Archive for December 3, 2012

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Cardinal prays World Youth Day will have lifelong impact

The president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity said he hopes World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro... Read more

Greg Burke speaks to the media about the Pope's new Twitter account at a Dec. 3, 2012 press conference.?w=200&h=150

Pope Benedict will make Twitter debut with @pontifex

The Pope's Twitter account will be @pontifex and will start on Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe,... Read more

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Brazilian soccer team receives blessing for Club World Cup

The Brazilian soccer team Corinthians received a special blessing from a local priest before traveling to Japan for the 2012... Read more

Sen. John McCain speaks Sept. 24, 2012 on campaign finance at USC's Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy. ?w=200&h=150

By Michelle La Rosa

Pro-life leaders ask GOP to stand strong on abortion

Top pro-life advocates are calling on the Republican Party to maintain its pro-life stance despite calls from some to back... Read more

The three-judge panel of Vatican judges delivers the verdict in the trial of Paolo Gabriele. ?w=200&h=150

Vatican judges find computer tech's testimony not credible

The Vatican court said in a detailed sentence issued Dec. 1 that the testimony given by the computer technician Claudio... Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez celebrates Mass after the Marian procession of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec 2, 2012. ?w=200&h=150

By Carl Bunderson

LA Guadalupe procession draws thousands in celebration of faith

An outdoor procession for Our Lady of Guadalupe held Sunday in Los Angeles attracted 25,000 participants to venerate the Virgin... 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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