Archive for April 8, 2015

Msgr. Segundo Tejado Munoz, undersecretary of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, with refugee children in Iraq, March 28, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

How the Holy See is using diplomacy to aid Christians in the Middle East

In the face of increased persecution of Christians in the Middle East, the Holy See's diplomatic arm is developing a... Read more

Mother and daughter at a candelight vigil for those injured and killed during the Boston Marathon bombings on April 21, 2013. ?w=200&h=150

Bishops appeal against death penalty in Boston bombing case

As accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev stands trial, the Catholic bishops of Massachusetts are asking that he not receive... Read more

Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square during his Dec. 3, 2014 general audience. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis brings down hammer, says 'Don’t mess with children'

Pope Francis said Wednesday that children are never a mistake, and called adults out for building faulty systems that leave... Read more

Mass said on the proposed site of an Israeli security wall in the West Bank's Cremisan Valley, Jan. 17, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

Patriarch welcomes court's 'courageous' decision to block Israeli wall through West Bank

Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem has praised an Israeli Supreme Court decision prohibiting the country's army from routing a security... Read more

An unborn baby at 20 weeks -- well within the second trimester, when dilation and evacuation abortions are commonly performed. ?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Kansas becomes first state to ban 'dismemberment abortion'

Kansas became on Tuesday the first state to ban abortions by a procedure known as “dilation and evacuation,” which is... Read more

Seminarian Roni Marzina Momica with a group of children outside an Aid to the Church in Need office. Photo Courtesy of Roni Marzina Momica.?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Bomb attack, ISIS invasion can't dampen faith of Iraqi seminarian

Roni Marzina Momica has seen it all: a victim of a 2010 bus attack and among those forced to leave... Read more

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The pillars of the South Portico of the White House are decorated in rainbow colors as guests attend a White House Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2024.

Trump could end Defense Department’s promotion of gender ideology, abortion

Kash Patel speaks at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix.

Trump taps Kash Patel to shake up the FBI

The rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral is seen a few weeks before its reopening to the public scheduled for Dec. 7, 2024, on Oct. 25, 2024, in Paris.

U.S. President-elect Trump to attend Notre Dame Cathedral reopening in Paris

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador.

Catholic Church in El Salvador calls on president to maintain ban on gold mining

Close to the Pantheon in the heart of Rome, one of the city’s oldest and most popular ecclesiastical tailor shops — Ditta Annibale Gammarelli — is ready for the Dec. 7, 2024, consistory for the creation of new cardinals.

Rome’s famous tailor prepares for the Catholic Church’s new cardinals

A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier from the Kobe City Museum collection.

Remembering St. Francis Xavier’s missionary zeal

Missouri’s bishops said citizens can reach out to the governor’s office to express opposition to the pending execution of 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.

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Missouri convicted murderer’s death row case

According to Venerable English College, during the Catholic persecution in England, students would gather around the “Martyrs’ Picture” in the chapel to sing the Te Deum — a Latin hymn of thanksgiving — whenever news reached Rome of the martyrdom of a former student. This custom continues today on Martyrs’ Day, Dec. 1, when the relics of the martyrs, preserved beneath the altar, are venerated by the students.

English seminary in Rome commemorates Martyrs’ Day on St. Ralph Sherwin’s feast

Smoke of war rises over a residential area in Aleppo. On Dec. 1, 2024, the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa College in Aleppo was hit by a strike. No casualties were reported.

As Aleppo’s Christians face new ordeal, Church leaders call for courage and faith

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

Vatican suppresses Carmelite monastery following long-running controversy

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