Archive for April 8, 2017

World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland, July 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Bishops seek input from youth ahead of 2018 synod

An international conference this week in Rome is seeking feedback from young people on the upcoming 2018 Synod of Bishops,... Read more

Violence during anti-government protests in Venezuela. ?w=200&h=150

Venezuelan religious call for autonomy among branches of government

A group of religious men and women in Venezuela have expressed their concern over the country's political crisis and the... Read more

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Don't send a mother who fled drug cartels back to Mexico, archdiocese pleads

U.S. immigration authorities should show mercy on a detained Catholic mother with a special needs child, who fled Mexico when... Read more

Pope Francis speaks to young people at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope to youth: The Church needs to hear your voice

On Saturday Pope Francis held a special prayer vigil in anticipation of WYD and the 2018 Synod of Bishops, telling... Read more

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Pope Francis laughs with some religious sisters at his general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Aug. 30, 2023.

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Holy Mass is celebrated in Mariamite Greek Melkite Catholic Cathedral, Damascus, on Dec. 15, 2024.

One week after regime change, Syrian church bells ring out in hope

Bishop-elect Iyad Twal was appointed by Pope Francis on Dec. 17, 2024, as auxiliary bishop of the patriarchal diocese of Jerusalem of the Latins for Jordan and as titular bishop of Siminia.

Pope Francis appoints new auxiliary bishop for Jordan and the titular see of Siminia

A family gathers in a prefabricated house donated by the Philokalia Foundation in Kerala state in India.

Catholic groups offer prefabricated houses for victims of landslides in south India

Members of the German Synodal Committee meet for their third session at the Wilhelm-Kempf-Haus in Wiesbaden-Naurod, Dec. 13, 2024.

Church in Germany pushes toward a national synodal body

Pope Francis is presented with a birthday cake aboard the papal plane on the return from his trip to Corsica on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024.

Pope Francis at 88: Age-old wisdom, intergenerational dialogue at heart of evangelization

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