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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Fifty years ago, thousands of young Americans descended on San Francisco to join a cultural revolution known as the Summer of Love....
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Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for his Wednesday general audience on May 22, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, May 28, 2024 / 12:35 pm (CNA).The Vatican on Tuesday issued an apology after Pope Francis' use of an offensive word in Italian regarding seminarians who identify as gay.Matteo Bruni, the Holy See spokesman, said in Tuesday's press statement that the Holy Father was "aware of the articles recently published about a conversation, behind closed doors, with the bishops" of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI).Italian media reported that Pope Francis had met with the CEI on May 20 in the Vatican's Synodal Hall. At that meeting the pope was asked about the admission of declared gay men to the seminary. Telling the bishops that gay men should not be admitted to priestly formation, the pope argued "there is too much 'frociaggine' in seminaries," a slur translated as "faggotry" or "faggotness." Bruni told jour...
After a four-year hiatus, the Corpus Christi festival is returning on Thursday, May 30, 2024, to Gilberto Parada Stadium in the town of Montero, Bolivia, where it is expected to draw the attendance of approximately 30,000 people, as in previous years. / Credit: Our Lady of Mercy parish in Montero, BoliviaACI Prensa Staff, May 28, 2024 / 15:20 pm (CNA).After a four-year hiatus, the Corpus Christi festival is returning this year to Gilberto Parada Stadium in the town of Montero, Bolivia, where it is expected to draw the attendance of approximately 30,000 people, as in previous years.The festival is scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 30. Entertainment will be provided by more than 500 students from local schools who are preparing outfits and choreography as part of the occasion.Members of the Congregation of Conventual Franciscans of the Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Montero are in charge of the festival and have high hopes that this year the stadium will be filled to capacity...
Former La Plata Archbishop Gabriel Antonio Mestre. / Credit: La Capital Mar del PlataCNA Staff, May 27, 2024 / 08:37 am (CNA).The Holy See on Monday said Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of La Plata, Argentina, Archbishop Gabriel Antonio Mestre after the prelate had served in that role for less than a year. The Vatican said in a press statement on Monday that the Holy Father "has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina, presented by Archbishop Gabriel Antonio Mestre." The archbishop had been appointed to that role in July of last year and installed in September.The Holy See did not give a reason for Mestre's resignation. In a statement posted to the archdiocese's Facebook on Monday, meanwhile, Mestre said he was "conscious of my weakness and the human weakness of the beautiful Church that is my home and my family" as he resigned. "A few days ago, the Holy See summoned me to Rome to talk about some aspects o...