Pro Vita & Famiglia (Pro Life & Family) headquarters in Rome was vandalized June 10, 2023. / Credit: Pro Vita & FamigliaACI Prensa Staff, Jun 13, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).The Italian association Pro Vita & Famiglia (Pro Life and Family) denounced an attack on its office in Rome after being called "bastards" by the leader of the LGBT Pride demonstration in Italy, Mario Colamarino.On Saturday, June 10, the demonstration in Rome passed in front of the association s office, where, according to its president, Jacopo Coghe, participants voiced insults and committed acts of "verbal violence."This incident, along with statements by the leader of the LGBT lobby in Italy, have been the breeding ground for "a climate of hate" that materialized in the attack on the office of Pro Vita & Famiglia on Monday, June 12, according to Coghe.The office s security gate was covered with messages such as "abortion on demand," "fascists should be ha
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.