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Coadjutor says church’s highest priority to help ‘people encounter Christ’
As the Catholic Church continues to grapple with the clergy abuse crisis and the failures of leadership, its members must face the issue but also move beyond anger, Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said.
Salvadoran authorities arrest sacristan as suspect in priest killing
Abraham Heriberto Mestizo made an initial court appearance June 14 after being formally accused by officials in Sonsonate of being involved in the killing of 35-year-old Father Cecilio Perez Cruz, found fatally shot May 18 at home.
Mexican Catholic leaders decry insecurity, plead for peace after murders
The Mexican bishops' conference issued a plea for peace after a pair of kidnappings and killings in the national capital provoked outrage and worsened perceptions of insecurity.
Bishops affirm diocese’s effort for Michigan man’s sainthood cause
Irving "Francis" C. Houle was said to receive the stigmata 16 years before he died in 2009, but well before that "many extraordinary physical and spiritual healings" were attributed to him.
Farm woes deepen in central United States
Souring trade with China and the mutual imposition of tariffs are just one thorn in the side of farmers. The other thorn is the weather.
Philippine bishops among critics of China after fishing boat incident
At least three Philippine Catholic bishops have joined growing protests in Manila against what they described as China's "continuous bullying of the Philippines."
Everyone’s temperament God-given but allows room for growth, says couple
Art and Laraine Bennett spoke at a GIVEN forum June 13 about the four ancient personality types, revealing each of their strengths and weaknesses, and how to unlock each individual's potential to best serve God.
Quebec government passes Canada’s strictest secularism bill
A new law in Quebec prohibits the wearing of religious symbols or clothing by some government employees, including public school teachers, state lawyers, judges and police officers.
Victoria bishops become ‘conscientious objectors’ to assisted suicide law
As euthanasia becomes legal in Australia's Victoria state, the state's bishops said Catholic health care services will not cooperate with the facilitation of suicide.
Former priest arrested in Italy extradited to Arizona, formally arraigned
Joseph J. Henn was brought back to Arizona after his arrest in Rome by Italian police May 28 and was formally arraigned June 14 on 13 charges of child sexual molestation in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix.