Archive for April 7, 2016

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Kids being exposed to porn is abuse, Australian bishops say

Exposure to pornography harms children to such an extent it should be considered child abuse, Australia’s Catholic bishops said in... Read more

Pope Francis visits the Brazilian community of Varginha July 25, 2013. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Vatican confirms Pope Francis will travel to Greece, visit refugees

Pope Francis will travel to the Greek island of Lesbos next Saturday, April 16, where he will meet with ecumenical... Read more

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Pope Francis: Martyrs are still the 'life blood of the Church'

Pope Francis on Thursday praised the consistency and courage of the modern day martyrs who continue to “carry the Church... Read more

Students at the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena's prefab school in Ankawa, Erbil on April 7, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

These Iraqi children have lost everything – except their faith

Six hundred Christian children whose families fled ISIS violence in 2014 have lost their homes, schools, sometimes friends, sanitary living... Read more

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The U.S./Mexico border in El Paso, Texas.

New Mexico bishops come out strongly against mass deportations

The last ordinary public consistory to create new cardinals took place on Sept. 30, 2023.

What is a consistory? Your questions answered

St. Nicholas, by Jaroslav Čermák (1831-1878).

5 things to know and share about St. Nicholas

Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy.

Naples’ new cardinal sees red hat as call to ‘embrace the cross of the weakest’

Pro-life activist Matthew Engelthaler places signs in front of Camelback Family Planning, an abortion clinic in Phoenix, on April 18, 2024.

CDC: Abortions declined slightly following reversal of Roe v. Wade

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Hawley warns feds: Retain records on Catholic investigation, pro-life convictions

The Nicaraguan dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, kidnapped and expelled from the country a priest of the Diocese of Bluefields.

Nicaraguan dictatorship kidnaps and expels another priest 

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Dec. 4, 2024.

Pope Francis: Beauty urges us to take Christ out into the streets and bring him to people

St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, New York.

Court approves New York diocese’s record $323 million abuse settlement

Activist and detransitioner Chloe Cole was among the speakers at a rally on the steps of the United States Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024, as justices heard oral arguments in a challenge to a Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries for minors.

Detransitioner Chloe Cole, Matt Walsh speak at rally on the steps of the Supreme Court 

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