Archive for June 27, 2015

The remains of St. Mary's Syrian Orthodox parish in Homs, Syria. ?w=200&h=150

'The unthinkable is real,' author warns about persecutions of Middle East Christians

Growing unrest in the Middle East is causing great concern for the Christian community around the world, and author George... Read more

Religious liberty supporters outside the Supreme Court building in Washington D.C., June 26, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Adelaide Mena,Matt Hadro

Marriage has had its day at Court, but religious freedom could soon follow

Friday’s Supreme Court ruling against the traditional understanding of marriage may pose huge obstacles to the free exercise of religion... Read more

Blesseds Louis and Zelie Martin, who will be canonized Oct. 18, 2015.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Pope officially paves the way for Saint Therese's parents to be canonized

Pope Francis formally approved on Saturday the decrees necessary for Blesseds Louis and Zelie Martin – known for being the... Read more

St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican flag. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis creates new secretariat overseeing all Vatican communications

The Vatican’s nine communications offices will soon be consolidated under the authority of the newly-established Secretariat for Communications, per a... Read more

Pope Francis addresses delegates of Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, at the Private Library of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, June 27, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Catholics and Orthodox should meet, cooperate more often, Pope exhorts

Greeting a delegation of the leader of Eastern Orthodoxy on Saturday, Pope Francis voiced hope that Catholics and Eastern Orthodox... Read more

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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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