Archive for October 22, 2016

Colombian Confess-a-thon at a Bogota Mall. ?w=200&h=150

'Confess-a-thon' returns to Colombian mall, draws 120 priests

For two days this week, a shopping mall in Bogota, Colombia was transformed into a “Confess-a-thon,” as 120 priests administered... Read more

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square during the Wednesday general audience on May 22, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis: don't interrupt others – it won't end well

Dialogue is a key element of mercy, Pope Francis said Saturday, explaining that when we interrupt others in order to... Read more

The private chapel in the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Castel Gandolfo, the summer home of Popes, opens to the public

Used for centuries as a private summer residence for Popes, the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo has now been opened... Read more

A view of St. Peter's Basilica and Vatican City Flag. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Holy See and Benin sign agreement on Church’s legal status

The Holy See and the Republic of Benin have signed an agreement formally recognizing the legal status of the Catholic... 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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