Archive for February 24, 2016

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk speaks to CNA at the Vatican, Oct. 9, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

What Archbishop Shevchuk saw in the meeting of the Pope and Patriarch Kirill

What’s next for ecumenism? After the recent meeting between Pope Francis and the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, the head of... Read more

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By Adelaide Mena

The painful, resilient history of America's black Catholics

For Fr. Stephen Thorne, Black History Month is not only a chance to remember the struggles faced by the African-American... Read more

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By Kevin J. Jones

Why this diocese is holding a 24 hour confess-a-thon

Priests will be available for confession throughout a special 24-hour period in the Diocese of Bismarck to help celebrate the... Read more

Pope Francis gives a rosary to a disabled child during his general audience Feb. 24, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope: wealth and power are good, but only when used to serve

On Wednesday Pope Francis cautioned that unless wealth and power are put at the service of society, especially the poor,... Read more

Pope Francis speaks with journalists on the papal plane on the return flight to Rome from Africa, Nov. 30, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Paul VI, nuns and contraception: did Pope Francis get it right?

If Vatican watcher Sandro Magister is right, Pope Francis cited an urban legend about Blessed Paul VI’s alleged approval of... Read more

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Bassem Giacaman in his shop in Bethlehem in December 2024. The artisans in Bethlehem are almost all Christians. They primarily work with olive wood. Most of the businesses in Bethlehem are family businesses.

War, economic struggles threaten Bethlehem’s century-old crafts tradition

Pope Francis addresses cardinals and senior Vatican officials during his annual Christmas speech to the Roman Curia, Dec. 21, 2024.

Pope Francis warns against gossip, celebrates family life in Vatican Christmas messages

Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 other people, including a Catholic priest, were charged by the country's Federal Police on Nov. 21, 2024, on suspicion of the crimes of violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.

Two arms of Brazilian bishops’ conference: Throw the book against alleged coup plotters

Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg in Germany.

German bishops respond to deadly Magdeburg market attack, call for prayer and peace

The Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica.

A visual tour of the Holy Doors Pope Francis will open for the 2025 Jubilee

Exiled Bishop Rolando Álvarez speaks at a Mass in Seville, Spain, on Dec. 19, 2024.

Bishop Álvarez celebrates public Mass for Nicaragua

Vandalism at a Heartbeat of Miami pregnancy center in Hialeah, Florida, July 3, 2022.

Florida woman convicted in conspiracy targeting pro-life pregnancy resource centers

French artist Claire Tabouret poses following a press conference after winning with The Atelier Simon-Marq, the selection to create new stained-glass windows in six chapels of the south aisle of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris on Dec. 18, 2024.

Stained-glass windows at Notre Dame to be replaced, new modern design revealed

Police and ambulances stand next to a Christmas market where a car crashed into a crowd injuring between 60 and 80 people, according to a spokesman for the local rescue service, on Dec. 20, 2024, in Magdeburg, eastern Germany.

UPDATE: Casualties at German Christmas market after car rams crowd

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