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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Bishop Carlos Herrera is president of the Bishops’ Conference of Nicaragua.

Central American bishops call for day of prayer for Catholic Church in Nicaragua

Andrea de Walderstein (left) and Antonio Boemo are spearheading the recreation of a local lagoon in a Nativity scene for St. Peter’s Square. Walderstein is the Nativity’s architect, designer, and construction manager, and Boemo is the coordinator and leader of the project.

A lagoon in St. Peter’s Square? Vatican Nativity scene set to make a splash

Church of Panagia tou Arakos, triumphal arch, wall paintings, Lagoudera, Cyprus — north side, St. John of Damascus.

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The traditional ceremony to verify and ascertain that the Holy Door, closed during the last holy year, is intact, sealed, and ready to be reopened at the beginning of the new Jubilee 2025 was led by the archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti on Dec. 2, 2024.

Traditional rite to demolish wall protecting Holy Door held at St. Peter’s Basilica

Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas.

The conflict between the Carmelite nuns of Arlington and the bishop of Fort Worth: a timeline

Nicaraguan academic and political activist Felix Maradiaga speaks during an interview with AFP in Managua on Feb. 11, 2021.

Pope Francis’ letter to Nicaraguan Catholics is ‘balm for our spirit,’ exiles say

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024.

This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of December

On Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa College in Aleppo was hit by a strike. No casualties were reported but panic has reportedly spread among the people.

Franciscan monastery in Aleppo attacked; friars call for peace

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U.S. bishops launch Giving Tuesday campaign to support the Church’s global mission 

Father Paul Goo, center, is pictured during a missions trip to the Philippines in 2017. He will serve in the Vatican's Secretariat of State beginning in January 2025. Goo is pastor of Christ the Redeemer Parish in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Canadian priest assigned to Vatican’s Secretariat of State

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