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News in the Church | Evening News 27.06.2024 By Pål Johannes Nes This is a summary of the evening news stories in the Church from EWTN Norway. We bring you key updates and insights to keep you informed about important events and developments. Full text story: https://ewtn.no/ news-in-the-church-evening-news-27-06-2024 / Photo credit: Archbishop Carlo Vigano. (photo: Edward Pentin. / National Catho...

Paraguayan Bishops Speak Out at OAS General Assembly Amid Threats to Life and Family By Diego López Marina As the 54th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) takes place in Paraguay through June 28, the Paraguayan Bishops’ Conference (CEP) and other leaders in the country are emphasizing the importance of defending the fundamental values of life and family. This year’s assem...

Vatican Rules Apparitions of Virgin Mary Near Rome ‘Not Supernatural’ By Courtney Mares The Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) announced Thursday that the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Trevignano Romano, a town about 30 miles northwest of Rome, are not supernatural. This decision supports the local bishop's ban on Masses and pilgrimages to the site. Full text story...

“We support them fully”: Kenya’s Religious Leaders on Gen Z-led “peaceful” Protests against Finance Bill 2024 By ACI Africa Staff Religious leaders in Kenya have expressed their support for the ongoing Generation Z (Gen Z)-led protests against the controversial proposed Finance Bill 2024 , calling for the withdrawal of the Bill which they say  has “punitive tax measures.” Full text story: https://...

News in the Church | Morning News 27.06.2024 By Pål Johannes Nes This is a summary of the morning news stories in the Church from EWTN Norway. We bring you key updates and insights to keep you informed about important events and developments. Full text story: https://ewtn.no/ news-in-the-church-morning-news-27-06-2024 / Photo credit: U.S. Capitol viewed through the columns of the U.S. Supreme Cour...

Opus Dei founder St. Josemaría Escrivá: You can be a saint doing your ordinary job  By ACI Prensa Today the Catholic Church honors St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (1902–1975), Spanish priest, founder of Opus Dei, and author of “The Way” (1934), a book that continues to be of great spiritual benefit for millions of Catholics. Full text story: https://ewtn.no/ opus-dei-founder-st-josemaria...

Pope Francis unveils plan for Vatican to go solar By Kristina Millare Pope Francis has announced measures to transition Vatican City to using solar energy as its main source of electricity, as outlined in his latest motu proprio titled Fratello Sole , or “Brother Sun.” Full text story: Photo credit: Pilgrims shield themselves from the sun at Pope Francis' general audience in St. Peter's Square at...

News in the Church | Evening News 26.06.2024 By Pål Johannes Nes This is a summary of the evening news stories in the Church from EWTN Norway. We bring you key updates and insights to keep you informed about important events and developments. Good evening, and welcome to the Church News on EWTN Norway. Here are today’s top stories. Sources for Today's News: EWTN Norway - Pope Francis: Drug Cartels...

Pope Francis: Drug cartels are ‘traffickers of death’ and ‘murderers’ By Courtney Mares   Pope Francis called drug traffickers criminals, murderers, and “traffickers of death” during his general audience on Wednesday. Full text story: https://ewtn.no/pope-francis-drug-cartels-are-traffickers-of-death-and-murderers/ Photo Credit: Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter's S...

What are schism and excommunication in the Catholic Church? By Walter Sánchez Silva   Recently a community of Poor Clare nuns in Spain announced their decision to leave the Catholic Church, thus committing the canonical crime of schism and incurring excommunication. Italian Archbishop Carlo María Viganò is also undergoing a Vatican extrajudicial process for schism.  Just what are schism and excomm...

Pope Francis donates ambulance, opens war trauma center in Ukraine By Courtney Mares The Vatican has announced the opening of a war trauma rehabilitation center this month in Ukraine named after St. John Paul II. Full story text:  https://ewtn.no/pope-francis-donates-ambulance-opens-war-trauma-center-in-ukraine/ Photo credit: Pope Francis blesses the ambulance that he donated in June 2024 to to tr...

Kenya’s Catholic Bishops Condemn “in strongest terms” Police Brutality, Killings as Anti-Tax Protests Rock Major Cities By Agnes Aineah Members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB)  have strongly condemned the killing of a section of protesters, who took to the streets in major Kenyan cities and townships to oppose the country’s controversial proposed Finance Bill 2024 . Full text st...

News in the Church | Morning News 26.06.2024 By Pål Johannes Nes This is a summary of the evening news stories in the Church from EWTN Norway. We bring you key updates and insights to keep you informed about important events and developments. Sources for Today's News: EWTN Norway - Pope Francis Meets with Leaders of Institute of Christ the King, a Latin Mass Group EWTN Norway - Former Anglican Pri...

EU bishop: Elections show citizens concerned about Ukraine war By Hannah Brockhaus Citizens of the European Union want EU politicians to be more actively engaged in international issues such as the Ukraine war, an Italian bishop said after the EU elections earlier this month.  Full text story: https://ewtn.no/eu-bishop-elections-show-citizens-concerned-about-ukraine-war/ Photo credit: At his Angel...

Pope Francis meets with Russian ambassador to the Vatican By Jonah McKeown Pope Francis on June 22 met with Ivan Soltanovsky, Russia’s ambassador to the Holy See, in their first meeting since Soltanovsky presented his diplomatic letters to the pontiff last September.  Soltanovsky , a 69-year-old career diplomat, was appointed to his current role in May 2023. No details of the pair’s most recent me...

Pope Francis meets with leaders of Institute of Christ the King, a Latin Mass group By Tyler Arnold Pope Francis on Monday met with three leaders of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP) — an institute whose priests celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass and live according to the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales . Full text story: https://ewtn.no/pope-francis-meets-with-leade...

Former Anglican priest ordained a Catholic bishop By Peter Pinedo In a first, a former Anglican priest has been consecrated as a bishop in the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Located in Great Britain, the ordinariate was created to give Anglicans a pathway to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church. Full text story: https://ewtn.no/former-anglican-priest-ordained-a-catholic-bisho...

News in the Church | Evening News 25.06.2024 By Pål Johannes Nes This is a summary of the evening news stories in the Church from EWTN Norway. We bring you key updates and insights to keep you informed about important events and developments. Links in todays program: Catholic News Agency - Trump Condemns Biden DOJ for Targeting of Catholics and Pro-Life Activists Catholic News Agency - Catholic Ch...

The First Church Named After Blessed Estefan By: ACI MENA Team About a month and a week before his beatification Mass, the first signs of the new small church (chapel) named after the soon-to-be Blessed Estefan Douaihy have appeared. Construction work in the town of Ardeh, in the Zgharta district of Northern Lebanon, is progressing significantly. Full text story: https://ewtn.no/the-first-church-n...

This is a summary of the morning news stories in the Church from EWTN Norway. We bring you key updates and insights to keep you informed about important events and developments.  Special South African Catholic Bishop on Transparency Conference in Rome Christians in Egypt Embark on Construction of Churches as Persecution Ebbs Pope Francis Meets with Opus Dei Prelate Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz Cathol...

“Special”: South African Catholic Bishop on Transparency Conference in Rome By Silas Isenjia Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa of South Africa’s Catholic Diocese of Kokstad , a participant in the June 16-22 workshop on Transparency and Accountability in the Catholic Church in Rome, has described the convention as “special”. Full text story: https://ewtn.no/special-south-african-catholic-bishop-on-tran...

Christians in Egypt Embark on Construction of Churches as Persecution Ebbs By ACI Africa Staff Church projects that had been halted in Egypt when the Northern African nation was dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood are being resumed as Christians in the country begin to enjoy some measure of freedom. Full text story: https://ewtn.no/christians-in-egypt-embark-on-construction-of-churches-as-persecut...

Pope Francis Meets with Opus Dei Prelate Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz By Nicolás de Cárdenas, Walter Sánchez Silva The press office of the Holy See reported that Pope Francis received Monsignor Fernando de Ocáriz, the “moderator general” of Opus Dei, on Monday. He was accompanied by Monsignor Mariano Fazio, auxiliary vicar of the prelature. The term “moderator general” has been used interchangeably w...

Catholic authorities in Spain excommunicate, expel renegade nuns By Walter Sánchez Silva The Catholic Church in Spain has decreed the excommunication and expulsion from consecrated life of the Poor Clare nuns of Belorado for committing the crime of schism. Full text story: https://ewtn.no/catholic-authorities-in-spain-excommunicate-expel-renegade-nuns/ Photo credit: he decision was announced by Ma...

Texas investigates Children’s Hospital over alleged secret sex changes on minors By Peter Pinedo Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into allegations that illegal sex-change procedures are being performed on minors at Texas Children’s Hospital.  Full text story: https://ewtn.no/texas-investigates-childrens-hospital-over-alleged-secret-sex-changes-on-minors/ Photo credit...