Archive for February 23, 2015

Fr. Alexis Prem Kumar, SJ. Photo courtesy of Jesuit Refugee Service.?w=200&h=150

Relief and gratitude after release of priest abducted in Afghanistan

Friends and colleagues have pledged their support for a Jesuit priest released after eight months of captivity in Afghanistan, where... Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones,Ann Schneible

Mystic, monk and poet – meet the newest Doctor of the Church

St. Gregory of Narek – a tenth century priest, monk, mystic, and poet beloved among Armenian Christians – has become... Read more

Rabbi David Saperstein in Davos, Switzerland, January 25, 2013. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

New religious freedom official: the time for action is now

The new U.S. religious freedom ambassador wasted no time emphasizing the urgency of his mission as he was sworn in... Read more

Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij of Bangkok speaks with CNA Feb. 20, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

For Thailand's new cardinal, secularism is the face of the devil

The main challenge facing the Church today is secularism, according to Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij of Bangkok, who boldly... Read more

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Bi-national gathering aims to build bridges, promote pro-life values

Wading into the deep-seated topics of family, marriage, and religious freedom, the Catholic dioceses of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez... Read more

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Farm workers.

Catholic Campaign for Human Development spent $11.4 million over its budget

Father José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva has over 420,000 followers on Instagram and 130,000 on YouTube.

Priest accused of being involved in alleged plot to assassinate president of Brazil

Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi during an interview with CNA in Rome on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.

Archbishop of Tokyo: An aging society like Japan’s will not be able to survive

President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, photographed here with Kirk Adams and First Lady Jill Biden, in a photo posted to his X account, Nov. 20, 2024.

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood leader Cecile Richards

Missouri’s bishops are urging the state to forgo executing a 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.

Missouri bishops urge state to refrain from executing convicted child-killer next month

The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation awards the Ratzinger Prize to Notre Dame theologian Cyril O’Regan and Japanese sculptor Etsurō Sotoo at in a ceremony at the Vatican on Nov. 22, 204.

Prestigious Ratzinger Prize awarded to Notre Dame theologian, Japanese sculptor at Vatican

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Data show abortions dropped by nearly 40% in Iowa after six-week ban

Police are searching for a thief who entered the Church of St. Francis of Assisi on West 31st Street in Manhattan on Nov. 20, 2024, and stole a gold rose that memorializes a priest who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Police search for thief who stole 9/11 memorial gold rose from New York Catholic church

A close-up of the tomb of St. Ceclia at the basilica dedicated to her in Trastevere, Rome, Italy.

PHOTOS: St. Cecilia, martyr and patron saint of music, rests in Roman basilica named for her

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U.S. bishops: Federal ‘gender identity’ rule could block Catholics from government contracts

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