Archive for January 25, 2013

(L-R) Fatimata Toure and her sister Hawa prepare a meal at their relatives' home in Bamako, Mali. Photo by Helen Blakesley/Catholic Relief Services.?w=200&h=150

Catholic Relief Services helps refugees in Mali conflict

Catholic Relief Services is working to assist tens of thousands of refugees in Mali as the clash between government and... Read more

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By Michelle La Rosa

Democrats for Life challenge New York abortion law

A group of pro-life Democrats is protesting radical abortion legislation in New York, as well as assertions that there is... Read more

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By Carl Bunderson

Colo. bishops to review health system's fidelity to Church

Colorado's three bishops will examine litigation surrounding Catholic Health Initiatives, after its lawyers allegedly argued in a wrongful-death lawsuit that... Read more

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Pope Benedict tweets support for US pro-life rallies

Pope Benedict has sent a Twitter message expressing his solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of people marching in America... Read more

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Rio de Janeiro safe for visitors, World Youth Day official says

After meeting with the Vatican, an organizer for World Youth Day 2013 said that fear for safety should not keep... Read more

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Pope transfers responsibility for catechesis, seminaries

Pope Benedict has written two new directives modifying the departments in the Roman Curia which are responsible for catechesis and... Read more

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March for Life participants offer joyful witness

Young participants at the 2013 March for Life voiced enthusiasm and hope as they stood up for the dignity of... Read more

Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-Saint Joseph. File Photo/CNA.?w=200&h=150

Bishop: National Catholic Reporter undermines Church teaching

Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City-Saint Joseph announced his discouragement that the National Catholic Reporter has failed to live up... Read more

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Cardinal O'Malley calls pro-life movement to grow in faith

Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley of Boston encouraged pro-life pilgrims from across America to deepen their faith, explaining that a culture... Read more

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The pillars of the South Portico of the White House are decorated in rainbow colors as guests attend a White House Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2024.

Trump could end Defense Department’s promotion of gender ideology, abortion

Kash Patel speaks at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix.

Trump taps Kash Patel to shake up the FBI

The rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral is seen a few weeks before its reopening to the public scheduled for Dec. 7, 2024, on Oct. 25, 2024, in Paris.

U.S. President-elect Trump to attend Notre Dame Cathedral reopening in Paris

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador.

Catholic Church in El Salvador calls on president to maintain ban on gold mining

Close to the Pantheon in the heart of Rome, one of the city’s oldest and most popular ecclesiastical tailor shops — Ditta Annibale Gammarelli — is ready for the Dec. 7, 2024, consistory for the creation of new cardinals.

Rome’s famous tailor prepares for the Catholic Church’s new cardinals

A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier from the Kobe City Museum collection.

Remembering St. Francis Xavier’s missionary zeal

Missouri’s bishops said citizens can reach out to the governor’s office to express opposition to the pending execution of Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2024.

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Missouri convicted murderer’s death row case

According to Venerable English College, during the Catholic persecution in England, students would gather around the “Martyrs’ Picture” in the chapel to sing the Te Deum — a Latin hymn of thanksgiving — whenever news reached Rome of the martyrdom of a former student. This custom continues today on Martyrs’ Day, Dec. 1, when the relics of the martyrs, preserved beneath the altar, are venerated by the students.

English seminary in Rome commemorates Martyrs’ Day on St. Ralph Sherwin’s feast

Smoke of war rises over a residential area in Aleppo. On Dec. 1, 2024, the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa College in Aleppo was hit by a strike. No casualties were reported.

As Aleppo’s Christians face new ordeal, Church leaders call for courage and faith

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

Vatican suppresses Carmelite monastery following long-running controversy

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