The pope thanked Mary “for the success of his surgery and offered a prayer for all the sick, especially those he had met during his stay in hospital.”
Pope released from hospital, prays at Rome basilica
U.S. bishops again urge House members to restore Hyde to spending bill
The House Committee on Appropriations is poised to mark up “the most extreme pro-abortion appropriations bill we have seen” because it excludes the 46-year-old Hyde Amendment and other long-standing bipartisan provisions that prevent tax money from being spent on abortion, two U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen said July 13.
Cuban American bishops express solidarity, call for humanitarian aid
Four Cuban American bishops released a joint statement July 13, 2021, calling on the international community to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Cuba and expressed solidarity with them amid ongoing political protest.
Franciscans elect Italian as 121st successor to St. Francis of Assisi
Members of the general chapter of the Order of Friars Minor elected Rome-born Father Massimo Fusarelli as the new minister general of the worldwide Franciscan order.
Experts fear Cuba is preparing a harsh response to recent protests
U.S. theologians and human rights experts on Cuba worried that any repeat of the widespread protests in Cuba on July 11 may be met with a swift, violent set of state-sponsored reactions.
Court sides with church, archdiocese in lawsuits filed by music director
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals July 9, 2021, dismissed a hostile work environment lawsuit brought against the Archdiocese of Chicago by a former parish music director.
ICE announces reversal of policy of detaining pregnant, nursing migrants
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced July 9, 2021, that it will no longer detain most pregnant, nursing and postpartum women for deportation.
Christian group calls for free election amid rare protests in Cuba
Cuba has seen demonstrations in its major cities joined by thousands of people to protest the unprecedented scarcity of essentials and the rising death toll caused by COVID-19.