Archive for March 13, 2010

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Tennessee Catholics help homeless families through bike ride

On March 27, local participants will be riding for homeless families in Memphis, Tennessee for the Dorothy Day Family Fun... Read more

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‘Where is the freedom?’ Iraqi sister asks after more anti-Christian violence in Mosul

A religious sister from Mosul reports that Iraqi Christians continue to leave the country because they are targeted by violence.... Read more

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Court rules 'under God' as constitutional in Pledge of Allegiance

A San Francisco court ruled Thursday that the phrase “one nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance does not... Read more

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Vatican: Pope was 'completely extraneous' to Munich sex abuse decision

Fr. Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See's Press Office, released a statement on Saturday morning in which he made... Read more

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Pope's former archdiocese clarifies details of abusive priest's placement

The vicar general of the Archdiocese of Munich has owned up to his responsibility in making the "mistaken decisions" that... Read more

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Pope showed wisdom and firmness against abuses as CDF prefect, says Msgr. Scicluna

The Avvenire newspaper of the Italian Bishops' Conference printed an interview on Saturday which sheds light on how cases of... 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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