Archive for June 21, 2015

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Clearing up the confusion: New film sheds light on beauty, truth of marriage

Ahead of the highly anticipated Synod on the Family in October, many dioceses and Catholic media producers are finding new... Read more

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By Ann Schneible

Shroud of Turin reminds us of all human suffering, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis prayed before the Shroud of Turin on Sunday and reflected on the role the reputed burial cloth of... Read more

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By Ann Schneible

Pope Francis asks workers: give immigrants compassion, not blame

Pope Francis has encouraged workers not to blame their economic troubles on migrants, who are themselves often victims of injustice... Read more

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By Ann Schneible

Pope in Turin: Allow God to make us new

Pope Francis has challenged Christians to seek safety in God’s transformative power, and not in the world.    Read more

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By Andrea Gagliarducci

A Vatican two-wheeler: Teen mechanics restore motorbike for Pope Francis

A group of teenagers at a Salesian-run professional school in Italy have restored a motorbike as a gift for the... Read more

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“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 discusses 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

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?

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