Archive for October 12, 2022

Rain did not deter the hundreds of men gathered as part of the Men's Rosary in Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 8, 2022, to pray the rosary for the victims of abortion.?w=200&h=150

By Eduardo Berdejo

Hundreds of men pray the rosary in the rain in Bogotá, Colombia

Hundreds of men gathered Oct. 8 in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes in Bogotá, Colombia, to... Read more

Pope Francis speaking on St. Peter's Square, Vatican, Oct. 12, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis: Desire points our discernment in the right direction

At his public audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis spoke about the role desire plays in spiritual discernment, comparing it to... Read more

Cardinal Roger Etchegaray speaks with CNA in Rome on Oct. 17, 2014.?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

A ‘simple note’ of Vatican II that inspired a great story

Few remember today, 60 years after Vatican II, that one of the outcomes of that monumental event was the Council... Read more

Pope Francis on Oct. 12, 2022?w=200&h=150

By AC Wimmer

Amid claim of coming ‘Asian millennium,’ Pope Francis tells bishops to discern Holy Spirit

Pope Francis on Wednesday called on Asia’s Catholic bishops, currently gathered in Thailand, to discern what the Holy Spirit is... Read more

“Mother Teresa: No Greater Love” and “Saint Michael: Meet the Angel” are both back in theaters by popular demand.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

Two Catholic movies back in theaters for encores after stellar showings

American moviegoers will be able to see “Saint Michael: Meet the Angel” in theaters Oct. 12 and Oct. 13 and... Read more

Migrants in Mexico?w=200&h=150

By Ana Paula Morales

The Catholic Church’s first point of assistance for migrants arriving in Mexico

Tapachula sees the greatest influx of migrants from other countries heading north and is the Church’s first point of assistance... Read more

A Nebraska television station fired Melanie Standiford, its news director and co-anchor, after she collected signatures for a pro-life petition aimed at making her hometown of Curtis a sanctuary city for the unborn.?w=200&h=150

By Edie Heipel

Christian newscaster fired for circulating pro-life petition speaks out

A Nebraska TV station fired its news director and co-anchor after she collected signatures for a pro-life petition aimed at... Read more

An FBI agent stands outside the Houck residence in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 23, 2022. Mark Houck was arrested that day and charged with assaulting a Planned Parenthood escort outside an Philadelphia abortion clinic on Oct. 13, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Lawmakers request information from FBI about pro-life arrests, indictments

In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, more than three dozen Republican lawmakers asked why the bureau appears to... Read more

The Church of the Resurrection in Lansing, Michigan, was vandalized with pro-abortion and anti-Catholic graffiti on Oct. 8, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

VIDEO: Pro-abortion vandals caught in the act of spray-painting Michigan church 

The three individuals can be seen approaching the Church of the Resurrection in Lansing on foot and spray-painting graffiti on... Read more

Logo of the Collège des médecins du Québec?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Quebec medical group advocates euthanasia for severely ill infants

Pro-life groups and disability advocates are aghast after a prominent medical body told parliament that severely ill or malformed infants... Read more

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“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 discusses 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

The Supreme Court of India.

Church leaders will appeal Indian Supreme Court order for tax on salaries of clergy

Argentine President Javier Milei walks past President-elect Donald Trump as they attend the America First Policy Institute Gala held at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida.

How will Trump impact abortion, gender, and migration policies in Latin America?

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