Archive for July 12, 2008

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WYD will impact Europe, Cardinal Schönborn asserts

Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn left on July 9 with 750 young people to take part in the 23rd World Youth... Read more

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Australia denies visas to Iraqi WYD pilgrims

The Australian government has denied visas to dozens of World Youth Day pilgrims from Iraq, citing concerns that participants will... Read more

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Sydney cathedral unveils statue of Pope John Paul II

A statue of Pope John Paul II which stands more than six and a half feet tall and weighs more... Read more

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Australian politicians' attendance at final World Youth Day Mass raises Communion questions

Several leading Australian political figures who are Catholic will attend the papal Mass closing World Youth Day, highlighting some leaders’... Read more

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England and Wales send over 2,000 young people to Sydney

Along with 20 bishops, 2,000 young people from England and Wales are traveling to Sydney to see Pope Benedict on... Read more

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Wyoming governor pledges to appeal after judge blocks state pro-life laws

Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598.

What do we know about the presentation of Mary?

Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

Nairobi archbishop declines Kenyan president’s donations to Catholic parish

Jimmy Lai’s wife, Teresa (left), and retired Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun arrive at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to attend Hong Kong activist publisher Lai’s national security trial in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

Jimmy Lai takes the stand in yearslong Hong Kong national security trial

Senior fellow at the National Catholic Bioethics Center Joseph Meaney speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.

Vietnam, with one of the highest abortion rates, leads UN initiative on premature births

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 20, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis reads Ukrainian student’s moving testimony of faith at general audience

Before the wooden coffin is closed, Pope Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli, the Vatican’s lead master of ceremonies for papal liturgies, place a white veil over the late pope’s face. The action on Jan. 4, 2023, is part of the funeral rites for popes.

Vatican simplifies funeral rite for popes

The Supreme Court of India.

Church leaders will appeal Indian Supreme Court order for tax on salaries of clergy

Argentine President Javier Milei walks past President-elect Donald Trump as they attend the America First Policy Institute Gala held at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida.

How will Trump impact abortion, gender, and migration policies in Latin America?

Memorial tree in Mayfouk, Lebanon, in remembrance of Christians killed in the Lebanese civil war.

Red Wednesday in the Land of the Martyrs 

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