Catholic News

• Former Chicago cathedral rector cleared of abuse allegation (Chicago Sun-Times)
  The Archdiocese of Chicago’s independent review board (IRB) cleared Msgr. Daniel Mayall, rector of the cathedral from 2002 to 2016, of an abuse allegation. Earlier this year, the priest was accused of committing abuse in the 1990s, when he was assigned to another parish. Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago wrote on August 20 that the […]
• Catholic Church in Finland has 8 parishes, 120 nationalities (Aid to the Church in Need)
  In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Raimo Goyarrola Belda of Helsinki, Finland’s sole diocese, offered insight into the life of the Church in the Scandinavian nations. Only 0.2% of the nation’s 5.5 million people are Catholic. Finland’s Catholics come from 120 nationalities, and 29 priests minister to them in eight […]
• USCCB urges Trump administration to rescind reinterpretation of HHS benefits (USCCB)
  In a ten-page public comment, attorneys for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops urged the Department of Health and Human Services to rescind its revised interpretation of “federal health benefit” in a 1996 law. In July, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stated that a 1998 HHS interpretation of the law “improperly […]
• African Catholic journalists call for regulation of AI (SACBC)
  At the conclusion of their triennial meeting, members of the African Catholic Union of the Press adopted ten resolutions and recommendations. The conference was devoted to the theme of “Balancing Technological Progress and Preserving Human Values in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” The Catholic journalists called for regulation of AI to “prevent the erosion of […]