Archive for March 28, 2015

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Havana, Cuba. ?w=200&h=150

Church in Cuba enters new era with thaw of US diplomatic relations

As the fifty year economic embargo and diplomatic isolation between the U.S. and Cuba comes to a close, the thaw... Read more

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By Adelaide Mena

Supreme Court rules in favor of pregnancy protection in the workplace

A recent ruling from the Supreme Court to clarify workplace protections for pregnant women will help remedy some of the... Read more

Pope Francis addresses interreligious faith leaders in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Ann Schneible

Pope praises deceased Assyrian patriarch as wise pastor, ecumenical leader

Pope Francis has sent a telegram of condolences following the death of Catholicos Dinkha IV, patriarch of the Assyrian Church... Read more

Carmelite sisters in Birmingham. ?w=200&h=150

By Ann Schneible

500 years after birth, witness of St. Teresa of Avila remains strong, says Pope

On the 500th anniversary of St. Teresa of Avila's birth, Pope Francis praised the Spanish mystic and reformer for her... Read more

A young child at the Sharia Refugee Camp in Dohuk, Iraq. ?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Pope's delegation offers comfort, communion to Iraqi refugees

Hoping to awaken the world conscience on Iraq, a Pontifical delegation traveled to Erbil and Dohuk to foster local communion... Read more

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A view of the November 2024 Mountain Fire taken from Padre Serra Parish in Ventura County, California.

California parish serves as refuge amid damaging wildfire

Pope Francis greets new seminarians from the North American College present in St. Peter’s Square, encouraging them to live their vocations with joy “because true prayer gives us joy.”

Knights of Columbus surpasses $100 million in support for seminarians, religious vocations

St. Joseph Church in the west-central region of Bukit Timah in Singapore.

Singapore priest stabbed while celebrating Mass

The Confiteor at a Traditional Latin Mass.

Vatican prohibits Traditional Latin Mass in Bishop Strickland’s former cathedral

Father Roberto Pasolini, who was appointed Nov. 9, 2024, as the new preacher of the Papal Household, earned a doctorate in biblical theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and has been a professor of biblical languages ​​and sacred Scripture at the Laurentianum Interprovincial Theological Institute of the Capuchins in Milan and Venice.

Pope Francis appoints new preacher to the Papal Household to succeed Cardinal Cantalamessa

An interior view of Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California.

Diocese of Oakland says it will pay up to $200 million for hundreds of abuse claims

Inside the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Holy Rosary in Pompeii, Italy.

Pope on 150th anniversary of Our Lady of Pompeii: ‘Rediscover the beauty of the rosary’

Pope Francis meets with the delegations of the Diocese of Aosta, Italy, and the Congregation of the Canons of Great Saint Bernard on Nov. 11, 2024, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican.

Pope Francis marks first millennium since birth of St. Bernard, patron of mountaineers

President Donald J. Trump is joined by legislators and Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil-Kurdistan, Iraq, left, as he signs H.R. 390, the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018 on Dec. 11, 2018, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Chaldean archbishop voices hope for peace under new U.S. administration

Admiral Rachel Levine, Department of Health and Human Services assistant secretary for health, announces new transgender guidelines.

Trump could restrict transgender surgeries for kids in second term, policy analysts say

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