Archive for January 31, 2010

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Church celebrates feast of St. John Bosco

Today the Church commemorates the life of St. John Bosco, a priest of humble origins who was devoted to helping... Read more

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‘Keep the Heat On’ eases fears

For many elderly or disabled individuals, winter is a unsettling time filled with depression brought on by escalating utility bills,... Read more

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One million Rosaries for unborn babies planned in multi-national effort

A Catholic group is again leading a multi-national prayer effort to organize one million Rosaries for unborn babies. Participants will... Read more

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St. Vincent College chooses Benedictine monk mathematician as new president

St. Vincent College of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, the United States’ oldest Benedictine college, has announced it has chosen as its next... Read more

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Love is the ‘greatest gift,’ Pope Benedict declares at Angelus

Pope Benedict XVI in his address before the Angelus discussed St. Paul's "hymn of love" and the importance of love... Read more

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'Caravan for Peace' descends on St. Peter's Square for Angelus

A group from Italian Catholic Action of Rome all but took over St. Peter's Square for Sunday's Angelus. They had... Read more

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Pope greets advocates for leprosy victims at Angelus

In a rain-soaked St. Peter's Square, the Holy Father recognized the World Day for Leprosy on Sunday.  After the Angelus,... Read more

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Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund

“In Jesus there is no contradiction between truth and charity,” notes professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz, who teaches in the philosophy department of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

“We think of these stories of saints that have withstood all this persecution as belonging to the Middle Ages,” said Bill McGurn, godfather of Jimmy Lai. “It’s going on right now, and we can see it.”

Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’

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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

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