Archive for December 9, 2015

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Minnesota diocese files for bankruptcy after abuse judgment

The Catholic Diocese of Duluth is filing for bankruptcy protection after a multi-million dollar abuse judgment. The diocese says it... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

What is mercy – and what are some false conceptions of it?

Is it simply having pity for someone or bending the rules? As the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy kicks off,... Read more

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They fled terrorists, too – why Catholics are resettling a refugee family in Indiana

Efforts to resettle a Syrian refugee family in Indiana are part of a long Catholic tradition that saves lives, the... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Why a Jubilee of Mercy? Because the Church needs it, Pope Francis says

The day after opening the Holy Year of Mercy, Pope Francis dedicated his general audience remarks to answering the question... Read more

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Don't let evil win over your hearts, bishop urges after San Bernardino attacks

Christian, Jewish, and Muslim leaders offered prayers and comfort at an interreligious gathering in San Bernardino on Monday in the... Read more

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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

The Supreme Court of India.

Church leaders will appeal Indian Supreme Court order for tax on salaries of clergy

Argentine President Javier Milei walks past President-elect Donald Trump as they attend the America First Policy Institute Gala held at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida.

How will Trump impact abortion, gender, and migration policies in Latin America?

Memorial tree in Mayfouk, Lebanon, in remembrance of Christians killed in the Lebanese civil war.

Red Wednesday in the Land of the Martyrs 

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