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San Diego’s retired Bishop Brom dies (Times of San Diego) Roman Catholics are mourning Bishop Robert Brom, the San Diego spiritual leader for nearly a quarter-century who oversaw a major bankruptcy amid the predatory priest scandal. He died Monday morning at his home. The San Diego-Imperial Diocese made the announcement. Cause of death wasn’t immediately released. He was 83…
Church reports tabernacle stolen (CNA) The pastor a Catholic church in Katy, Texas, reported on May 9 that its tabernacle had been stolen from the church overnight. It was not known whether the theft had any connection to a pro-abortion group’s recent threats to disrupt Catholic Masses on Sunday and burn the Eucharist…
Wisconsin bishop condemns arson attack on pro-life center (Crux) Bishop Donald Hying of Madison, Wisconsin, has condemned an arson attack at the headquarters of a Wisconsin pro-life organization as a “brazen” act of violence that all people should condemn regardless of their abortion stance. The headquarters of pro-life organization Wisconsin Family Action was set on fire in the morning on Sunday, May 8. No one from the organization was in the building at the time and there were no injuries reported…
Chilean government considers probe into clerical abuse (Crux) After a prominent Jesuit priest was accused of sexually abusing a girl, Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced he is contemplating opening a nationwide investigation into the Catholic Church…
Pennsylvania emerges as mid-term battleground (The New York Times) Pennsylvania’s large Roman Catholic population — about one in five adults — has afforded electoral space for a tradition of anti-abortion Democratic officials, including Senator Bob Casey Jr., and his father, Bob Casey Sr., who served as governor. A law that the senior Casey pushed through the legislature in the 1980s included some abortion restrictions, which was challenged in the 1992 Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The court upheld most of the state’s restrictions, while affirming Roe v. Wade’s grant of a right to abortion. The leaked draft of the court’s opinion last week, written by Justice Samuel Alito, would overturn the Casey ruling along with Roe. Still, support for abortion rights in Pennsylvania has gradually increased, according to polling by Franklin & Marshall College over more than a decade…
