Archive for September 12, 2016

Little Sisters of the Poor outside the Supreme Court of the Unite States after oral arguments for their case against the HHS mandate, April 14, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

US Bishops to government: End legal standoff with the Little Sisters

The United States government has an opportunity to end its legal battle with the Little Sisters of the Poor and... Read more

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Woman charged in foiled attack on Notre Dame cathedral

A woman was charged over the weekend by French authorities in connection with an alleged terrorist plot to attack Notre... Read more

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2010. ?w=200&h=150

How Pope Francis' 'new joy' surprised Benedict XVI

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has said he is satisfied with the papacy of Pope Francis and sees “no contradictions” between... Read more

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By Andrea Gagliarducci

In Hungary, anti-Christian persecution prompts government action

The Hungarian government has established a new office on the persecution of Christians to address both persecutions of Christians in... Read more

Carl Anderson, Supreme Knights of the Knights of Columbus, speaks with CNA June 26, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Matt Hadro

The next US president must aid persecuted Christians – Knights' head

Christians can’t be second-class citizens if they are to remain in the Middle East, and the next United States administration... Read more

Image from new film, "Jesus VR - The Story of Christ." Courtesy of Paul Lauer.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Virtual reality film lets users experience the life of Christ

If you have ever wondered what it would be like to have been there when Jesus preached the Sermon on... Read more

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Lee Edwares received the VOC Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom, at the opening of the Victims of Communism Museum, June 2022. This medal is the highest honor from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, which he co-founded in 1994.

Lee Edwards, Catholic historian of American conservatism, dies at 92   

Pope Francis greets artists and participants of the 2024 Vatican Christmas Concert in the Clementine Hall on Dec. 14, 2024.

Pope Francis calls on Vatican Christmas Concert artists to promote peace, reconciliation

Jack Traynor (next to child on first row) as a pilgrim to Lourdes in 1925, two years after his healing.

The healing of a Royal Navy sailor at Lourdes

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Christmas 2024: Catholic gifts for anyone on your shopping list

Detail of a 1964 West German postage stamp showing Father Alfred Delp.

The Nazi resister who had one of the most profound Advents ever

A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during a pro-life rally on March 25, 2023, in New York City.

Trump commits to keeping abortion pill available

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior, which has programs for the disabled, elderly, and impoverished, argued caring for those in need is part of its religious mission.

Supreme Court to hear Catholic Charities case on whether serving the poor is religious act

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Cardinal Cupich asks Catholics ‘to receive holy Communion standing’ in Chicago Archdiocese

Pilgrims attend Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 12, 2022, to mark the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and the unborn.

Archbishop Cordileone wants to encourage a devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe in U.S.

Pope Francis meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2021.

Overturning Nancy Pelosi’s Communion ban: It’s too late for an appeal, expert says

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