Catholic nuns face loss, pain (AP) These were women who held the hands of the dying and who raised the unwanted, who pushed chalk to slate to teach science and grammar and, through their own example, faith. And when the worst year was over, the toll on the Felician Sisters was almost too much to bear: 21 of their own, in four U.S. convents, who collectively served 1,413 years, all felled by the virus…
Former campus minister at Franciscan University indicted on rape charges (NCR) A former campus minister at Franciscan University of Steubenville has been charged with rape and sexual battery against an individual with mental illness placed under his care for mental health treatment. The charges against Third Order Franciscan Fr. David Morrier were filed on April 7 in Jefferson County, Ohio. Morrier, 59, is charged with one count of rape and two counts of sexual battery dating from November 2010 through the spring of 2013…
Pope “moved” by registry of adoration he attended (CNS) Pope Francis said he was “moved” by a photo of an old registry that showed his participation as a young man at sessions of overnight eucharistic adoration at a basilica in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The pope was sent a photo taken by Argentine journalist Lucas Schaerer of the registry from the Basilica of the Blessed Sacrament that featured his name, along with that of his brother Oscar and their neighbor, Gonzalo Bargiela…
Timothy Schmalz to help replace, restore decapitated statues (Catholic Register) Renowned Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz has been tasked with recreating the clay statues decapitated last May at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in Sudbury, Ont. Eight statues were vandalized — many beheaded, likely via a power saw — at the downtown grotto. Schmalz has taken on the task of restoring them from scratch. The St. Jacob’s, Ont., sculptor is renowned for his creations Homeless Jesus and Angels Unawares, artistic depictions that grace churches and religious institutes around the globe, including the Vatican…
Countering Catholic misinformation about vaccines (The Florida Catholic) We spend a fair amount of time at the National Catholic Bioethics Center countering “Catholic” misinformation and/or disinformation about cell line usage from abortions, whether from those who believe one can never get vaccinated, or from those at the other end of the spectrum who believe there is no moral problem at all with the continued use of these cell lines in research…
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