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Pope Francis on the morning of June 7, 2023 shortly before heading to the hospital for abdominal surgery greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter's Square. / Daniel Ibanez/CNARome Newsroom, Jun 7, 2023 / 10:15 am (CNA).Pope Francis' audiences have been canceled until June 18, an Italian Catholic diocese said Wednesday, citing the Prefecture of the Papal Household.The communications office of the Diocese of Teramo-Atri sent a press release June 7 expressing the bishop's closeness to Francis after the pope was hospitalized to undergo abdominal surgery Wednesday afternoon.Accordi...

Null / ShutterstockWashington D.C., Jun 5, 2023 / 16:50 pm (CNA).The state of Oklahoma approved the country's first-ever religious charter school on Monday. The move will allow public funds to pay the tuition of children attending an online Catholic school run by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa.The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted 3-2 to approve St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in a three-hour-long meeting. The "yes" votes included a new member who was appointed by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt on Friday. In a statement, the governor ...

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento, California. / Credit: Randy Miramontez/ShutterstockBoston, Mass., Jun 5, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).California's governor and attorney general are accusing the state of Florida of "kidnapping" a group of 16 South American migrants in Texas, flying them to Sacramento, and dropping them off in front of the Diocese of Sacramento's headquarters.California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the migrants were brought by private plane and had "no prior arrangement in place."The news comes amid a heated national debate over border security ...

Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas. / Credit: CBS News Texas/YouTubeWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 5, 2023 / 15:30 pm (CNA).Carmelite nuns of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, filed new theft and defamation charges Friday against Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth.The nuns' new charges were filed in a district court for Tarrant County, Texas, the day after Olson dismissed the monastery's prioress, Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach, from religious life on the grounds that she had a sexual affair with an unnamed priest.In a Thursday decree, Olson ...

The tower of Purísima Concepción Church in Lari, Peru, collapsed following earthquakes in May 2023. / Credit: Municipality of CayllomaACI Prensa Staff, Jun 5, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).A tower at a church in southern Peru has collapsed due to a series of earthquakes there in recent days.According to RPP Noticias, the tower, which had already suffered damage from an earthquake in 2016, is located at Purísima Concepción (Most Pure Conception) Church in the Colca Valley in the Lari district of Caylloma province in the Arequipa region.The foundation of the church and 12 other churches are at risk ...