Archive for October 13, 2018

Banners depicting each of the new saints on dispaly at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. ?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

The Seven in Heaven: Meet the new saints to be canonized this weekend

Meet the seven people Pope Francis will officially recognize as saints of the Catholic Church on Sunday.  Read more

Cardinal Wilfrid Napier at the Vatican Press Office. ?w=200&h=150

By JD Flynn

Napier: Parishes should learn from youth synod, and synod should hear African voices

A prominent South African cardinal said Saturday that the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith, and vocational... Read more

St. Peter's Basilica. ?w=200&h=150

By JD Flynn

Analysis: Will bishops push for clarity on the synod’s procedural rules?

Recent changes to canon law have left some bishops attending the 2018 Synod of Bishops uncertain about the meeting’s procedural... Read more

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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

Pope Francis blessing a baby during a general audience.

Vatican opens first day care for employees’ children

Statue of St. Lucy at the New Chapel of St. Lucy in Pampanga province, Philippines.

Pope Francis: St. Lucy is an example of female leadership in the Church

Michael P. Warsaw, chairman and CEO of EWTN Global Catholic Network, presents the 2024 Mother Angelica Award to Curtis and Michaelann Martin, co-founders of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, on Dec. 12, 2024.

FOCUS co-founders receive 2024 Mother Angelica Award

Father Augustus Taylor.

Father Gus Taylor, co-founder of Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, dies at 84

Pope Francis stops for a brief prayer in front of the Bethlehem Nativity in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall during its presentation and a meeting with some of the people involved in its creation on Dec. 7, 2024.

Bethlehem artist defends presence of Palestinian keffiyeh in Nativity scene after backlash

Demonstrators in support of Israel gather to denounce antisemitism and call for the release of Israeli hostages on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2023.

U.S. bishops, Jewish advocacy group release Catholic guide to combating antisemitism

Groups of migrants wait outside the Migrant Resource Center to receive food from the San Antonio Catholic Charities on Sept. 19, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas.

Report: Policy of immigration enforcement treating churches as ‘sensitive areas’ could end

Actress Noa Cohen as the Blessed Virgin Mary in Netflix’s new film “Mary.”

Netflix’s ‘Mary’: Catholic director says he wanted to ‘pay great reverence’ to Blessed Mother

The sun rises over the island of Corsica, France.

5 things to know about popular piety and Pope Francis’ trip to Corsica

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