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Washington Nationals official fired after video that implied discrimination against Catholic pitcher (EWTN News)
Posted on 05/29/2026 22:05 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“We were horrified by the comments that were made on the video,” said team business president Jason Sinnarajah. “The comments don’t reflect us as an organization, our values and who we are. We took action right away, and that individual is no longer employed by the team.”
Bishop reports unprecedented number of converts in Estonia (National Catholic Register)
Posted on 05/29/2026 22:05 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Bishop Philippe Jourdan received 48 adults into the Church at Easter; 33 of them were unbaptized.
“We had never had so many,” Bishop Jourdan told the National Catholic Register. “Previously, catechumens were often in the 30-to-40 age bracket. Now, they are much more often in their 20s.”
New Chaldean Patriarch enthroned; vows to preserve Church's liturgical traditions (Syriac Press)
Posted on 05/29/2026 22:05 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Syriac Press reported that the new Patriarch outlined six priorities, including unity in the Church, the spiritual life, and “authentic identity”: “preserving liturgical traditions, the Syriac-Aramaic language, customs, and Eastern Christian spiritual philosophy.”
Outgoing US religious freedom commissioner highlights worsening global crisis (EWTN News)
Posted on 05/29/2026 21:05 PM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Stephen Schneck lamented the worsening situation in India and China, the world’s two most populous nations.
Schneck said that India “is among the worst countries in the global community in regards to religious freedom from the analysis that has been done by the commission over the last decade or so.”
The plight of religious believers in China “gets worse and worse,” he added, and “itʼs not just limited to individuals. Weʼre talking about whole populations here—the Uyghur Muslims, the Tibetan Buddhists, Christians.”
Vance, Echoing Pope Leo’s Encyclical, Says Decisions About Life and Death ‘Must Be Made by Humans, Not Machines’
Posted on 05/29/2026 20:00 PM (The Daily Register)
Catholicism Makes Unexpected Inroads in Secular Estonia
Posted on 05/29/2026 19:50 PM (The Daily Register)
Swiss Bishops Back Ban on LGBT Conversion Measures, Cite ‘Spiritual Abuse’ Risk
Posted on 05/29/2026 19:42 PM (The Daily Register)
Focus on spreading the Gospel, Pope tells Italian bishops (CWN)
Posted on 05/29/2026 04:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope Leo XIV encouraged the bishops of Italy to sow the Gospel tirelessly and look upon the harvest with the gaze of Christ, rather than “lament the hardened ground.”