Archive for May 1, 2010

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Students spend break assisting those impacted by Hurricane Katrina

It has been nearly five years since Hurricane Katrina struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast and, while the storm has long... Read more

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Vatican approves new English translation of the Mass

After eight years of work, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has approved a new... Read more

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Media attention to sex scandal is not about protecting children, argues Lopez

In an analysis by Kathryn Jean Lopez of the National Review Online, she argues that the Associated Press coverage of... Read more

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Past hurricane victims look to gulf oil spill with 'great anxiety,' archbishop says

Responding to the growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Catholic archbishops in the region have called for prayers... Read more

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Fr. Maciel guilty, 'profound' revision of Legion needed, report Apostolic Visitors

Apostolic Visitors to the Legion of Christ condemned the "very serious and objectively immoral acts" of its founder, Fr. Marcial... Read more

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Aborted baby in Italy survives for two days

Fr. Antonio Martello, a hospital chaplain was shocked to see that the baby boy he was praying over was still... Read more

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Code of Canon Law now available online in Chinese

Just over a month after the Catechism was made available in Chinese on the Vatican's website, the Holy See has... 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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