A group of Catholic bishops issues statement condemning bullying of LGBTQ youth
The signers also directed part of their comments directly to LGBTQ people, saying, ‘know that God created you, God loves you and God is on your side.’ Photo by Mercedes Mehling/Unsplash/Creative Commons
January 25, 2021
(RNS) A group of U.S. Catholic bishops has released a statement condemning the bullying of LGBTQ youth, insisting “all people of goodwill should help, support, and defend” them.
“As we see in the Gospels, Jesus Christ taught love, mercy and welcome for all people, especially for those who felt persecuted or marginalized in any way,” read the statement, which was released Monday (Jan. 25) in cooperation with the Tyler Clementi Foundation, a group that works to combat the bullying of LGBTQ people.
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image captionSister Elizabeth Prout opened schools for children in poverty and homes for destitute women
A Victorian nun is a step closer to being the first modern female English saint not killed for her faith after Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue .
Elizabeth Prout, known as the Mother Teresa of Manchester , was declared venerable at the Vatican on Thursday.
The announcement leaves her two steps away from canonisation.
The nun would be the first non-martyr English female saint since an 11th Century Anglo-Saxon princess.
Her new status comes in a year marking the bicentenary of the birth of Prout in Shrewsbury.
Today Joseph R. Biden will be sworn in as the second Roman Catholic president of the United States. It has been widely reported that President-elect Biden's Catholic faith has and continues to shape a.
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(CNS News) Three Republican and two Democratic members of the North Dakota legislature have introduced a bill that would require professional workers to report information about child abuse if they learn about it in their professional capacity, including clergy who learn about it in the confessional.
If a priest does not report information about child abuse learned in the confessional, he could be charged with a Class B misdemeanor and face 30 days in jail and a fine up to $1,500.
The bill was introduced by State Sen. Judy Lee (R), Sen. Curt Kreun (R), Sen. Kathy Hogan (D), Rep. Mike Brandenburg (R), and Rep. Mary Schneider (D).
A petition calling on a Catholic university to ban a pro-abortion student club recently garnered 35,000 signatures and will now be sent in to administrators.
Saint Louis University, a Catholic school in Missouri, is home to the pro-abortion student club If/When/How, which trains law students to advocate for pro-abortion legislation.
TFP Student Action, a group that works to “affirm the positive values of tradition, family and private property,” created the petition on its website in November. Director John Ritchie told The Fix that once the petition garners 35,000 signatures, it will be sent to Saint Louis University.
As of Sunday night, it reached its goal with over 35,000 signatures, and Ritchie confirmed it’s being shipped off to the school.