Archbishop-elect José Cobo of Madrid, Spain. / Credit: Archdiocese of MadridACI Prensa Staff, Jun 12, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).After his appointment as archbishop of Madrid became official, José Cobo said he sees a need to "reposition the Church" in a changing society.Cobo s appointment as the new archbishop to replace retired Cardinal Carlos Osoro was made official June 12. He has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Madrid since 2018.Asked at a press conference what he can contribute going forward as one of the youngest prelates of the Spanish episcopate, Cobo said: "We can bring the capacity or the desire to reposition the Church within our world. Perhaps in different ways, with other languages."The newly appointed archbishop said that it is not a question of "abandoning the parameters of what has already been done, nor of what it means to be a bishop, because this will never change" but rather of "providing a vision of new chal
null / Credit: UnsplashACI Prensa Staff, Jun 12, 2023 / 17:00 pm (CNA).The Archdiocese of Madrid held an event on Saturday featuring testimonies "of Christian fathers and mothers with LGTBI children organized by CRISMHOM [Homosexual Christian Men and Women of Madrid] families." The announcement of the second edition of the event, on the archdiocese s website and on social media, sparked controversy on Twitter.The June 10 event at St. Francis of Assisi Parish was announced with the rainbow-colored theme "The Church is already diverse. Open your eyes and your heart!"The program included an introduction and welcome, testimonies from LGBTI families, news, a colloquium, and a final prayer.The event was organized by Homosexual Christian Men and Women of Madrid (CRISMHOM), which describes itself as a "nonprofit and public benefit association, Christian, lesbian, gay, transsexual, bisexual, and heterosexual." This association is part of the FELGTB (Spanish Fe
null / ivanko80/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Jun 9, 2023 / 14:40 pm (CNA).The Maryland Board of Public Works approved nearly $1.3 million in emergency spending to pay for a stockpile of two abortion drugs in response to a lawsuit that could take one of the drugs off the market.Most of the spending will support two contracts to purchase 30,000 doses of mifepristone, which can kill an unborn child up to 10 weeks gestation. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine challenged the Food and Drug Administration s 2000 approval of the drug and subsequent deregulation in court, claiming that the agency failed to follow proper protocol and ignored potential health risks. A Texas judge suspended the FDA s approval of the drug, but the agency appealed the ruling. The Supreme Court ruled that the drug will remain on the market, pending the outcome of the appeal.Just over $10,000 of Maryland s emergency funding plan will support one contract to purchase 5,000 doses of misoprostol, which is commonl.
A few hundred Catholics marched through the streets of Washington, D.C., to publicly pray and adore the body of Christ during a eucharistic procession on Saturday, May 20, 2023. / Credit: Joe Portolano/CNABoston, Mass., Jun 9, 2023 / 14:10 pm (CNA).Eucharist processions are being planned across the country this weekend in celebration of the solemnity of Corpus Christi, a more than 700-year-old feast day that commemorates the real presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.The processions occur as the Church in America enters its second phase of the U.S. bishops National Eucharistic Revival, a three-year initiative by the prelates to inspire belief in the Eucharist following a 2019 Pew Research study that suggested only about one-third of U.S. Catholics believe the Church s teaching that the Eucharist is truly the body and blood of Jesus Christ.The second phase of the revival, the Year of Parish Revival, is meant to foster eucharistic devotion at the parish level.Below is a sam.
Sacred images that were damaged by bullets in the church in Santa Anita were placed at the foot of the altar of the cathedral in Guachochi. / Guachochi Cathedral FacebookACI Prensa Staff, Jun 9, 2023 / 16:10 pm (CNA).The pastor of a church riddled with bullets in an armed confrontation between crime gangs in the border state of Chihuahua in northern Mexico called on the criminals involved to listen to "the voice of God" and to "turn their weapons into plows to till the earth, into instruments to sing and rejoice."In a letter shared with ACI Prensa, CNA s Spanish-language news partner, Father Enrique Urzúa, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in Guachochi in the Diocese of Tarahumara, addressed the criminals who had clashed on June 5 in the small settlement of Santa Anita, "causing suffering and death.""Brothers, listen to the voice of God! I am sure that the vast majority of you are baptized; we are brothers, and even though you are within the