A former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican said unrest in Cuba — something the world has seen before — is translating into a recipe for disaster this year due to added pressures from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Theologian: Pandemic, lack of vaccines add to Cuba’s ‘desperate’ situation
Pope, cardinal offer condolences after fire in COVID-19 ward at Iraqi hospital
Pope Francis offered his prayers and condolences after a fire at in a COVID-19 hospital ward in Iraq left at least 64 people dead.
Pope released from hospital, prays at Rome basilica
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.”
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.