Archive for September 1, 2019

Participants in the 2019 pilgrimage in Maine. ?w=200&h=150

By Christine Rousselle

Maine teens hike 70 miles in pilgrimage of prayer to end addiction and depression

For the second year in a row, 11 Maine teens embarked on a 70-mile pilgrimage to pray for their communities... Read more

Pope Francis waves in St. Peter's Square May 8, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis to create 13 new cardinals in October consistory

Pope Francis announced Sunday he will create 13 new cardinals, from every part of the world, in a consistory Oct.... Read more

Pope Francis at the general audience Nov. 15, 2017. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Elevator malfunction leaves pope stuck before Angelus

Pope Francis begged the pardon of the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square Sunday, explaining that he was late because... Read more

Mountain landscape with lake. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Do not act with tyranny towards God's creation, Pope Francis says

In a message for Sunday’s World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to make simple... Read more

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo. CNA file photo.?w=200&h=150

USCCB issues 9th mass shooting statement of 2019

The U.S. bishops’ conference Sunday issued a statement in response to the Aug. 31 Texas shooting spree that left 5... 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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