Archive for October 30, 2015

Refugee children at the Sharia Al Haman Hope Refugee Camp in Dohuk, Iraq, March 28, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

Humanitarian crisis in Iraq a 'global challenge,' ambassador insists

The international community must do more to help with the humanitarian and cultural crisis in Iraq, the country’s ambassador to... Read more

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By Hillary Mast

Pregnancy center partnership aims to improve women's healthcare in Colorado

When Jenny Langness took over as executive director of Real Choices Pregnancy Resource Center two years ago she was shocked... Read more

An image of Blessed Oscar Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, after his beatification. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis: Every Christian must be prepared for martyrdom

On Friday Pope Francis reflected on the life and death of Blessed Oscar Romero, who was recognized as a martyr... Read more

A crucifix in Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastavere. ?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Exorcisms for entertainment? Terrible idea, St Louis archdiocese tells cable network

A television show’s promise of a live exorcism rite is more dangerous than it thinks, the St. Louis archdiocese warned... Read more

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Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund

“In Jesus there is no contradiction between truth and charity,” notes professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz, who teaches in the philosophy department of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

“We think of these stories of saints that have withstood all this persecution as belonging to the Middle Ages,” said Bill McGurn, godfather of Jimmy Lai. “It’s going on right now, and we can see it.”

Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’

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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

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