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Month: August 2020

#9697 Your Bible Questions – Jimmy Akin

Posted by | Aug 4, 2020 | |

How do Catholics interpret Sacred Scripture? Find out here, with Jimmy Akin.
Questions Covered: 

01:48 – Which chapter of the book of Revelation do you think we are currently experiencing? 
07:02 – What is a good resource for studying the …

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#9696 Your Bible Questions – Jimmy Akin

Posted by | Aug 3, 2020 | |

How do Catholics interpret Sacred Scripture? Find out here, with Jimmy Akin.
Questions Covered: 

05:49 – How do Catholics interpret Titus 3? 
13:31 – Jesus says, “If you love me, do my commands.” The world is so consumed with technology. A…

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Father Peyton Film Shows the Route to Hope

Posted by | Aug 3, 2020 | |

By Joseph Pronechen | Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton is a new film that captures the perpetual need to pray the Rosary.

Scheduled to be released in theaters on Oct. 9, a recent virtual screening highlighted the power of…

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Book Review: Peter Kwasniewski on Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright

Posted by | Aug 3, 2020 | , , , |

Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright: The Genius and Timeliness of the Traditional Latin Mass Peter Kwasniewski Angelico Press 388 pages $30 Hardcover; $19.95 Paperback; $8.99 Kindle Dr. Peter Kwasniewski’s newest book, Reclaiming Our Roman Catholic Birthright: The Genius and Timeliness […]

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New York extends window for abuse lawsuits

Posted by | Aug 3, 2020 | , |

CNA Staff, Aug 3, 2020 / 03:30 pm (CNA).- New York on Monday extended the window in the statute of limitations for people sexually abused as children to file lawsuits against the perpetrators.

On August 3, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed legislation extending the one-year window for Child Victims Act lawsuits until August 14, 2021. The window, which began in August of 2019, allowed for lawsuits to be filed over allegations of sex abuse long after the statute of limitations had expired.

Previously, survivors of sex abuse in the state had until the age of 23 to file criminal charges or a civil claim. Under the Child Victims Act, survivors can now file charges until age 28, or file a civil claim if they are younger than age 55.

The law also created a one-year “lookback” window for new lawsuits where the statute of limitations had already expired.

In May, Gov. Cuomo ordered that the deadline for lawsuits be extended by five months until Jan. 14, 2021, due to coronavirus-related delays in the court system. Non-essential court filings in the state had been halted in March due to the onset of the pandemic.

Now the legislation— S7082/A9036—will extend the deadline for lawsuits until August 14, 2021.

The dioceses of Buffalo and Rochester have already filed for bankruptcy, after being named in hundreds of new lawsuits under the CVA. On May 4, the Buffalo diocese asked a federal court to halt outstanding clergy sex abuse litigation as it navigated bankruptcy proceedings.

One Democratic state senator who sponsored the Child Victims Act, Brad Hoylman, said that the pandemic had caused many victims to refrain from coming forward.

“The Child Victims Act has allowed more than 3,000 brave survivors to come forward to seek justice. Yet it’s clear many New Yorkers who survived child sexual abuse haven’t come forward — especially during the COVID-19 crisis which has upended our courts and economy,” he said. 

A federal bankruptcy judge on July 29, however, refused to grant a five-month extension for claims against the Rochester diocese, the Rochester Catholic Courier reported on Monday.

The beatification cause of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, who once served as Rochester’s bishop, has even been indirectly affected by the new lawsuits under the CVA; Sheen’s beatification was postponed shortly before it was scheduled to take place last December.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints, told Catholic News Service in July that the Rochester diocese had “expressed concern” over Sheen’s possible role in controversial assignments of priests accused of sexual abuse, although no complaints against Sheen had surfaced.

Becciu said that Sheen’s beatification had been postponed “out of respect for the U.S. civil authorities, who must express their views on cases of sexual abuse that indirectly affect the period.”

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Police probe arson attack at Boston-area church

Posted by | Aug 3, 2020 | , |

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 3, 2020 / 03:00 pm (CNA).- Police are investigating two fires at Sacred Heart Church in Weymouth, Massachusetts, as arson. Both fires began overnight Sunday.

The fire damage was discovered on the morning of Monday, Augus…

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U.S. House appropriations measure blocks conscience protection rule

Posted by | Aug 3, 2020 | , , , , , , , |

An omnibus appropriations bill approved by the House July 31 to fund a dozen federal departments and agencies blocks a conscience protection rule for health care providers who do not want to participate in abortion, sterilization or assisted suicide on religious or moral grounds.

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Protestors burn Bible during Portland protests 

Posted by | Aug 3, 2020 | , |

Denver Newsroom, Aug 3, 2020 / 02:25 pm (CNA).- Protestors in Portland, Oregon burned a Bible in the street during a protest outside a federal courthouse in the early morning hours of August 1, according to a local media report.

Around 12:30 am on Aug…

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Born free

Posted by | Aug 3, 2020 | |

‘Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought’

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Pro-life protestors arrested for sidewalk chalk

Posted by | Aug 3, 2020 | , |

Washington D.C., Aug 3, 2020 / 01:40 pm (CNA).- Protesters were arrested Saturday for writing a pro-life message on the sidewalk outside a Washington, D.C., Planned Parenthood clinic, but say police told them before the event they would not be stopped …

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