Attacks on Catholic statues seen as ‘signs of society in need of healing’ (CNS) A wave of recent attacks on Catholic statues around the country and fires at two churches prompted the chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees to decry “the destruction of these holy symbols of selfless love and devotion…”
Former Vatican ambassador to stand trial (America) The former Vatican nuncio in France, Archbishop Luigi Ventura, 75, will stand trial in Paris on Nov. 10 on charges of alleged “sexual aggression” against four men, Agence France-Press and other French media, including Le Monde, reported today, based on information from judicial sources…
Lawsuit: Florida student government leader axed for Catholic beliefs (FOX) The student government at a Florida university ousted its senate president for comments he made privately about his Catholic beliefs, but now his lawyers say its refusal to let him appeal violates student rules and federal law…
Deacon: ‘I hear the cries of pain’ (The Catholic Spirit) As a Catholic deacon, police chaplain and former teacher, I have worked or lived — as a homeowner or apartment dweller — in every police precinct in Minneapolis (except downtown) over the years since 1969. My wife and I have raised eight daughters here: biological, step and racially mixed adoptive and foster. My 34 years as a deacon have been served in five Twin Cities churches that have opened their doors to Spanish-speaking immigrants…
