Archive for August 27, 2015

Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1964 via The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.?w=200&h=150

By Adelaide Mena

Pop Artist. Provocateur. Catholic. Who was Andy Warhol?

Chances are you've heard of the phrase “15 minutes of fame.” And you've probably seen the neon-colored canvases of Campbell... Read more

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By Andrea Gagliarducci

The modern world's biggest challenge, according to Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI considers the quest for God to be contemporary society's foremost challenge, according to one of the emeritus Pope's... Read more

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Catholics in Colombia assist thousands of their brethren forced out of Venezuela

With thousands of Colombian residents of Venezuela being driven from their homes amid a border crisis and martial law, the... Read more

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Ahead of papal visit, Cuba's Women in White fear government crackdown

The leader of a human rights group is concerned that the Cuban government will repeat its 2012 crackdown on opposition... Read more

Flooding after Hurricane Katrina. ?w=200&h=150

By Kate Veik

Even Hurricane Katrina couldn't keep this nun out of New Orleans

For Sister Greta Jupiter, SSF, it was an odd sensation driving through New Orleans East in the months after Hurricane... Read more

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Catholic groups say this US bill could fight modern day slave labor

A proposed federal bill to combat human trafficking and forced labor in the corporate supply chain is an opportunity for... Read more

Latest news

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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