Archive for January 21, 2017

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Eggs and anti-Catholicism hurled at churchgoers in Scotland

A 12 year-old boy has been charged with threatening and abusive behavior following an incident on Tuesday at a Catholic... Read more

Newly married couples meet Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on Sept. 9, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis makes a strong call for better marriage prep

In his annual speech to the Holy See's main court on Saturday, Pope Francis stressed the pressing need for effective... Read more

Dominicans at a Mass with Pope Francis at St. John Lateran in Rome on Jan. 21, 2017. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope to Dominicans: Your good works give glory to God

Saturday Pope Francis encouraged Dominicans to persevere in their good works of the last 800 years, which have been like... Read more

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Father Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty this week to kidnapping and raping a teenage boy in the 1970s, heading off a long-delayed trial that launched with an indictment last year. 

Louisiana priest sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to rape of teenage boy

“Roadmap to Reality: Carlo Acutis and Our Digital Age” is a new documentary film exploring the life of Blessed Carlo Acutis and the lessons he offers young people regarding the challenges of the digital world that will be coming to theaters in the spring of 2025.

‘Online to get people offline’: Experts show how Carlo Acutis modeled faithful use of tech

The moment a man tries to steal a consecrated host in Honduras.

Priest prevents desecration of the Eucharist during Mass in Honduras

A confirmation Mass is held at St. Mary Parish on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Franklin, Massachusetts.

Lower confirmation ages, stronger catechesis: Dioceses seek to strengthen faith of youth

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Canada launches ‘national consultation’ on ‘advance requests’ for euthanasia

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives for meetings at the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Dec. 16, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reassures pro-life senators with policy plans

St. Januarius and the miracle of the liquefaction of his blood contained in a relic.

Following prolonged wait, the blood of St. Januarius liquefies again

U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. Supreme Court will hear case on South Carolina defunding Planned Parenthood

Father Roger Landry.

Pope Francis names Father Roger Landry a Monsignor

The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments, dating from 300 to 800 A.D. was sold at Sotheby's auction house on Dec. 18, 2024, in New York City. Expected to sell for $1-2 million, it went for $5.04 million. Inscribed with the commandments in Paleo-Hebrew script, the tablet was discovered during railroad excavations along the southern coast of Israel in 1913.

Ten Commandments tablet surpasses estimates at Sotheby’s despite authenticity questions

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