Father Marko Rupnik, SJ, in an interview with EWTN in 2020. / EWTNVatican City, Jun 15, 2023 / 05:22 am (CNA).The priest and artist Father Marko Rupnik, accused of the physical and psychological abuse of numerous religious sisters, was dismissed from the Jesuits this month, according to the religious order.The Society of Jesus said in a June 15 statement Rupnik was expelled due to his "stubborn refusal to observe the vow of obedience."Rupnik had been asked to change communities and "accept a new mission," the statement said. "Faced with Marko Rupnik s repeated refusal to obey this mandate, we were unfortunately left with only one solution: dismissal from the Society of Jesus."According to canon law, Rupnik has 30 days to appeal the dismissal after receiving the decree on June 14. The decree was issued June 9, the Jesuits said.Father Johan Verschueren, SJ, Rupnik s superior whose name the statement was in, said no further comments will be made until after t
Fr. Fidelis Moscinski, CFR (right) encounters protesters during the July 10 "Witness for Life" prayer procession in Brooklyn. / Jeffrey Bruno/Instagram/EWTN Pro-Life WeeklyWashington D.C., Jun 13, 2023 / 16:05 pm (CNA).Pro-life activists are accusing New York Attorney General Letitia James of intimidation and suppressing free speech after the attorney general sued a pro-life group and asked the court to bar members from going within 30 feet of an abortion clinic.The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York on June 8, targets the activist group Red Rose Rescue. The group s members sometimes enter abortion clinics to discourage women from obtaining an abortion and provide them with resources that could help them through their pregnancy. James is asking the court to ban any member, including five who are named as defendants, from coming within 30 feet of any abortion clinic or reproductive health care facility in New Yo.
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
Nicaraguan academic and political activist Felix Maradiaga speaks during an interview with AFP in Managua on Feb. 11, 2021. / Credit: STR/AFP via Getty ImagesACI Prensa Staff, Jun 13, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).A Nicaraguan court on June 9 announced the "freezing and forfeiture" of all real estate and of all shares of commercial companies belonging to the 222 political prisoners who were deported to the U.S. in February.The ruling by Criminal Chamber 1 of the Court of Appeals based in Managua, dated May 19, points out that the former prisoners were declared "traitors to the homeland" and therefore exiled from the country and stripped of their citizenship."This theft is another serious violation of fundamental human rights, since private property is a constitutional right and a basic legal guarantee recorded in multiple international agreements signed by Nicaragua," said former Nicaraguan presidential candidate Félix Maradiaga in a message shared with ACI Prens
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