Irish Catholic Church issues apology survivors of Church-run homes (Reuters) The head of the Irish Catholic Church unreservedly apologized to survivors of church-run homes following the publication of a damning inquiry on Tuesday and praised them for bringing to light “a dark chapter in the life of Church and society.” “I accept that the Church was clearly part of that culture in which people were frequently stigmatized, judged and rejected,” Archbishop Eamon Martin said in a statement after the report found thousands of infants died in the homes for unwed mothers and their offspring from the 1920s to the 1990s…
Canadian priest who presided at Wayne Gretzky wedding dies of COVID (GlobalNews.ca) Rev. Mike McCaffery, a leader in the Edmonton Catholic community for more than 50 years, died Monday evening “due to possible complications related to COVID-19,” according to the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton. Father Mike, as he was known, was 85 years old…
SCOTUS reinstates FDA ban on abortion pills by mail (CNA) The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision Tuesday reversed a federal judge’s injunction that had blocked FDA rules requiring women to obtain an abortion pill from a doctor in person…
Priest who spoke at Senator Kennedy’s funeral denies sex abuse charges (AP) A Catholic priest who delivered the homily at U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy’s funeral in 2009 has pleaded not guilty to child sexual abuse. Father Mark Hession was released on $2,500 bail Monday after his arraignment in Barnstable Superior Court in Massachusetts on two counts of rape, indecent assault and battery on a child younger than 14 and witness intimidation, the Cape Cod Times reported…
