Archive for August 7, 2015

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And you shall be like gods – the fierce warning of 'Ex Machina'

Much has already been said about director Alex Garland's slick transhumanist thriller “Ex Machina.” It's been heralded as everything from... Read more

Pope Francis blesses newly married couples at the general audience in Vatican City on August 5, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Pope to Knights: Thank you for your steadfast witness to truth of marriage

Pope Francis thanked the Knights of Columbus for their support of Christian marriage in a message to their 133rd Supreme... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Pope Francis: Beware the 'false peace' that comes from the devil

Pope Francis on Friday told a group of youth that the greatest challenge in his vocation so far has been... Read more

Archbishop Blase Cupich at installation Mass at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago on Nov. 17, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

Archbishop Cupich will attend synod, Vatican source says

Originally selected as an alternate synod delegate, Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago will in fact be an attendee at the... Read more

A prolife supporter holds a Defund Planned Parenthood sign at the March for Life, Jan. 25, 2012. ?w=200&h=150

When the Senate won't defund Planned Parenthood, states will

Alabama on Thursday became the third U.S. state this week to withdraw funding from its local branches of Planned Parenthood,... Read more

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Father José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva has over 420,000 followers on Instagram and 130,000 on YouTube.

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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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