin, New Zealand. / Credit: James Dignan via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) CNA Newsroom, Aug 16, 2024 / 12:12 pm (CNA). An independent assessment of Catholic safeguarding protocols in New Zealand has highlighted significant progress in many areas while also pointing to the need for further improvements, according to a report released…

null / Credit: Vinokurov Kirill/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Aug 16, 2024 / 10:57 am (CNA). A New Jersey diocese and five immigrant priests are suing the U.S. Department of State over a federal rule they say will soon force the priests to leave the United States for want of immigrant visas.  The priests from the Diocese…