Archive for April 22, 2016

Internally displaced Christians at a refugee center in Dawodiya, Iraq, April 10, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

UK should act against IS genocide after parliament vote, bishop urges

As the British government considers measures to name the Islamic State’s persecution of Christians and other religious minorities as genocide,... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Cricket for the Queen's birthday! Vatican to play Royal Household

Last year Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch in British history, and on Thursday she passed yet another... Read more

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By Adelaide Mena

A rally, not a dialogue – Georgetown students spurn Cecile Richards’ talk

Students at Georgetown University said that while a speaking invitation to the head of Planned Parenthood could have been an... Read more

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After Prince’s death, Vatican praise for his rare gift of music

The death of the songwriter, singer and music producer Prince drew reactions from the Vatican and praise for his musical... Read more

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By Matt Hadro

New State Department actions don't go far enough, religious freedom leader says

Religious freedom leaders applauded the U.S. State Department’s recent re-designation of nine countries – and the inclusion of one more... 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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