Recovering from colon surgery, Pope Francis briefly ran a fever late July 7, leading his doctors to perform a CT scan of his abdomen and chest the next morning to check for signs of infection.
After fever subsides, pope undergoes scans that rule out infection
N.J. cardinal asks Catholics to sign petition to Congress on Hyde Amendment
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin urged Catholics to go to www.NoTaxpayerAbortion.com and join him in signing this petition before July 16 to send “an urgent message” to Congress to keep the Hyde Amendment.
Haitian church ‘stunned’ by president’s assassination, says bishop
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack in the early hours of July 7 at his home outside of the capital.
Bishop supports apology on papal bulls that justified Indigenous oppression
Bishop Douglas Lucia, whose downtown Syracuse office sits on the ancestral lands of the Onondaga Nation, hopes to meet with Pope Francis “to re-examine” 15th-century Vatican documents that justified colonization, land takeovers and oppression of Indigenous peoples.
Spanish bishops criticize government initiatives on euthanasia, gender
By Jonathan Luxmoore | Catholic News Service Spain’s bishops have criticized recent government initiatives on issues from euthanasia to LGBT rights. In late June, Spain began […]
Pope makes ‘satisfactory’ recovery; histology report confirms diagnosis
After undergoing the surgery late July 4 at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, “the post-operative progress of His Holiness Pope Francis continues to be regular and satisfactory.”
Vatican has no automatic transfer of powers with pope in hospital
The organization of the universal Catholic Church has a precise hierarchy, but there is no such thing as a “vice pope,” who steps in when the reigning pontiff is traveling abroad, ill or under anesthesia.
Honduran Jesuit: Cáceres conviction breaks ‘tradition of impunity’
A court in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa ruled that Roberto David Castillo, a former executive with Desarrollos Energéticos, was a co-collaborator in the the 2016 murder of Berta Cáceres, environmental leader and Indigenous rights advocate.