Archive for July 4, 2019

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Head of CRS: Global migrant deaths demand action

A string of high-profile migrant deaths in the last week should draw our attention to the thousands more that go... Read more

El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz prepares to escort Celsia Palma, 9, from Honduras, before they cross a Port of Entry bridge towards the U.S. on June 27, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. ?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

El Paso migrant shelter closes as 'humanitarian crisis' at border continues

A Catholic aid agency in El Paso, Texas, has closed a temporary shelter for migrants and asylum seekers released from... Read more

Pope Francis greets Russian President Vladimir July 4, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Putin visits Pope Francis on July 4th

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Pope Francis at the Vatican July 4 for a 55-minute private discussion about international... Read more

Pope Francis in the gateway to Peru's Madre de Dios region in the Amazon January 19, 2018. ?w=200&h=150

By JD Flynn

Analysis: The Amazon synod and the English language

The recent history of Church synods suggests that the results of the Amazon meeting will likely not match the intensity... Read more

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The bishops of Haiti denounced the “dehumanizing violence” that has plagued the country since the beginning of 2024 and are asking all citizens to “go on with life without becoming discouraged” and to be witnesses of hope.

5,000 murders in Haiti this year: Bishops decry ‘dehumanizing violence’

Bishop António Francisco Jaca of the Diocese of Benguela in Angola speaks on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Radio Ecclesia, Angola’s Catholic Radio on Dec. 8, 2024.

African bishop cautions Catholic journalists against compromising standards

Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Russian Orthodox patriarch writes to pregnant women to encourage them to keep their babies

The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico.

Fact or fiction? 9 popular myths about Our Lady of Guadalupe

The Church of the Gesù, where a Mass and prayer vigil for LGBT Christians are scheduled in September 2025 in Rome during the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.

Organizers and supporters reluctant to discuss planned LGBT jubilee day in Rome

The most recent murder of a priest in Mexico occurred Oct. 20, 2024.

Report: 80 priests murdered in Mexico over last three decades

Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy (third from the left, with president of ABC Entertainment Karey Burke, Caitlin Jenner, and producer Jane Cha Cutler at at fundraiser event for the Center for Transyouth Health and Development-Children's Hospital on Feb. 1, 2020) is being sued by a woman who says she was rushed into a gender transition.

Woman alleges doctors ‘fast-tracked’ her into gender transition as preteen, files lawsuit

The interior of St. Boniface is seen in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin parishioners launch GoFundMe to appeal to Vatican to save 150-year-old church

Philippe Villeneuve, the architect of the restoration of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, speaks with EWTN News’ Colm Flynn about his devotion to Our Lady on “EWTN News In Depth.”

Notre Dame chief architect reveals ‘particular devotion’ to Our Lady

Trois-Rivières Bishop Martin Laliberté (right), the president of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec, said the bishops there were “deeply concerned about the erasure of people and believing communities from Quebec’s public space” after Quebec Premier François Legault (left) said last week that praying in public parks and streets “is not something we want in Quebec.”

Quebec bishops ‘deeply concerned’ after premier says he wants to end prayer in public

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