Archive for August 31, 2015

Pope Francis celebrates Mass for the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple in St. Peter's Basilica, Feb. 2, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Ann Schneible

Pope to Catholic lawmakers: Be strong. Protect life.

On Sunday, Pope Francis urged Catholic legislators to be protectors of human life, calling them to “be strong” against a... Read more

Margaret Sanger, founder of the birth control movement, at the Neo-Malthusian and Birth Control Conference in New York City. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

Black leaders to Smithsonian: Don’t honor Planned Parenthood founder

While Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger is sometimes hailed as a champion of women’s rights, she was no savior to... Read more

Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on August 26, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis holds virtual audience with Americans in Chicago, Texas, LA

Pope Francis on Monday took part in a virtual audience with a group of Americans, less than a month before... Read more

U.S. Capitol Building. ?w=200&h=150

Citing Pope Francis, bishops call on Congress to renew religious freedom commission

Congress has only one month to reauthorize the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Many human rights activists and religious... Read more

Pope Francis speaks with journalists aboard the papal plane en route to Sri Lanka, Jan. 12, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Ahead of US visit, Pope Francis is popular among Americans

Most Americans have a favorable view of Pope Francis and think he has a message for all the country's citizens,... Read more

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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?

Memorial tree in Mayfouk, Lebanon, in remembrance of Christians killed in the Lebanese civil war.

Red Wednesday in the Land of the Martyrs 

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