Archive for July 13, 2016

Pope Francis at the Divine Mercy Vigil in St. Peter's Square, April 2, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope takes new step in relaunching dialogue with Al-Azhar

Less than two months after one of Sunni Islam’s highest authorities came to the Vatican following several years of icy... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Pope taps US religious freedom advocate for Vatican communications team

On Wednesday the Vatican released the names of 16 people appointed by Pope Francis to the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications,... Read more

Pope Francis at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, May 4, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Vatican department for Latin America gets surprise visit from Pope Francis

After a trip to the dentist Wednesday, Pope Francis made the spontaneous decision to stop by the Pontifical Commission for... Read more

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By Andrea Gagliarducci

Are religious teachers being eradicated from Belgian schools?

Religion classes in Belgium’s French-speaking primary and secondary schools will be cut in half starting in October 2016 and replaced... Read more

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US bishops throw support behind conscience protections on marriage

Two leading U.S. bishops have spoken out in favor of a proposed law which would ensure federal religious freedom protections... Read more

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Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi during an interview with CNA in Rome on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.

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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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