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CNA Staff, Jul 23, 2020 / 02:16 pm (CNA).- The statue of Christopher Columbus outside of Worcester's Union Station will remain, the city council decided Tuesday, citing the need to respect the local Italian community despite a spate of vandal attacks on statutes of historic figures and a wave of critical commentary on American monuments.… Read More »

CNA Staff, Jul 23, 2020 / 12:30 pm (CNA).- Leading U.S. bishops have released a joint statement on Wednesday, July 22, responding to the recent spate of vandalism against Catholic churches across the United States. “In the last few weeks, we have witnessed, among other things, one church rammed with a car and set on… Read More »

CNA Staff, Jul 23, 2020 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- An Evangelical Christian minister who runs a wedding business in Cleveland has filed a lawsuit challenging a county ordinance she says would require her to officiate same-sex weddings. Kristi Stokes, the owner of Covenant Weddings, filed the lawsuit on Wednesday against a Cuyahoga County anti-discrimination law;… Read More »

Rome Newsroom, Jul 23, 2020 / 10:30 am (CNA).- A Catholic bishop has deplored the world’s indifference to escalating extremist violence in northern Mozambique, where multiple churches have been burnt, people beheaded, young girls kidnapped, and hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the violence. Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa of Mozambique’s Pemba diocese has been… Read More »

Vatican City, Jul 23, 2020 / 08:56 am (CNA).- A print book which includes Pope Francis’ homilies during the coronavirus lockdown in Italy has been published by the Vatican. “Strong in the Face of Tribulation: The Church in Communion – A Sure Support in Time of Trial,” collects Pope Francis’ homilies, prayers, and other messages… Read More »

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 22, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- China is using advanced technology to monitor both public and private religious gatherings, witnesses told a federal hearing on Wednesday. “As low-cost processors, sensors, and cameras have proliferated, the extent of religious life that the CCP can surveil has expanded dramatically,” said Chris Meserole, deputy… Read More »

Rome Newsroom, Jul 22, 2020 / 09:15 am (CNA).- More than 48,000 people have signed an online petition asking the Brazilian bishops to open a beatification cause for the most recent bishop to die from the coronavirus. Bishop Henrique Soares da Costa of Palmares, Brazil, died of COVID-19 on July 18, at the age of… Read More »

Rome Newsroom, Jul 22, 2020 / 08:30 am (CNA).- A Spanish teenager with an intellectual disability received an encouraging letter from Pope Francis after walking the Camino de Santiago this month. Álvaro Calvente, 15, walked the traditional pilgrimage route with his father and a family friend. They carried prayer intentions with them and documented the… Read More »

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 22, 2020 / 07:30 am (CNA).- Part 1 of a three part series examining the situation of the Church in China. In recent weeks, China has become the focus of international attention and opprobrium, first for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and, more recently, for its treatment of Uyghurs in… Read More »

CNA Staff, Jul 22, 2020 / 07:00 am (CNA).- A cardinal praised European Union leaders Tuesday for showing solidarity with pandemic-hit member states after they reached agreement on a coronavirus recovery fund.  Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., the archbishop of Luxembourg, told Vatican News July 21 that the EU’s 27 member states had “chosen solidarity.” “I am… Read More »