Archive for February 4, 2013

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Syrian bishop hopes new patriarch's experience will save lives

A Syrian bishop is happy with the election of Archbishop Louis R. Sako as Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church... Read more

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World’s largest Marian statue unveiled in Bolivia

The largest statue of the Virgin Mary in the world, dedicated to Our Lady of Socavon, was inaugurated at a... Read more

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By Carl Bunderson

Catholic health group affirms Church teaching on unborn

Catholic Health Initiatives has joined Colorado's bishops in calling for protection of unborn children after the group's lawyers argued in... Read more

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Vatican official thinks Philadelphia meeting will be key for families

The head of the Vatican council for the family believes that the 2015 gathering in Philadelphia will be an important... Read more

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Indiana Catholics mourn loss of Bishop D'Arcy

The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend is mourning the recent death of its bishop emeritus, Bishop John M. D'Arcy, who... Read more

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Vatican denies that Muslims ordered assassination of John Paul II

The director of the Vatican press office has rejected claims by Ali Agca, the man responsible for the assassination attempt... Read more

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The bishop of Santa Clara, Arturo González Amador (center) was elected as the new president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba. He is accompanied in the photo by the conference's vice president, Matanzas Bishop Juan Gabriel Díaz Ruiz (left) and the conference's new secretary general, Auxiliary Bishop of Havana Eloy Ricardo Domínguez Martínez (right).

In midst of island’s travails, Cuba’s bishops elect new leadership

Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul-Minneapolis.

Bishops elect new treasurer, committee chairs at Baltimore meeting

USCCB president Archbishop Timothy Broglio (left); Bishop Mark Seitz, head of the USCCB migration committee (center); and Bishop Michael Burbidge, chairman of the USCCB’s pro-life committee, speak to media at the USCCB fall plenary assembly on Nov. 12, 2024.  

U.S. bishops will speak out ‘loudly’ if Trump’s mass deportation rhetoric becomes reality

Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Pope Francis’ apostolic nuncio to the United States, addresses the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in July 2024.

U.S. nuncio: Bishops must foster missionary zeal

The U.S. bishops gather in Baltimore on Nov. 12, 2024, for their fall plenary assembly.

Archbishop Broglio calls bishops to insist on human dignity, aid migrants after election

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Report: Hundreds of Canadian euthanasia violations not reported to police

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the primate of all England and leader of the Anglican Communion, announced his resignation on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, saying he takes “personal and institutional responsibility” for the mishandling of a number of high-profile abuse cases in the Anglican Church since taking the reigns in 2013.

Archbishop of Canterbury resigns over handling of abuse cases

Pope Francis raises his glass at the start of a lunch with poor and economically disadvantaged people in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Nov. 19, 2023.

Pope Francis to have Sunday lunch with 1,300 guests on World Day of the Poor

Bishop-elect Philip Moger from the Archdiocese of Southwark was due to be installed Nov. 9, 2024, but suddenly announced the “delay” to his installation just days before it was due to take place.

Installation of new bishop in England deferred for a second time

The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library, the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City, is one of the oldest libraries in the world.

Pope Francis moves part of Vatican library and archive to Rome seminary

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