Washington D.C., Oct 11, 2019 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- When the Senate returns for business on Oct. 15, it will have little more than a month to pass legislation funding the government—and pro-lifers are concerned that attempts to circumvent protections against taxpayer funding of abortion could be successful. Shortly before the Senate left for the… Read More »
Sole private abortion clinic in New Brunswick to close
Fredericton, Canada, Oct 11, 2019 / 02:16 pm (CNA).- Clinic 554, the only private abortion clinic in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, is closing because of financial instability, its director announced Thursday. The Fredericton clinic is a family practice that, according to its website, believes “patients have a right to self-affirming services. We are… Read More »
Cardinal Newman’s time in Rome
Rome, Italy, Oct 11, 2019 / 01:12 pm (CNA).- Cardinal John Henry Newman, who will be canonized Oct. 13, is more often associated with Birmingham than Rome, but his four visits to the Eternal City mark significant moments in the life of this soon-to-be saint. An exhibit hosted by the Venerable English College and the… Read More »
Tax churches that oppose gay marriage, Democratic candidate says
Washington D.C., Oct 11, 2019 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- A Democratic candidate for president has said religious institutions should be stripped of their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage. On Thursday night, during and Equality Townhall hosted and broadcast on CNN, Robert Francis O’Rourke, a former congressman, was asked by CNN anchor Don Lemon… Read More »
‘Useless to pretend’: Vatican official dismisses German ‘binding synodal path’
Vatican City, Oct 11, 2019 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- A senior legal official in the Vatican has dismissed the idea that a planned “synodal process” in Germany will be “binding,” noting that bishops must exercise their authority in unity and obedience to the authority of the pope. Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa, secretary of the… Read More »
Legal group warns about sex-selective abortion on Day of the Girl Child
New Delhi, India, Oct 11, 2019 / 10:13 am (CNA).- On the International Day of the Girl Child, a legal advocacy group in India is drawing attention to the problem of sex-selective abortion and calling for efforts to end the practice. “In our country, 7,000 babies are aborted every day for one reason: they are… Read More »
Brooklyn’s Bishop DiMarzio begins visitation of scandal-hit Buffalo diocese
Buffalo, N.Y., Oct 10, 2019 / 01:20 pm (CNA).- Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn has begun his apostolic visitation of the scandal-hit Diocese of Buffalo. A statement released by the Diocese of Brooklyn Thursday said that DiMarzio had traveled to the diocese of Bishop Richard Malone and interviewed more than 30 people earlier this week.… Read More »
A day in the park for L.A.'s foster families
Los Angeles, Calif., Oct 10, 2019 / 01:01 pm (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is hosting a day in the park to not only celebrate foster families throughout the archdiocese but to get to know these "heroes,” who are often unknown among the Catholic community. “To be a foster parent is really to be… Read More »
Amazon spirituality events organized by network of Latin American and European groups
Vatican City, Oct 10, 2019 / 11:50 am (CNA).- A network of organizations has collaborated to promote gatherings devoted to the spirituality and culture of indigenous Amazonian people. The events are taking place in Rome in conjunction with the Vatican’s Amazon synod this month. “Amazonia: Casa Comun,” is an initiative promoting more than 115 events… Read More »
The Church has fought infanticide, Amazon synod bishops say
Vatican City, Oct 10, 2019 / 11:10 am (CNA).- Bishop Wilmar Santin of Itabituba, Brazil said Thursday that the Church has worked to eradicate the practice of tribal infanticide in the Amazon, and compared the practice to the moral evil of abortion. The bishop said that the Munduruku tribe, resident in his Amazon River basin… Read More »
