Archive for December 11, 2022

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By Joe Bukuras

Caroling Catholic nuns surprise holiday shoppers in downtown Boston

Through their songs, the Daughters of St. Paul reminded passersby of the real meaning of Christmas. Read more

Josh Gregor, a Latin teacher at Sacred Heart Academy in Michigan, competed on Jeopardy! Dec. 2, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Michigan Catholic high school teacher makes it onto ‘Jeopardy!’

While he didn’t make it all the way to the end, the Latin teacher at Sacred Heart Academy in Grand... Read more

Pope Francis gives his Angelus message for the Third Sunday of Advent on Dec. 11, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis: Be surprised by God’s mercy this Advent

The Third Sunday of Advent, which marks roughly halfway through the season preceding Christmas, is also known as Gaudete Sunday. Read more

Pope Francis gives his weekly Angelus address on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis concerned about deadly clashes in South Sudan

Pope Francis is scheduled to travel to South Sudan’s capital city, Juba, in just under eight weeks. Read more

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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?

Memorial tree in Mayfouk, Lebanon, in remembrance of Christians killed in the Lebanese civil war.

Red Wednesday in the Land of the Martyrs 

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