Archive for October 16, 2019

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Mississippi pro-lifers file suit against abortion clinic protest restrictions

Pro-life advocates in Jackson, Mississippi have filed a lawsuit against a new city ordinance that would restrict protesters’ ability to... Read more

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By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican communications official: Carved figure at Amazon synod not Virgin Mary

Fr. Giacomo Costa, a communications official for the Amazon synod, said Wednesday a wooden figure of a nude pregnant woman,... Read more

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Pope puts virtue and family at center of World Food Day message

Pope Francis voiced his concerns about the world’s approach to food, and called for a global attitude of virtue towards... Read more

Pope Francis at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, Oct. 16, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

Pope Francis: God has a universal desire for salvation

God wills the salvation of all persons, Pope Francis said in his General Audience Wednesday, refelcting on the Acts of... Read more

Bishop Wellington de Queiroz Vieira of Cristalandia at a Holy See press office briefing, Oct. 16, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Brazilian bishop: Lack of holiness among clerics an obstacle to vocations

A bishop in Brazil who is a member of the Amazon synod said Wednesday he believes a major obstacle to... Read more

Leader of Poland's ruling party Law and Justice, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. ?w=200&h=150

Poland's ruling party accused of trying to ban sex education

The Law and Justice Party (PiS) is supporting a law that would criminalize the “promotion of underage sexual activity” to... Read more

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Legal assisted suicide puts people with disabilities at risk, report finds

Leaders in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops applauded the National Council on Disability for its recent research on the... Read more

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By JD Flynn

Analysis: A pink dolphin, a carved image, and inculturation at the Amazon synod

At a “moment of Amazon spirituality” Oct. 16, in a church just down the street from St. Peter’s Square, a... Read more

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By Christine Rousselle

UN set to elect slave state to human rights council

Mauritania, the west African nation where slavery remains a widespread practice, is expected to be voted on to the United... Read more

Sister Philomena Guria, RNDM, treats a snake bite patient. Photo courtesy of the Sisters of Our Lady of Missions.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Catholic snakebite clinic in India saves thousands of lives each year

In most religious orders’ novitiate year, prospective sisters study and pray. Sister Crescencia Sun, however, had another habit to acquire:... Read more

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Gonzaga, Catholic Charities team up to offer immigration legal assistance

Gonzaga University Law School in Spokane is partnering with Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington to offer immigration legal assistance to... Read more

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Missouri’s bishops said citizens can reach out to the governor’s office to express opposition to the pending execution of Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2024.

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Missouri convicted murderer’s death row case

According to Venerable English College, during the Catholic persecution in England, students would gather around the “Martyrs’ Picture” in the chapel to sing the Te Deum — a Latin hymn of thanksgiving — whenever news reached Rome of the martyrdom of a former student. This custom continues today on Martyrs’ Day, Dec. 1, when the relics of the martyrs, preserved beneath the altar, are venerated by the students.

English seminary in Rome commemorates Martyrs’ Day on St. Ralph Sherwin’s feast

Smoke of war rises over a residential area in Aleppo. On Dec. 1, 2024, the Franciscan complex of the Terra Santa College in Aleppo was hit by a strike. No casualties were reported.

As Aleppo’s Christians face new ordeal, Church leaders call for courage and faith

The Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas.

Vatican suppresses Carmelite monastery following long-running controversy

Attendees including workers of reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral gather during a speech by French President Emmanuel Macron (center) in the nave of the cathedral in Paris on Nov. 29, 2024.

U.S. churches to ring bells for reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral

The Holy Father's Dec. 2, 2024, letter to Catholics in Nicaragua comes at a critical time for the country.

Pope Francis to Nicaraguan Catholics: Faith and hope work miracles

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Charismatic Renewal in Spain accepts bishops’ ‘intergenerational healing’ guidance

Children welcome the custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, upon his entrance into Bethlehem on Nov. 30, 2024, for the beginning of Advent. The custos’ entry was festive, but at the same time, it was impossible to ignore the echoes of war. The children were holding signs with messages of peace and solidarity for those suffering due to the war.

PHOTOS: Holy Land Christians begin another Advent in the midst of war

Christmas tree and Nativity scene in Faraya's Public Square, a town in the Keserwan District of Mount Lebanon, in November 2024.

Vandals target Nativity scene in Lebanon

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Republicans introduce bill to define ‘male’ and ‘female’ based on biological differences

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