[ad_1] Source Catholic Relief Services workers help to distribute humanitarian aid materials to Gazan civilians in March 2024. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Catholic Relief Services Catholic Relief Services (CRS) on Monday criticized this year’s U.S. State and Foreign Operations appropriations bill, which cuts foreign aid by 11% compared with last year.  The official charitable…

[ad_1] Source St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. / Credit: Vlas Telino studio/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 1, 2024 / 14:50 pm (CNA). With the publication of new regulations, Pope Francis has made it clear that employees of the Fabric of St. Peter must profess the Catholic faith, wear decent and appropriate clothing, and not…

[ad_1] Source Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune poses alongside many of the priests of the Diocese of Charleston at a recent ordination. The diocese has seen a recent surge in vocations. / Credit: The Catholic Miscellany/Doug Deas Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA). While parish closures and consolidations have made headlines across the…

[ad_1] Source Sviatoslav Shevchuk is Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia and Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. / Credit: Screenshot/EWTN News Nightly ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 1, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA). The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) announced the release of two Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests who had been captured…

[ad_1] Source null / Credit: J.J. Gouin/Shutterstock The Texas Supreme Court has upheld a state ban on performing transgender procedures on minors, ordering that the state is within its authority to outlaw extreme medical treatments for young boys and girls.  The court said in its 8-1 ruling that the state Legislature made “a permissible, rational…

[ad_1] Source View of Father Serra Statue and California Street from steps of Ventura City Hall. / Credit: Cbl62/wikimedia. CC BY SA 4.0 Today, July 1, is the feast day of St. Junípero Serra, the 18th-century Spanish Franciscan priest who brought Catholicism to California.  Lending his name and patronage to countless churches, streets, buildings, schools,…

[ad_1] Source null / Credit: joshimerbin/Shutterstock The Superintendent of Oklahoma schools instructed state districts to incorporate the Bible into middle school and high school curriculum in a Thursday memorandum, citing its historical and cultural significance in helping “contextualize” our nation today. “The Bible is an indispensable historical and cultural touchstone,” State Superintendent of Public Instruction…

[ad_1] Source “Sts. Peter and Paul,” Altar of St. Catherine (1465), Schwabach, Germany. Artist unknown. / Credit: Public Domain National Catholic Register, Jun 29, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). St. Peter was a fisherman. Fishing nets and tilapia were his daily reality. Born without distinction in a backwater of the Roman Empire, he presumably would…