Harrison Butker supported by Kansas City bishop, prominent Catholics amid speech backlash — By: Catholic News Agency

Kansas City Chiefs’ placekicker Harrison Butker speaks to college graduates in his commencement address at Benedictine College on Saturday, May 11, 2024. / Credit: Benedictine College CNA Staff, May 16, 2024 / 18:37 pm (CNA). Prominent Catholics are voicing their support for Kansas City Chiefs’ kicker Harrison Butker after he delivered a commencement address to graduating students…

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Pope Francis says conservative critics have a ‘suicidal attitude’ — By: Catholic News Agency

In an interview with 60 Minutes’ Norah O’Donnell, airing this Sunday, Pope Francis took aim at his “conservative critics” in the United States. / Credit: CBS News/Adam Verdugo CNA Staff, May 16, 2024 / 16:58 pm (CNA). In an interview with “60 Minutes” airing this Sunday, Pope Francis takes aim at his “conservative critics” in the United…

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Pope Francis: Young people ‘can break the chains of antagonism’ between Catholics, Orthodox — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis converses with Metropolitan Agathangelos, director general of the Apostolikí Diakonía of the Greek Orthodox Church, at the Vatican on May 16, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, May 16, 2024 / 16:18 pm (CNA). Pope Francis has placed in young people his hope that Catholics and Orthodox may be “united in…

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Thomas Aquinas College goes off the grid with green power plan — By: Catholic News Agency

Mark Kretschmer, vice president for operations at Thomas Aquinas College (TAC), pictured with Thomas Kaiser, a biologist and researcher, and Lawerence Youngblood, an electrical engineer and director of Brompton Energy. / Credit: Thomas Aquinas College CNA Staff, May 16, 2024 / 15:24 pm (CNA). A sequestered Catholic college in the foothills of California launched an…

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