Archive for March 30, 2012

Jonathan Wasserman and Kristina Landry on either side of Cardinal Raymond L. Burke.?w=200&h=150

Cardinal Burke calls young converts 'beautiful' image of God's grace

Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, head of the Vatican's highest court, described the beauty of receiving two young Americans in Rome... Read more

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Chilean bishops condemn brutal murder of gay man

Bishops in Chile have condemned the murder of Daniel Zamudio, a gay man who was gruesomely beaten and succumbed to... Read more

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Week of missions to precede World Youth Day in Rio

World Youth Day Rio 2013 will be preceded by a week of missions throughout Brazil before hundreds of thousands of... Read more

The Italian Episcopal Conference has prepared a new edition of the Rito delle Esequie, or Rite of Funerals. ?w=200&h=150

Catholics in Italy told ashes of dead cannot be scattered

The Catholic Church in Italy has issued new guidelines that rule out scattering the cremated remains of a person or... Read more

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Cardinal Dolan says HHS mandate fight 'tough' but winnable

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York says that although opponents of the federal contraception mandate face a difficult struggle,... Read more

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UK celebrates 30 years of diplomacy with Vatican

Today the United Kingdom marked 30 years of full diplomatic relations with the Holy See with a one-day conference in... 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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