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Father Andrew Small, OMI. / Photo courtesy of Father Small.Rome Newsroom, Jun 1, 2023 / 08:30 am (CNA).The Vatican is looking into the transfer of $17 million from the U.S. arm of a Church mission to an investment fund, according to the Associated Press.AP reported May 31 that Pope Francis has asked aides to "get to the bottom of how" the money was transferred.The transfers date mostly to 2021, when the board of directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies U.S.A. (TPMS-US) approved mo...

Bishop Giovani Arana of El Alto, Bolivia. / Credit: CEBACI Prensa Staff, May 30, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).Bishop Giovani Arana of El Alto, secretary general of the Bolivian Bishops Conference, pointed out in his homily for Pentecost Sunday on May 28 that although the Church in the country has asked forgiveness of the victims and relatives of clerical sex abuse, he said, "we know that its not enough.""These weeks we have witnessed that abuse of minors has been committed within the Chu...

Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peters Square on May 31, 2023. / Adi Zace/EWTNVatican City, May 31, 2023 / 05:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis dedicated his entire general audience on Wednesday to sharing the life of Venerable Matteo Ricci, a 16th-century Jesuit missionary in China.The pope, who has mentioned China at every Wednesday general audience in the past three weeks, praised Riccis "missionary spirit" in witnessing to the Gospel in the heart of the Imperial city of Beijing.&...

Pope Francis at his general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 17, 2023. / Vatican MediaDenver, Colo., May 31, 2023 / 11:45 am (CNA).Pope Francis prayer intention for the month of June is for the abolition of torture. "Torture is not past history. Unfortunately, its part of our history today," Pope Francis said in a video released May 30."How is it possible that the human capacity for cruelty is so huge?" he questioned. "There are extremely violent form...

Religious sisters of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, sing as the process with the body of their late foundress, Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, on May 29, 2023, at their abbey near Gower, Missouri. The sisters exhumed the nun's body on May 18 and discovered that it was apparently intact, four years after her death and burial in a simple wooden coffin. / Joe Bukuras/CNAGower, Missouri, May 29, 2023 / 20:02 pm (CNA).The body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, an African American nun wh...

Father Matthias Opara was freed May 28, 2023, after spending three days in captivity in Nigerias Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri. / Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of OwerriACI Africa, May 30, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA).Father Matthias Opara, a Nigerian Catholic priest who was abducted on May 26 while returning from a funeral, has been released.The parish priest of Holy Ghost Obosima Catholic Parish of Owerri Archdiocese in Nigeria regained his freedom on Pentecost Sunday, May 28, the chancellor of the N...

Pope Francis meets with young cancer patients from Poland at the Vatican on May 29, 2023. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, May 30, 2023 / 11:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis welcomed pediatric cancer patients from Poland to the Vatican on Monday, telling them "Jesus is always close to you."Children being treated at the Wroclaw Oncology Clinic and their families prayed a Hail Mary together with the pope, who greeted each child individually and gave them rosaries.Pope Francis meets with you...

Thousands of pilgrims have lined up at the Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus in Gower, Missouri, to view the remains of Sr. Wilhelmina Lancaster. / nullWashington, D.C. Newsroom, May 28, 2023 / 14:05 pm (CNA).Thousands of pilgrims are descending on a Benedictine abbey outside rural Gower, Missouri, this Memorial Day weekend to view the surprisingly well-preserved body of its African American foundress, Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who died in 2019.On Sunday, the feast of Pentecost, an average of 200 ...

Pope Francis during his general audience in Paul VI Hall on January 26, 2022. / Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, May 29, 2023 / 04:30 am (CNA).Attention #CatholicTwitter and keyboard warriors, the Vatican has released recommendations for how to better "love your neighbor" on social media. The 20-page text, "Towards Full Presence: A Pastoral Reflection on Engagement with Social Media" published on May 29 addresses the challenges Christians face in using social media.Topics cover...

Father Emil Kapaun celebrating Mass using the hood of a jeep as his altar, Oct. 7, 1950. Public domain. / nullDenver, Colo., May 29, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).After several years in the making, the United States Post Office in Herington, Kansas, will be changing its name to the Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building on May 30. This endeavor was first introduced in 2021 through a bill written by U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann, who wished to honor the life of the great Kansan and American hero."Fathe...