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PublishedJune 14, 2024
U.S. Catholic bishops approve outreach to Native Americans, acknowledge boarding school traumas
New guidelines outlining outreach to Native American Catholics was completed as details emerge of decades of widespread abuses inflicted on Native children at Catholic boarding schools.
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PublishedMay 17, 2024
Some of the Catholic Church’s best-known approved, and not approved, reports of apparitions of Mary
The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral
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PublishedMay 17, 2024
Vatican moves to adapt to hoaxes, Internet and overhauls its process for evaluating visions of Mary
Pope Francis has expressed skepticism about more recent events, including claims of repeated messages from Mary to “seers” at the shrine of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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PublishedMay 17, 2024
Some of the Catholic Church’s best-known approved, and not approved, reports of apparitions of Mary
Previously approved apparitions have turned these sites into major pilgrimage destinations, drawing millions of people to them each year.
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PublishedApril 8, 2024
Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity
From a pope who has made outreach to the LGBTQ+ community a hallmark of his papacy, the document was received as a setback, albeit a predictable one, by trans Catholics.
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PublishedApril 5, 2024
Thomas Gumbleton, Catholic bishop who opposed war and promoted social justice, dies at 94
For decades, he was an international voice against war and racism and an advocate for labor and social justice.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2024
Victims of Catholic nuns feel overlooked in the clergy sex abuse crisis
'It's time to restore the balance,' they say, in addressing sexual abuse by women in religious orders and positions.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2024
Far-right Catholic news site likely to close in wake of New Hampshire priest’s defamation case
A 2019 Church Militant article cast aspersions on the emotional state of a Manchester church official, said he had 'botched' his work and was known as a 'troublemaker' in the Vatican – all claims the site now acknowledges were not properly vetted.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2023
Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples
Francis suggested such blessings could be offered under some circumstances if they didn’t confuse the ritual with the sacrament of marriage.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2023
Pope punishes leading critic Cardinal Burke in 2nd action against conservative American prelates
The cardinal has become one of the most outspoken critics of the pope, his outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics and his reform project to make the church more responsive to the needs of ordinary faithful.
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