Bishop exhorts Catholics to ‘build a better Europe’ in EU elections on Sunday — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Mariano Crociata meets with Pope Francis on March 23, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 7, 2024 / 14:45 pm (CNA). The president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), Bishop Mariano Crociata, encouraged all European citizens, and especially Catholics, to participate in the elections for…

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UK Catholic bishop urges Catholics to consider end-of-life issues before general election — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury, England. / Credit: Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk London, England, Jun 7, 2024 / 13:27 pm (CNA). A Catholic bishop in England has urged Catholics to make assisted suicide and euthanasia a major consideration before they vote in the forthcoming general election.  Following the announcement on May 22 that there would be a general…

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Doctors urge U.S. medical groups to ‘immediately stop’ transgender treatments on children — By: Catholic News Agency

Jill Simons, the executive director of the American College of Pediatricians (left) and Catholic Medical Association Executive Director Mario Dickerson (center) talk with “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on June 6, 2024. / Credit: “EWTN News Nightly”/YouTube CNA Staff, Jun 7, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Top medical groups and physicians have signed a…

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Vatican official: Hundreds of millions of Christians ‘face high levels of persecution’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican secretary for relations with states. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 7, 2024 / 11:47 am (CNA). “More than 365 million Christians, approximately 1 in 7, face high levels of persecution for their faith,” Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Vatican secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations, said…

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