Cincinnati cathedral becomes a basilica (CNA) The Archdiocese of Cincinnati announced Saturday that Pope Francis has granted the title of Minor Basilica to the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, which will celebrate its 175th anniversary this fall. St. Peter in Chains is the oldest cathedral that was built as a cathedral that is still in use today in the United States..
Fr. James Martin, Sr. Simone Campbell to speak at Democratic convention (NCR) Jesuit Fr. James Martin will deliver an invocation at the Democratic National Convention this week where former Vice President Joe Biden will accept his party’s formal nomination for president of the United States. Martin, an editor-at-large at America Magazine and one of the most well known American priests on social media, will also be joined by a rabbi and an imam. All three will offer prayers on the final night of the convention, Aug. 20, when Biden is scheduled to speak…
Msgr. Charles Pope says he is testing negative for coronavirus (YouTube) The Washington pastor who has been battling COVID-19 has posted a new video with an update on his condition, expressing “deep, deep gratitude” for the prayers and care he has received: “God bless every one of you…
Italian visionary claims Mary foretold COVID-19 pandemic (CNS) An Italian woman who claims to regularly experience supernatural visions said Mary told her in September 2019 that a new disease would soon emerge from China. “Pray for China, because new diseases will come from there, all ready to infect the air by unknown bacteria,” wrote Gisella Cardia in a message she alleges came from Mary…
Fifth lawsuit accuses Albany’s retired bishop of abuse (CNS) A fifth lawsuit has accused retired Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany of alleged sexual abuse. The lawsuit — filed the week of Aug. 10 in the state Supreme Court in Albany on behalf of a 55-year-old man currently living in South Carolina — alleges that Bishop Hubbard sexually abused the man when he was 10 on a church bus trip from St. James Parish, which is now St. Francis of Assisi Parish, to West Point in 1975…
Taizé community remembers Brother Roger on the 15th anniversary of his death (Vatican News)Roger Schütz, known as Brother Roger, was murdered on 16 August 2005 at the community’s house in the town of Taizé in France’s Burgundy region. But his story and influence neither began nor end there…
