Archive for May 23, 2023

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.?w=200&h=150

By Shannon Mullen

LA Dodgers reverse course, will honor anti-Catholic drag group at Pride Night game

“A full apology and explanation was given to us by the Dodgers staff which we accept,” the Sisters of Perpetual... Read more

Bishop-elect Edward M. Lohse, 61, will be installed in the Diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan, on July 25, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis appoints Pennsylvania priest to lead Diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan

The Diocese of Kalamazoo, which comprises nine counties in southwest Michigan, has 59 parishes, 21 Catholic schools, and almost 80,000... Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones

Survey: Fewer Americans confident about God’s existence, but many still pray

Only about half of Americans now say they are certain that God exists, but many Americans say they still pray... Read more

Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, Ill., mother church of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Credit: Edlane De Mattos/Shutterstock.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold,Kevin J. Jones

Illinois AG report says nearly 2,000 were victims of clergy sex abuse over 70-year span

The report released May 23 covers allegations from 1950 through 2019 within Illinois’ six Catholic dioceses. Read more

United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch poses for an official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on Oct. 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch blasts COVID lockdowns, closing of churches

Justice Neil Gorsuch called the COVID-19 emergency orders possibly “the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of... Read more

Ashley Banks and her son Jakori (left) and Janyla (right) at MiraVia on Dec. 12, 2019.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

MiraVia maternity home brings hope and life to pregnant students in North Carolina

The MiraVia maternity home on the campus of Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina has helped more 60 pregnant and... Read more

Nicole and Austin LeBlanc, a Catholic couple in Michigan, who welcomed their baby girls and will lay them to rest.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Conjoined twins born, baptized, and confirmed before passing

Nicole and Austin LeBlanc, a Catholic couple from Michigan, chose to give their baby girls life and to share their... Read more

A member of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence at a 2019 event in San Francisco.?w=200&h=150

By Shannon Mullen

LA Archdiocese: Dodgers’ decision to honor drag queen nuns disparages real religious sisters

The archdiocese called for “all Catholics and people of goodwill to stand against bigotry and hate in any form.”  Read more

Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez at a press conference on May 21, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By David Ramos

80-year-old man tries to kill archbishop after Mass in cathedral in Mexico

An 80-year-old man wielding a knife tried to kill Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz of Durango, Mexico, on May 21. Read more

Shellyne Rodriguez vandalized a pro-life display on May 2 that was sponsored by Students for Life of America.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

UPDATE: NYC professor who vandalized student pro-life display is fired

A professor at Hunter College in New York City had vandalized a pro-life display on May 2 that was sponsored... Read more

Vatican's top abuse investigator Maltese archbishop Charles Scicluna (right) and fellow papal envoy Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu give a press conference at the Apostolic Nunciature in Santiago, Chile, on June 19, 2018.?w=200&h=150

By Abel Camasca

Vatican expert to go to Bolivia to examine the progress being made in sex abuse prevention

Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith previously investigated sexual abuse in the Church... Read more