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Judges in Vatican City announced this month that they expect to deliver a verdict in the sprawling financial crimes trial by the middle of December.  Chief Judge Giuseppe Pignatone said during a hearing this month that the case’s panel of judges expects to rule on the case on or around December 16.  Vatican City judge…

Hey everybody, Happy Thanksgiving. And more to the point, at least for today, blessed feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. “The presentation of Mary,” Titian, 16th century. Public domain. The feast of the Presentation of Mary commemorates an ancient Christian tradition, which holds that when she was just a few years old,…

Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2023 / 11:04 am (CNA). Oklahoma this month filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) claiming the Biden administration suspended “millions of dollars” in federal funding over the state’s refusal to provide referrals for abortion in family planning services.  The state said in the…

Bishop François Touvet of Châlons (right) will serve alongside the current bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, 71-year-old Dominique Rey, and will automatically succeed him upon his resignation at age 75, Pope Francis announced Nov. 21, 2023. / Credit: Claude Truong-Ngoc via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) and G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Nov 21,…

Bishop Georges Colomb of La Rochelle and Saintes was reportedly charged on Nov. 17, 2023, with attempted rape of an adult man in 2013. / Credit: Diocèse de La Rochelle et Saintes|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 4.0 CNA Staff, Nov 21, 2023 / 12:26 pm (CNA). A French bishop has been charged with the attempted rape of an…