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Notre Dame's reopening to be held indoors due to weather
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Notre Dame's reopening to be held indoors due to weather

Hindustan Times  

The ceremony for the grand reopening of France's Notre Dame cathedral will be held entirely indoors due to an inclement weather forecast, the Elysee Palace and Paris diocese said Friday. The reopening this weekend of Notre Dame is a succession of ceremonies to breathe life back into the iconic cathedral and celebrate the recovery from its devastating fire in 2019. …

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Catholic diocese sues US government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Catholic diocese sues US government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave

Associated Press  

For more than a year, religious organizations have lobbied Congress and the Biden administration to fix a sudden procedural change in how the government processes green cards for religious workers, which threatens the ability of thousands of them to continue to minister in the United States. “Our priests feel we’re doing the best we can,” said Bishop Kevin Sweeney, whose …

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Nuns: There’s a mutiny at a Texas monastery and it’s going all the way up to the Vatican.
1 year, 3 months ago

Nuns: There’s a mutiny at a Texas monastery and it’s going all the way up to the Vatican.

Slate  

There’s a strange saga unfolding in Texas. The friend also said Olson admitted he’d shut down a Catholic center because there were “just a bunch of women in there”—nuns, whom he called “aging lesbians.” Additionally, some 1,600 people signed a November 2019 petition to have the Vatican investigate Olson, claiming he was “vindictive.” According to the petition, he referred to …

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Column: Will conservative Catholics decry Florida’s Sacramento migrant dump?
1 year, 6 months ago

Column: Will conservative Catholics decry Florida’s Sacramento migrant dump?

LA Times  

Ron DeSantis throws markers into the audience during a bill-signing ceremony last month at the Coastal Community Church at Lighthouse Point in Lighthouse Point, Fla. On a Twitter video posted May 25, he slammed the Sisters as an “anti-Catholic hate group,” ridiculed the Dodgers’ “pathetic apology” to them and said anti-Catholicism was the last acceptable prejudice in America. After days …

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Knanaya Church Case: Kerala High Court Grants Interim Relief To Members Marrying Outside Diocese
3 years, 1 month ago

Knanaya Church Case: Kerala High Court Grants Interim Relief To Members Marrying Outside Diocese

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday ruled that any member of the Kottayam Archeparchy marrying outside the diocese shall be issued a marriage certificate without insisting on a letter of relinquishment of their membership until the first appellate court decides on the matter. Justice VG Arun issued the order on a petition filed by a reformist group within the church, …

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Expulsion From Knanaya Catholic Church For Marrying Outside Community Unconstitutional, Against Jesus's Teachings : Kerala Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Expulsion From Knanaya Catholic Church For Marrying Outside Community Unconstitutional, Against Jesus's Teachings : Kerala Court

Live Law  

A civil court in Kerala has ruled that the practice of expelling a member from Knanaya Catholic Church for marrying outside the community is unconstitutional for being violative of right to marry under Article 21 and right to religion under Article 25 of the Constitution of India.The Additional Sub Court at Kottayam held that the practice of compulsive endogamy in …

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With his mentors dying, a young Catholic priest tries to save his diocese from COVID-19
3 years, 10 months ago

With his mentors dying, a young Catholic priest tries to save his diocese from COVID-19

LA Times  

The priests of Nezahualcóyotl died in quick succession. The loss of four spiritual brothers — plus a beloved deacon — over five weeks last spring was almost too much to bear for Julio César Ponce, the youngest priest in the Catholic diocese in this working-class city of 3 million just east of Mexico’s capital. “There was a lot we didn’t …

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