Archive for December 21, 2016

Jenna Guizar of Blessed Is She. Courtesy of Jenna Guizar. ?w=200&h=150

By Mary Farrow

Catholics who actually read the Bible – one woman's online ministry

Jenna Guizar is a busy woman.  Read more

The Eucharistic Communicators of the Heavenly Father. ?w=200&h=150

Are these quite possibly the world's happiest nuns?

The Eucharistic Communicators of the Heavenly Father are a community of nuns from Colombia who have a great passion for... Read more

St. John Paul II, circa 1991. ?w=200&h=150

By Adelaide Mena

This man was 9 years-old when he saw John Paul II get shot

Thirty-five years after Saint John Paul II was shot in St. Peter’s Square, a witness on the from the front... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates Mass for the Solemnity of the Epiphany in St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 6, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

At Christmas, Jesus offers a new kind of hope, Pope Francis says

While hope can often be viewed as the desire for things out of our reach, Pope Francis has said that... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Vatican speaks out on unapproved bishop ordinations in China

After the recent unauthorized ordination of bishops in China, which falls just ahead of a major meeting for Chinese Catholic... Read more

Barbara Jatta at the Vatican. Courtesy of the Vatican Museums.?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Meet the first woman in history to run the Vatican museums

On Tuesday it was announced that Barbara Jatta, a wife and mother of three children, will be the new director... Read more

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Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund

“In Jesus there is no contradiction between truth and charity,” notes professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz, who teaches in the philosophy department of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

“We think of these stories of saints that have withstood all this persecution as belonging to the Middle Ages,” said Bill McGurn, godfather of Jimmy Lai. “It’s going on right now, and we can see it.”

Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’

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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

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