Archive for April 30, 2012

Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba.?w=200&h=150

Cuban cardinal willing to endure critics in reconciliation process

During a recent visit to the United States, Cardinal Jaime Ortega of Havana said he is willing to endure criticism... Read more

Members participate in the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences' meeting on April 27, 2012.?w=200&h=150

Pope Benedict says forgiveness is key to global peace

Pope Benedict XVI says that forgiveness is the key to creating harmony between peoples and nations. Read more

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St. John of Avila celebrated as soon-to-be Doctor of the Church

At the conclusion of their annual meeting on April 27, the bishops of Spain issued a statement lauding Pope Benedict... Read more

Chen Guangcheng appears in a YouTube video after escaping from house arrest in Dongshigu, China on April 22, 2012.?w=200&h=150

By Michelle La Rosa

Chinese activist’s escape prompts calls for US action

The escape of Chen Guangcheng, a human rights advocate who opposed China’s brutal one-child policy, is resulting in calls for... Read more

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After pro-life boycott, PepsiCo rejects fetal tissue research

Soft drink maker PepsiCo has said that it does not conduct or fund research that uses human embryonic or fetal... 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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