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Pope Francis names two new cardinals with ties to Franciscan University
Edyta Wolk Editor-in-Chief Following his recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, Oct. 25, Pope Francis announced the addition of 13 new cardinals, two of whom are associated with the Franciscan University of Steubenville. Bishop Cornelius Sim and the Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap., were among the thirteen named, Sim having earned a master’s degree in […]
The communist chokehold on the Chinese church
Leo Brian Schafer Catholic Values Columnist For decades now, the communist government of the People’s Republic of China has been persecuting religion. Uighur Muslims are rounded up and put into prison camps, and practitioners of the cult-like Falun Gong faith are suppressed and even rumored to have been killed. Most pertinently for our purposes, Christian […]
News Briefs
Leo Brian Schafer Catholic Values Columnist National News: President Donald Trump tests positive for coronavirus In a shocking announcement, the White House declared Friday, Oct. 2, that President Donald Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, had tested positive for COVID-19. The announcement comes just days after Trump debated Democratic candidate Joe Biden on […]
News Briefs – National and International
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER National HHS Secretary Resigns Health and Human Services Secretary, Tom Price, resigned Sep. 29 after several reports were released that demonstrated the Trump-appointee’s use of private and military aircraft. According to POLITICO, Price had spent upwards of $1 million in taxpayer money on travel since May. Part of the controversy […]
News Briefs – National and International
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER National Trump administration announces end of DACA Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, policy on Sep. 5. DACA allowed illegal immigrants who came to the United States as minors to receive deferrals from deportation if they met […]