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Maryland county bans Eucharist in church reopening order
This story is developing and has been updated.
An executive order issued Tuesday in Maryland’s Howard County outlines public health rules under which churches may reopen. The order prohibits the distribution and consumption of any food or drink...
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome has an abundance of beautiful churches, interesting relics, and sacred art. To wander the streets of the city’s historic center is to stumble upon something amazing. But...
It has been 5 years since Pope Francis published his encyclical, Laudato si’.
A lot of people still think about it as the pope’s encyclical about recycling, air conditioning, or global...
Pope Francis will name Charles de Foucauld a saint. Who was he?
The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood causes of 14 men and women, including Bl. Charles de Foucauld, a French missionary killed in Algeria in 1916.
De Foucauld, also known as Brother Charles of Jesus, was...
Costa Rican bishop disappointed in legalization of gay marriage
A Costa Rican bishop has warned that although same-sex marriage has been legalized in the country, the Catholic Church will continue to proclaim the truth of God’s plan for sexuality and marriage.
Despite the change in law, Bishop José Manuel...
Chinese bishop who suffered years of forced labor dies at 98
A Chinese underground bishop who was sentenced to 10 years of forced labor in the 1980s for bringing Catholics on pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan died this month at the age of 98.
Joseph Zhu Baoyu, bishop emeritus of...
St. Augustine bishop calls for end to Florida death penalty
All of Florida’s death row inmates live in the Diocese of St. Augustine. Many are Catholic. At least twice a year St. Augustine’s Bishop Felipe Estevez goes to visit death row inmates himself.
So when Estevez issued a pastoral letter this week...
Vatican orders founder to leave ecumenical community
The Vatican has ordered the prominent Italian Catholic layman Enzo Bianchi to leave the monastery he founded in 1965.
The Holy See made the ruling in a decree dated May 13, signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and...
Burundi bishops denounce suspect presidential election
The Catholic bishops of Burundi have denounced the country’s recent general elections, and alleged irregularities in the voting process earlier this month.
The president of the Burundi Conference of Catholic Bishops (BCCB) issued a statement...
