Archive for November 7, 2020

Cardinal Vincent Nichols at Westminster Cathedral, London, on June 9, 2020.?w=200&h=150

By Luke Coppen

Cardinal Nichols at 75: ‘A crisis is a crossroads’

On the eve of his 75th birthday, Cardinal Vincent Nichols cast his mind back to the day that he was... Read more

A stained glass image of St. Peter Claver in St. Aloysius church, Glasgow. ?w=200&h=150

Knights of Peter Claver celebrate 111th anniversary

The Knights of Peter Claver, the largest historically African-American Catholic lay organization in the U.S., is marking the anniversary of... Read more

President-elect Joe Biden. CNA file photo.?w=200&h=150

Biden projected winner, rollbacks on pro-life and religious liberty protections expected

Joe Biden has won the 2020 presidential election, media outlets reported Saturday morning, after five days of counting in several... Read more

Portraits of Nadine Devillers, Vincent Loques, and Simone Barreto Silva. Screengrab from the livestream of the Nice attack victims' memorial Nov. 7, 2020.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis to meet with families of the victims of the Nice basilica attack

Pope Francis will meet with families of the victims of the Nice basilica attack, the city’s mayor said Saturday at... Read more

Joe Biden at a campaign event, Nov, 2019. ?w=200&h=150

US Catholic bishops congratulate Biden as president-elect

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, on Saturday congratulated projected president-elect Joe... Read more

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Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund

“In Jesus there is no contradiction between truth and charity,” notes professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz, who teaches in the philosophy department of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

“We think of these stories of saints that have withstood all this persecution as belonging to the Middle Ages,” said Bill McGurn, godfather of Jimmy Lai. “It’s going on right now, and we can see it.”

Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’

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Wyoming governor pledges to appeal after judge blocks state pro-life laws

Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598.

What do we know about the presentation of Mary?

Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

Nairobi archbishop declines Kenyan president’s donations to Catholic parish

Jimmy Lai’s wife, Teresa (left), and retired Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun arrive at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to attend Hong Kong activist publisher Lai’s national security trial in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

Jimmy Lai takes the stand in yearslong Hong Kong national security trial

Senior fellow at the National Catholic Bioethics Center Joseph Meaney speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.

Vietnam, with one of the highest abortion rates, leads UN initiative on premature births

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 20, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis reads Ukrainian student’s moving testimony of faith at general audience

Before the wooden coffin is closed, Pope Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli, the Vatican’s lead master of ceremonies for papal liturgies, place a white veil over the late pope’s face. The action on Jan. 4, 2023, is part of the funeral rites for popes.

Vatican simplifies funeral rite for popes

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