Archive for January 17, 2022

We March with Selma. Via Flickr CC BY NC 2.0.?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

The nuns who witnessed the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr

Sister Mary Antona Ebo was the only black Catholic nun who marched with civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.... Read more

Pope Francis meets with ecumenical delegation from Finland on Jan. 17, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis looks ahead to the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 2025

Pope Francis highlighted the upcoming anniversaries of two major events in Church history as moments that can help Christians seek... Read more

Pope Francis met a delegation affiliated with the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land on Jan. 17, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis: The story of the Holy Land is the 'Fifth Gospel'

Pope Francis has urged journalists in the Middle East to keep telling stories from the Holy Land. Read more

Fr. Peter Williams, pastor of Holy Family parish in Springfield, Vt.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

Burlington priest asks parishioners to tell bishop of his pastoral care, mental health

Father Peter Williams says the Diocese of Burlington is trying to remove him as pastor of his parish because he... Read more

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By Hannah Brockhaus

Jesuit journal criticized for article supporting assisted suicide bill in Italy

The article was published in La Civiltà Cattolica last week. Read more

Attendees at a Mass for the feast of the Santo Niño de Cebú at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 16, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Filipino community in Los Angeles celebrates 500 years of the Santo Niño de Cebú

Archbishop Gomez of Los Angeles said Mass Sunday in honor of the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines, celebrating... Read more

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Image of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, beside sealed boxes of documents compiled during the diocesan phase of his canonization cause.

Diocesan phase completed for canonization of Father Pedro Arrupe

Bishop Thomas Daly of Spokane, Washington, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Catholic Education, speaks to CNA during the USCCB’s fall plenary assembly on Nov. 13, 2024.

U.S. bishops embrace Dignitas Infinita to combat ‘widespread violation of human dignity’

Bishop Carlos Herrera is president of the Bishops’ Conference of Nicaragua.

Dictatorship in Nicaragua expels president of country’s bishops’ conference

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Florida church bookkeeper sentenced to federal prison after stealing $875,000 from parish

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Angelus address on Nov. 10, 2024.

Pope Francis asks Rome’s Catholics to help combat ‘housing emergency’ during 2025 jubilee

Left: Protesters burn a bishops’ circular in front of St. Mary’s Basilica, the cathedral of Ernakulam Archdicoese in India. Right: An elderly woman puts a burning circular into a bin in front of Vazhakkala, India, church.

Liturgical conflict resurfaces in troubled Indian Syro-Malabar archdiocese

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New Senate majority leader John Thune an ‘unwavering defender of life’

Pope Francis meets with Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley on Nov. 14, 2024, at the Vatican ahead of a meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Life titled “Common Good: Theory and Practice” in which Mottley was a panelist. The academy’s meeting discussed the global financial system in light of the social doctrine of the Catholic Church and crises that have impacted the world.

Vatican meeting highlights ‘common good’ as key objective to reform global financial order

Ernest Board (1877-1934), “Albertus Magnus Teaches in the Streets of Paris.”

St. Albert the Great: The Church and science are in harmony

Immigrants at Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley humanitarian respite center in McAllen, Texas.

U.S. Catholic bishops urge immigration reform with ‘fair and humane treatment’

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