Alma Recinas
This 41-year-old man has
been a Catholic priest for a few weeks now. He was ordained at St.
Hedwig’s Cathedral in Berlin by Archbishop Heiner Koch. This makes him a
true exception in Germany: apparently, there are no other Catholic
priests in the entire country with a similar background.
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Gian Franco Mammì will conclude his term upon reaching the mandatory retirement age
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Less than one year after
their historic meeting during the State Visit to the Holy See, Catholic
Sisters met again with Her Majesty The Queen Camilla at Clarence House
to share the impact of their global work, particularly in support of
vulnerable women and girls.
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Crude spiritualists
engage in offensive behavior by posting videos on Instagram filmed
inside Catholic churches, claiming to detect «spirits» and even using a
pendulum to, according to them, measure «energies» at the site where the
Virgin Mary appeared.
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Two male students are
suing the state of New Hampshire over its law that protects women’s
sports. The ACLU has added two executive orders protecting girls and
children from gender ideology, signed by President Donald Trump, to the
lawsuit, making it the first legal challenge against the executive
orders.
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Right to Life of Michigan
and Pregnancy Resource Center Grand Rapids are suing Michigan after it
amended its employment law to redefine “sex” discrimination to include
“the termination of a pregnancy,” forcing the pro-life organizations to
hire employees who don’t agree with their mission.
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The underlying dispute
also touches on a perennial problem in Church governance: reform can be
necessary and still generate resistance. A bishop seeking to impose
greater transparency may encounter suspicion from those who fear
excessive centralization
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On July 14, Zuppi, the
Archbishop of Bologna and president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference,
began a four-day visit to Ukraine by travelling to Zakhid-1, a detention
facility in the Lviv region, accompanied by the Apostolic Nuncio,
Visvaldas Kulbokas, and Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See, Andrii
Yurash
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The website features the
liturgical texts and various pastoral ideas to enrich the eucharistic
celebrations, while also providing formation resources to understand the
importance of this ecumenical observance and the practicalities about
how to celebrate the new Mass.
John Pontifex
Reacting to the court’s
ruling, Bishop Shukardin, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference
of Pakistan, said: «Shahzad and his wife, Shama, who was pregnant, were
thrown into the fire alive. In the end, what is the result of all these
efforts towards justice?
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The index places Arkansas
63 percentage points above New York, which ranked last with a score of
26 percent. New York returned to the bottom position for the first time
since 2022, replacing West Virginia.
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The renewed op.org
is not only a website but a service to communion and mission. It helps
the Order speak with greater clarity, share its resources more
generously, promote vocations more effectively, and make visible the
many ways Dominicans continue to preach the Truth for the salvation of
souls.