Archive for October 18, 2022

A procession of Council Fathers at the opening of Vatican II, Oct. 11, 1962.?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

What two future popes saw at the Second Vatican Council

Sixty years ago this month, Vatican II brought together bishops, Catholic leaders, and even non-Catholic observers to reflect on the... Read more

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By AC Wimmer

English town forbids making sign of the cross, using holy water near abortion center

The Council of Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole in southern England has drawn red lines around an abortion provider and designated... Read more

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., speaking at the press conference in the Vatican on Aug. 26, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Cardinal Hollerich: Without Vatican II, ‘the Church today would be a small sect’

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the relator general of the Synod on Synodality, has said that he is convinced that the Second... Read more

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By Courtney Mares

Fatima’s Sister Lucia is one step closer to being beatified

The postulators of the cause for beatification of Sister Lucia dos Santos have submitted the positio to the Dicastery for... Read more

Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Father Thomas Rosica accused of plagiarism in new article on Vatican II

A Canadian priest who was forced to resign from a number of senior positions over allegations of plagiarism in 2019... Read more

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By CNA Staff

The reasons St. John Paul II gave for adding the Luminous Mysteries to the rosary

Twenty years ago, St. John Paul II published “Rosarium Virginis Mariae,” adding five Luminous Mysteries to the traditional 15 meditated... Read more

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By Zelda Caldwell

Pope Francis appoints pro-abortion economist to Pontifical Academy for Life

One of the newest members of the Pontifical Academy for Life appointed by Pope Francis is an outspoken advocate of... Read more

Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Eritrea's Segheneity Eparchy?w=200&h=150

By Jude Atemanke

Source confirms arrest of Catholic bishop, two priests in Eritrea

The members of the clergy are being accused of highlighting violations of human rights in Eritrea in their homilies, the... Read more

President Joe Biden speaks at a Democratic National Committee event at the Howard Theatre on Oct. 18, 2022, in Washington, D.C. With three weeks until Election Day, in his remarks Biden highlighted issues pertaining to women’s reproductive health and promised to codify access to abortion.?w=200&h=150

By Edie Heipel

Biden urges Americans to vote for Democrats to ‘codify Roe’

Biden’s rallying cry for abortion ahead of Election Day comes as new polling shows Democratic candidates facing uphill battles in... Read more

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By Jonah McKeown,Joe Bukuras

Chicago parish community defends Father Pfleger after his suspension for alleged abuse

During an Oct. 16 Mass at St. Sabina Faith Community in Chicago, the celebrant and the community expressed support for... Read more

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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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Christmas 2024: Catholic gifts for anyone on your shopping list

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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Cardinal Cupich asks Catholics ‘to receive holy Communion standing’ in Chicago Archdiocese

Pilgrims attend Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 12, 2022, to mark the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and the unborn.

Archbishop Cordileone wants to encourage a devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe in U.S.

Pope Francis meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2021.

Overturning Nancy Pelosi’s Communion ban: It’s too late for an appeal, expert says

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