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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...

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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...

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Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on June 17, 2015. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA.Rome Newsroom, May 22, 2023 / 04:40 am (CNA).The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis will travel to Lisbon, Portugal for World Youth Day this August with a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima.Pope Francis is set to participate in World Youth Day from Aug. 2 to 6 and is scheduled to visit Fatima on Aug. 5. The Lisbon trip will mark the 86-year-old popes fourth World Youth ...

Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtue of Brazils "Surfer Angel" Guido Schäffer in a decree issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on May 20, 2023. / Credit: Photo courtesty of guidoschaffer.com.brVatican City, May 22, 2023 / 11:15 am (CNA).The Catholic Church is one step closer to canonizing a surfing saint. Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtue of Brazils "Surfer Angel" Guido Schäffer in a decree issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on S...

Pope Francis delivers his Regina Caeli address on May 21, 2023. / Vatican MediaVatican City, May 21, 2023 / 06:40 am (CNA).One week after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Francis urged that "we must not get used to war" as he prayed for peace in Ukraine and Sudan.In his Regina Caeli address on May 21, the pope entreated people to "continue to stand by the battered people of Ukraine" more than one year after Russias invasion.The day prior, Pope Franci...

Pope Francis at his general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 17, 2023. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, May 21, 2023 / 08:40 am (CNA).In a letter marking the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Pope Francis asserted that the mere possession of nuclear weapons creates "a climate of fear and suspicion" and offers "only an illusion of peace."The Vatican released a letter on May 20 that the pope wrote to Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama of Hiroshima assuring his prayers as "the G7...