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Shellyne Rodriguez vandalized a pro-life display on May 2 that was sponsored by Students for Life of America. / YouTube/Students For Life May 18, 2023, YouTube/Whitney Museum of American Art Feb 28, 2018Boston, Mass., May 23, 2023 / 14:29 pm (CNA).A professor at Hunter College in New York City who vandalized a pro-life display on May 2 that was sponsored by Students for Life of America has been fired.The new development comes the same day that the New York Post reported that the same professor, ...

Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, Ill., mother church of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Credit: Edlane De Mattos/Shutterstock. / nullCNA Newsroom, May 23, 2023 / 15:27 pm (CNA).A report published by the Illinois attorney generals office alleges that 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers sexually abused 1,997 victims within the states Catholic dioceses over a 70-year period. The report, published May 23, unveils a comprehensive list of "substantiated child sex abuse" allegati...

Null / Credit: Pixabay (Public Domain)ACI Prensa Staff, May 22, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).In the midst of allegations of sexual abuse against Jesuit priests in Bolivia, a Carmelite priest was arrested recently by the authorities, and accusations against another Carmelite and a Franciscan have come to light.In a statement to the Bolivian newspaper Página Siete, a former seminarian of the Carmelite order reported in 2014 that he was sexually abused by Father Milton Murillo when the priest was the adm...

Null / Todd Ruth on Unsplash.Washington D.C., May 22, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).A Massachusetts government agency is asking lawmakers to review the states child abuse laws to ensure they apply to parents who wont let their children transition from one gender to another.The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth cited a purported rise in transphobia as a reason to amend the states child abuse laws. The commission is an official state agency that provides recommendations to lawmakers. "With...

St. Peters Square was illuminated by candlelight the night of Saturday, May 20, 2023, as pilgrims prayed the rosary in a procession in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNARome Newsroom, May 22, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA).St. Peters Square was illuminated by candlelight Saturday night as pilgrims prayed the rosary in a procession in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.The rosary procession was part of a Vatican initiative for the month of May, a special time of devotion in the C...

Null / Credit: Pixabay / Public domainACI Prensa Staff, May 22, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).Nicaraguan Catholics living in exile dedicated to the defense of human rights charged that the supposed "voluntary dissolution" of Immaculate Conception Catholic University, which trained seminarians in Managua, is "one more hostile action" of the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, against the Catholic Church.On May 18, the Nicaraguan Minist...

A member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence marches with LGBTQ+ activists during the Los Angeles LGBT Center's "Drag March LA: The March on Santa Monica Boulevard," in West Hollywood, California, on Easter Sunday April 9, 2023. / Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 23, 2023 / 00:01 am (CNA).Catholic leaders reacted with disgust Monday night after the Los Angeles Dodgers re-invited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to be an honoree at the teams L...

Bishop-elect Edward M. Lohse, 61, will be installed in the Diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan, on July 25, 2023. / Diocese of KalamazooRome Newsroom, May 23, 2023 / 04:50 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Erie, Pennsylvania priest Monsignor Edward M. Lohse to lead the Diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan.Lohse, 61, succeeds Bishop Paul J. Bradley, 77, whose resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on May 23.Bradley will continue to serve as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Kalamazoo unti...

Null / Credit: Pixabay (Public Domain)ACI Prensa Staff, May 22, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA).In the midst of allegations of sexual abuse against Jesuit priests in Bolivia, a Carmelite priest was arrested recently by the authorities, and accusations against another Carmelite and a Franciscan have come to light.In a statement to the Bolivian newspaper Página Siete, a former seminarian of the Carmelite order reported in 2014 that he was sexually abused by Father Milton Murillo when the priest was the adm...

Ashley Banks and her son Jakori (left) and Janyla (right) at MiraVia on Dec. 12, 2019. / Courtesy of MiraViaWashington D.C., May 23, 2023 / 13:34 pm (CNA).Editors note: This story is part of a series of reports by EWTN News detailing what U.S. Catholic colleges and universities do to support young mothers and students facing unexpected pregnancies. To see the full series, click here.In 2019, Ashley Banks, from Hickory, North Carolina, was in her early 20s, destitute, and expecting her secon...