Archive for July 19, 2009

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Church to honor St. Bridget of Sweden

On Thursday, the Church will celebrate the feast day of St. Bridget of Sweden.  Bridget received visions of Christ’s suffering... Read more

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Tabernacle placement must be 'central and visible,' Bishop D’Arcy says

Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend John M. D’Arcy has issued new norms on the placement of the tabernacle in churches,... Read more

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Married man and woman ‘gold standard’ in childrearing, critics of British official say

Correction quickly came to an official with a British diocesan-funded marriage organization who claimed that married couples are no better... Read more

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‘Do not be discouraged!’ Pope Benedict tells faithful in economic crisis

In the first public outing of his current vacation in Les Combes, Pope Benedict XVI told 9,000 faithful gathered in... Read more

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Michigan attorney general releases fourth report on alleged abuse in state dioceses

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024.

As he turns 88, 8 + 8 interesting things about Pope Francis

An Ontario judge has acquitted Linda Gibbons, a 76-year-old Christian grandmother and pro-life activist who was charged with protesting within an “buffer zone” outside an abortion clinic.

Judge acquits 76-year-old Canadian pro-life activist 

Pope Francis meets political authorities, civil leaders, and diplomats in the Republican Palace in Baghdad on March 5, 2021.

Pope Francis reveals he survived two threats to his life in Iraq

Pope Francis laughs with some religious sisters at his general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Aug. 30, 2023.

Pope Francis pens essay on humor: ‘Irony is a medicine’

Holy Mass is celebrated in Mariamite Greek Melkite Catholic Cathedral, Damascus, on Dec. 15, 2024.

One week after regime change, Syrian church bells ring out in hope

Bishop-elect Iyad Twal was appointed by Pope Francis on Dec. 17, 2024, as auxiliary bishop of the patriarchal diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins for Jordan and as titular bishop of Siminia.

Pope Francis appoints new auxiliary bishop for Jordan and the titular see of Siminia

A family gathers in a prefabricated house donated by the Philokalia Foundation in Kerala state in India.

Catholic groups offer prefabricated houses for victims of landslides in south India

Members of the German Synodal Committee meet for their third session at the Wilhelm-Kempf-Haus in Wiesbaden-Naurod, Dec. 13, 2024.

Church in Germany pushes toward a national synodal body

Pope Francis is presented with a birthday cake aboard the papal plane on the return from his trip to Corsica on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024.

Pope Francis at 88: Age-old wisdom, intergenerational dialogue at heart of evangelization

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