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Priest, parishioner among casualties in Madrid explosion
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY -- A young priest ordained only six months ago was among the casualties of an explosion at a parish center in Madrid.
Second Catholic president causes some to celebrate, gives others anxiety
By Chaz Muth, Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON -- Joe Biden became the second Catholic to be inaugurated as president of the United States Jan. 20, giving some U.S. Catholics and their religious leaders a reason to rejoice and others to fear more access to abortion under his leadership.
Scheidler was ‘godfather of pro-life activism’
By Catholic News ServiceCHICAGO -- Joe Scheidler, founder of the Pro-Life Action League in Chicago and one of the towering figures of the pro-life movement for decades, died of pneumonia Jan. 18 surrounded by his family at his home n Chicago. He was 93.
Ohio cathedral vandalism suspect, police officer killed in volley of gunfire
By Catholic News ServiceTOLEDO, Ohio -- The suspect sought in connection with vandalism and a small fire at Toledo's cathedral early Jan. 18 and a 24-year-old police officer both died in a hail of gunfire later that same day.
Former president of Australian bishops' conference dies unexpectedly
By Catholic News ServiceADELAIDE, Australia -- Retired Archbishop Philip Wilson, former president of the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference who served as archbishop of Adelaide for 17 years, died Jan. 17. He was 70.
Biden poses issues for U.S. bishops
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterWith five dead, a move for impeachment and FBI agents fanned out across the U.S. to identify and arrest people who violently stormed the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 6, theologian Massimo Faggioli finds it mystifying that the U.S. bishops are treating a rosary-praying, Mass-going president-elect as their biggest political problem.
Australian agency admits serious error in reporting Vatican bank transfers
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY -- Australia's financial crime watchdog agency said it over-estimated by the equivalent of more than US$1.5 billion the amount of money transferred from the Vatican to Australia between 2014 and 2020.
Human rights organizations call for solution to Bosnian migrant crisis
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY -- Human rights organizations have called on the European Union to intervene in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where over 1,000 migrants have been stranded in sub-zero temperatures awaiting relocation after their camp burned down.
Assault on U.S. Capitol shocks the world
By Catholic News ServiceROME -- The breach of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 sent shock waves around the world.
Mass is back on the banks of Jordan
By Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News ServiceQASR AL-YAHUD, West Bank -- For the first time in 54 years, a Mass will be celebrated Jan. 10, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, at St. John the Baptist Chapel on the banks of the Jordan River.
In British lockdown, English churches open, Scottish churches closed
By Simon Caldwell, Catholic News ServiceMANCHESTER, England -- An English cardinal spoke of his relief that churches in England will not close during a third national lockdown.