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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 until Lohse's ordination in St. Augustine Cathedral on July 25, according to the diocese.The Diocese of ...

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...

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).Editor's 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 second child."There was no doubt in my mind, I thought I was going to get an abortion," Banks ...

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 pope's fourth World Youth Day after taking part in the international Catholic gatherings in Panama, Poland, and Brazil.World ...

Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtue of Brazil's "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 Brazil's "Surfer Angel" Guido Schäffer in a decree issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on Saturday. Schäffer was a seminarian, a doctor, and a surfer who drowned while surfing in 2009...