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Rome, Italy, Jun 10, 2020 / 07:00 am (CNA).- Italian bishops have raised concerns over proposed legislation against "homophobia" in Italy, claiming changes to the law are unnecessary and have the potential to infringe on the civil liberties of those who oppose same-sex unions. A statement from the administration of the Italian bishops’ conference June 10… Read More »

Vatican City, Jun 10, 2020 / 06:15 am (CNA).- Pope Francis named Fr. Bruce Lewandowski as an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore Wednesday. The Redemptorist priest currently serves as pastor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Baltimore, Maryland.  Speaking to the Catholic Review, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, before his appointment was… Read More »

Vatican City, Jun 10, 2020 / 05:15 am (CNA).- Pope Francis appointed Wednesday Bishop Mitchell Rozanski to lead the Metropolitan Archdiocese of St. Louis. Rozanski, 61, is the current Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, where he has served since 2014. He succeeds Archbishop Robert Carlson, who presented his resignation to Pope Francis at the age of… Read More »

Rome, Italy, Jun 9, 2020 / 02:05 pm (CNA).- With police brutality in focus around the world, one priest says it is important to remember a policeman who might one day be declared a saint: Vice-Sergeant Salvo D'Acquisto, an Italian policeman who gave his life for those he had sworn to protect. During the Second… Read More »

Washington D.C., Jun 9, 2020 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- Federal health officials say they hope the resolution of a disability rights case will help ensure hospital patients are deprived of necessary support during treatment, or left to die alone. “We’ve heard too many heart-wrenching stories of people literally dying alone during this crisis,” Roger Severino,… Read More »

Xalapa, Mexico, Jun 9, 2020 / 01:49 pm (CNA).- The Xalapa Cathedral and the Expiatory Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Mexico’s Veracruz state were vandalized June 8 during a march protesting local police repression. According to La Silla Rota, the incident that sparked the demonstration was the death in police custody of… Read More »

CNA Staff, Jun 9, 2020 / 12:30 pm (CNA).- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that a “constitutionally dubious” double standard is being applied to religious communities and protestors during a Senate session on Tuesday.  “I have no criticism for the millions of Americans who peacefully demonstrated in recent days. Their cause is beyond righteous,”… Read More »

Rome Newsroom, Jun 9, 2020 / 10:00 am (CNA).- After an outbreak in the Little Missionary Sisters of Charity motherhouse in northern Italy led half of its sisters to test positive for COVID-19 and nine sisters to die, the last hospitalized sister has been released from the hospital. “At this moment the whole community has… Read More »

Denver Newsroom, Jun 8, 2020 / 01:50 pm (CNA).-   The White House said Sunday that Washington’s archbishop was invited to attend an event with President Donald Trump several days before it took place, amid media reports that the archbishop did not learn of the event until it was announced publicly the night before it… Read More »

CNA Staff, Jun 8, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- A Christian pastor and his pregnant wife were killed on their farm in northeastern Nigeria last week, the latest victims in a series of abductions and killings of Christians in the country. Gunmen shot dead Pastor Emmanuel Saba Bileya and his wife, Julianna, on their farm… Read More »