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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 administrator of the formation house in La Paz. According to the complainant, Murillo allegedly pressur...

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 state's child abuse laws to ensure they apply to parents who won't 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 state's child abuse laws. The commission is an official state agency that provides recommendations to lawmakers. "With the significant rise in public transphobia across the state, the commission has serious concerns...

St. Peter's 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. Peter's 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 Catholic Church honoring Mary as Mother of God.St. Peter's Square was illuminated by candlelight th...

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 Ministry of the Interior (Migob) announced the "voluntary dissolution" of the university run by ...

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 team's LGBTQ+ Pride Night game on June 16 despite the drag group's mockery of the Catholic faith. &quo...