Catholic News
- Mozambique's Cardinal Langa dies at 98 (L'Osservatore Romano (Italian))Cardinal Júlio Duarte Langa of Xai-Xai, Mozambique, died on August 3 at the age of 98. Born in 1927 and ordained to the priesthood in 1957, Langa was named bishop of Xai-Xai in 1976 and retired in 2004. He became Mozambique’s second cardinal when Pope Francis created him a cardinal in 2015. “Keeping religious practice […]
- Queens parish suffers 4th act of vandalism (QNS)St. Rita Church in Long Island City, New York, suffered its fourth act of vandalism since 2024 when a vandal smashed a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a hammer on August 1. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has documented over 400 acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction at parishes and […]
- Michigan bishop responds to local ICE actions (Diocese of Saginaw)The bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, issued a statement in response to “recent ICE events” there, some of which “occurred within the shadow of the Chancery.” “As Catholics, we believe that all persons are created in the image and likeness of God and therefore, have an inherent human dignity,” Bishop Robert Gruss said in a statement […]
- Military leader tells bishops there is religious freedom in Myanmar (Eleven Media/ANN)Myanmar’s president told a delegation of bishops today that “all religions are allowed to practice freely in Myanmar and there is no discrimination based on religion,” according to a report from Myanmar-based Eleven Media. President Min Aung Hlaing, who seized power in a 2021 coup d’état, made his comments amid what the U.S. Commission on […]