Archive for December 7, 2020

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square May, 23, 2018.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in 2021

The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in March 2021. He will be the first pope... Read more

José Carlos González-Hurtado, president of EWTN Spain. ?w=200&h=150

EWTN Spain to launch on Feast of the Immaculate Conception

A new EWTN channel in Spain will begin broadcasting television programs Dec. 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.  Read more

Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, Belgium. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Belgian Catholics organize legal challenge to public Mass ban

Catholics in Belgium are seeking to take legal action against the government after it decreed that public Masses will remain... Read more

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Report: Vatican seeks 8-year jail sentence for ex-Vatican bank president

The Vatican’s Promoter of Justice is seeking an eight-year jail term for a former president of the Institute for Religious... Read more

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks after receiving the Leadership Ally Award from Equality California for his support of the LGBTQ community. ?w=200&h=150

Pro-life leaders react to Biden's 'extreme' HHS pick

Pro-life leaders have warned against Joe Biden’s “aggressively pro-abortion” pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. California... Read more

Photograph of Saint Mary MacKillop in 1890. Public domain.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Australia celebrates 10th anniversary of St. Mary MacKillop’s canonization

Australia is celebrating the 10th anniversary this year of the canonization of the country’s first and only saint, St. Mary... Read more

Pope Francis meets with the Pontifical Scots College in 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Scots College in Rome to change location in the city

The Scottish seminary in Rome is looking to relocate closer to the city center next year, after determining that needed... Read more

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End executions for Advent, Catholic bishops tell Trump

Leading U.S. bishops are imploring the Trump administration to stop scheduled federal executions during the season of Advent.  Read more

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz. ?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Belarus to be consecrated to Mary on Immaculate Conception feast

The metropolitan archbishop of Minsk has asked all churches in Belarus to pray an act of consecration of Belarus to... Read more

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Indonesian Catholic bishops call for justice in local elections

The bishops of Indonesia urged Catholics to participate in the upcoming local elections by voting for Catholics who honor the... Read more

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US Supreme Court urged to protect KY religious schools from shutdown

An order shuttering in-person education until Jan. 4 in Kentucky amid rising COVID-19 cases amounts to religious discrimination, the US... Read more

The Ohio capitol in Columbus. ?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Ohio legislature passes bill to require burial or cremation of aborted babies

The legislature of Ohio has passed a bill that would require the bodies of babies killed in surgical abortions to... Read more