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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 3, 2020 / 02:10 pm (CNA).- Attorneys representing the Diocese of Madison sent a letter to Dane County and City of Madison officials on Wednesday, June 3, notifying officials they will file suit if parishes in the diocese are not permitted to operate at the same capacity as retail outlets.  Under… Read More »

CNA Staff, Jun 3, 2020 / 01:31 pm (CNA).- The president of the German bishops' conference has called for a synod in Rome that would discuss resolutions of the German "synodal process" at the level of the universal Church. "What arises synodally must also be clarified and answered synodally," Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg said,… Read More »

CNA Staff, Jun 3, 2020 / 10:30 am (CNA).- A bishop has urged the U.K. Government to defend “fundamental freedoms” in Hong Kong after the Chinese parliament approved a controversial security law for the city. According to a June 1 press release, Bishop Declan Lang challenged the U.K. to fulfill its responsibilities to Hong Kong… Read More »

Vatican City, Jun 3, 2020 / 09:30 am (CNA).- The Vatican Museums are offering free entry to medical workers in appreciation for their work on the front line of Italy’s coronavirus outbreak. Doctors, nurses, and all other staff members of Italy’s public and private health facilities will have free entry to the museums on June 8-13. … Read More »

Vatican City, Jun 3, 2020 / 08:10 am (CNA).- Cardinal Peter Turkson on Wednesday decried the existence of racism around the world, urging people to seek justice and fraternity, and to forgive those who have hurt them or others. Speaking to Vatican News June 3, the Ghanaian cardinal said racism was a widespread social phenomenon,… Read More »

Washington D.C., Jun 2, 2020 / 01:55 pm (CNA).- President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order “to advance international religious freedom,” after he visited the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. The order calls religious freedom “a moral and national security imperative” and declares it “a foreign policy priority of… Read More »

CNA Staff, Jun 2, 2020 / 01:38 pm (CNA).- A La Salle brother and educator has been given an award in recognition of his defense of human rights amid religious repression in the Philippines. Amnesty International Philippines announced May 28 that the Ignite Award for Most Distinguished Human Rights Defender would go to Brother Armin… Read More »

Washington D.C., Jun 2, 2020 / 10:10 am (CNA).- Amid burgeoning conflict regarding the president’s response to riots across the country, President Donald Trump visited the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday morning. While a shrine spokesman said the visit was initially planned as the signing of an international religious… Read More »

Rome Newsroom, Jun 2, 2020 / 09:15 am (CNA).- Bishops in Northern Ireland have strongly backed a call by a campaigner with Down syndrome to reject a law permitting abortion up to birth on grounds of disability.  The bishops spoke out ahead of a June 2 debate on the law which was imposed by authorities… Read More »