Archive for August 14, 2016

Tom Riles' handwritten affirmation cards. Republished with permission. ?w=200&h=150

By Mary Farrow

Why these cards inspired a Catholic grandpa to build an app

For twenty-five years, Tom Riles has carried a stack of index cards in his shirt pocket.  Read more

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The Catholic Americas come together for the Year of Mercy

South America’s Catholic leaders will celebrate the Catholic Church’s Year of Mercy in a special way, gathering for a continental... Read more

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square for the Jubilee of Mercy audience, June 18, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Ann Schneible

Don't be held back: Pope calls Christians to be set ablaze by the Holy Spirit

The Church does not need “cold or lukewarm Christians” who are held back by fear, Pope Francis said Sunday; it... 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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