Tag: Catholic
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New Maori Queen in New Zealand is Catholic
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Sep 7, 2024 / 08:00 am The Maori people, the Indigenous population of mainland New Zealand, have crowned a new queen after the death of their king — and she’s Catholic. King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII died on Aug. 30 at the age of 69. His death came…
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Catholic leaders to attend ‘groundbreaking’ forum on nuclear weapons in New Mexico
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Aug 20, 2024 / 06:00 am Catholic organizations at the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of New Mexico (UNM) are banding together to host a forum with policymakers and leading voices on nuclear disarmament and deterrence. The “Forum on Nuclear Strategy: Disarmament and Deterrence in a Dangerous…
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‘Courage’ a Catholic ministry for those with same-sex attraction, offers healing and support
By Kate Quiñones CNA Staff, Aug 17, 2024 / 08:30 am A recent conference in Illinois gathered hundreds of Catholics together from across the U.S. who are striving to grow in holiness while struggling with the same challenge — same-sex attraction. The organization Courage International, which offers pastoral support for men and women who experience…
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Catholic worship leader Sarah Kroger: Music should challenge and change us
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Aug 13, 2024 / 06:00 am When 50,000 Catholics recently gathered in Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress, one of the powerful voices leading the praise and worship music was Sarah Kroger, a 37-year-old Nashville-based Catholic singer-songwriter and worship leader with numerous albums under her belt, her most recent…
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Catholic artist Tim Schmalz brings Scripture to life with sculpture
By Martin Barillas Ann Arbor, Michigan, Aug 12, 2024 / 07:00 am Catholic sculptor Tim Schmalz said that while Renaissance artists produced masterworks to depict the Catholic faith almost photographically, his work seeks to “go behind the scenes” and bring to life perennial truths. A Canadian whose works are found in many countries, Schmalz, 52,…
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How a Supreme Court ruling on bankruptcy could affect Catholic abuse lawsuits
By Daniel Payne CNA Staff, Aug 7, 2024 / 06:00 am A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on bankruptcy law will “absolutely” have a significant effect on U.S. Church abuse lawsuits, one legal expert says, with the highest court potentially opening up individual Catholic parishes and schools to legal action. In its June 27 decision…
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Catholic charities unite to meet prisoner hospice needs
By Anna Farrow Toronto, Canada, Aug 1, 2024 / 17:16 pm In response to the concerns for the rising numbers of incarcerated Canadians asking to end their lives by medical assistance in dying (MAID), Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto has brought together two organizations that serve the marginalized of society in a unique…
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Catholic archbishop prays for ‘peace, healing, and justice’ after UK stabbing attack
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 31, 2024 / 17:02 pm Archbishop Malcolm McMahon of the Archdiocese of Liverpool urged Catholics to join him in prayer for the victims of a stabbing attack at a children’s dance class in Southport, England, which left three young girls dead and nearly a dozen people injured. “For…