Archive for May 24, 2012

On the Solemnity of the Ascension, Cardinal Joachim Meisner blessed the new Benedictine cloister in Tabgha. ?w=200&h=150

New cloister for Benedictine monks dedicated in Holy Land

High-ranking Catholic churchmen dedicated a new cloister on May 17 at a Benedictine monastery built at the site where Jesus... Read more

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By Michelle La Rosa

New organization mobilizes lay Catholics for public square

As concerns over threats to religious liberty continue to mount, a growing Catholic organization aims to help lay men and... Read more

A window in Ireland's Tuam Cathedral shows St. Marguerite Marie Alacoque receiving a private revelation of the Sacred Heart. ?w=200&h=150

Vatican publishes guidelines on apparitions, private revelations

The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has published guidelines to help the Church worldwide handle claims of... Read more

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Pope blesses world-traveling cross honoring Christ's resurrection

Before his Wednesday General Audience this week, Pope Benedict blessed a large wooden cross that will travel to the capitals... Read more

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Bolivian bishops urge against passage of gay union law

The bishops of Bolivia told the country's lawmakers that the State has the duty to protect marriage between a man... Read more

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Pope says personal conversion is first step of New Evangelization

Pope Benedict XVI told the bishops of Italy today that personal holiness is an indispensable first step to reconverting their... Read more

Brian Walsh speaks to the National Religious Freedom Conference on May 24, 2012.?w=200&h=150

By Michelle La Rosa

Religious freedom caucuses planned for every state legislature

Advocates of religious liberty have announced plans to launch religious freedom caucuses in all 50 state legislatures in order to... Read more

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Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy.

Naples’ new cardinal sees red hat as call to ‘embrace the cross of the weakest’

Pro-life activist Matthew Engelthaler places signs in front of Camelback Family Planning, an abortion clinic in Phoenix, on April 18, 2024.

CDC: Abortions declined slightly following reversal of Roe v. Wade

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Hawley warns feds: Retain records on Catholic investigation, pro-life convictions

The Nicaraguan dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, kidnapped and expelled from the country a priest of the Diocese of Bluefields.

Nicaraguan dictatorship kidnaps and expels another priest 

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Dec. 4, 2024.

Pope Francis: Beauty urges us to take Christ out into the streets and bring him to people

St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, New York.

Court approves New York diocese’s record $323 million abuse settlement

Activist and detransitioner Chloe Cole was among the speakers at a rally on the steps of the United States Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024, as justices heard oral arguments in a challenge to a Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries for minors.

Detransitioner Chloe Cole, Matt Walsh speak at rally on the steps of the Supreme Court 

Pro-abortion activists march in Mexico City on Nov. 26, 2024.

Why is legalization of abortion making rapid advances in Mexico?

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Experts laud Italian ban on surrogacy abroad as step toward universal abolition

U.S. national and rainbow flags are pictured on the U.S. embassy in Moscow on June 30, 2022.

Trump could reverse State Department, USAID’s efforts to push gender ideology, abortion

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