Archive for March 15, 2020

Documents from the Pontificate of Pius XII released by the Vatican Apostolic Archive. ?w=200&h=150

By Christine Rousselle

Scholar hopes Vatican archives will give 'fuller, transparent' picture of Pius XII

A researcher from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum told CNA that she hopes the recent opening of the Pius... Read more

Pope Francis offers a private Mass in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta March 15, 2020. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Amid coronavirus isolation, Catholics are united in Christ, Pope Francis says

As many Catholics are unable to attend Mass or gather because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis recalled the Church’s... Read more

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Seven Italian priests have reportedly died of coronavirus

A Catholic priest has died in Italy from coronavirus, and local Italian media reported Sunday the death of several others.... Read more

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Police disperse Catholics at Sunday Mass in Italy

Italian police on Sunday dispersed Catholics attending a Mass being celebrated in a parish outside of Rome. The Italian government... Read more

Pope Francis prays before the crucifix of the Church of San Marcello al Corso March 15, 2020. ?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis makes walking prayer pilgrimage for coronavirus pandemic

Pope Francis on Sunday took a brief walking pilgrimage in the city of Rome, and prayed for an end to... Read more

Fr. Alejandro Trejo. Diocese of Yakima.?w=200&h=150

By JD Flynn

Washington Catholic priest is first in US known to be diagnosed with coronavirus

A priest in the Diocese of Yakima, Washington, is the first U.S. priest known to be diagnosed with COVID-19, the... Read more

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Pope Francis presides over Holy Mass on Gaudete Sunday on the island of Corsica, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024

Pope Francis praises faith of Catholics in French Corsica

St. Benedict Church in Baltimore, Maryland (left) and St. Benedict Church in Richmond, Virginia.

‘Reverently awe-inspiring’: The story behind twin Catholic parishes in Virginia, Maryland

The interior of the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem. In the background, the most well-known depiction of Our Lady of the Milk. According to a Christian tradition dating back to the sixth century, the Virgin Mary was nursing the baby Jesus here, and when, in haste to flee to Egypt, she took him off her breast, a drop of milk fell to the ground, turning the stone completely white.

Bethlehem’s ‘Milk Grotto’: A pilgrimage site of hope for families seeking miracles

Lee Edwares received the VOC Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom, at the opening of the Victims of Communism Museum, June 2022. This medal is the highest honor from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, which he co-founded in 1994.

Lee Edwards, Catholic historian of American conservatism, dies at 92   

Pope Francis greets artists and participants of the 2024 Vatican Christmas Concert in the Clementine Hall on Dec. 14, 2024.

Pope Francis calls on Vatican Christmas Concert artists to promote peace, reconciliation

Jack Traynor (next to child on first row) as a pilgrim to Lourdes in 1925, two years after his healing.

The healing of a Royal Navy sailor at Lourdes

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Detail of a 1964 West German postage stamp showing Father Alfred Delp.

The Nazi resister who had one of the most profound Advents ever

A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during a pro-life rally on March 25, 2023, in New York City.

Trump commits to keeping abortion pill available

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior, which has programs for the disabled, elderly, and impoverished, argued caring for those in need is part of its religious mission.

Supreme Court to hear Catholic Charities case on whether serving the poor is religious act

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