Archive for April 19, 2022

Cardinal Pietro Parolin in Salerno, Italy, on Oct. 13, 2019.?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Cardinal Parolin discusses the future of Vatican diplomacy

In the final part of an exclusive interview, the Vatican Secretary of State discusses threats to religious freedom. Read more

A bishop's pectoral cross.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis appoints Montana priest as coadjutor bishop of Great Falls-Billings diocese

Father Jeffrey Fleming is chancellor of the Diocese of Helena. Read more

Pope Francis greets 80,000 teens on pilgrimage in St. Peter’s Square on April 18, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis tells 80,000 teens to ask Our Lady for courage to do God’s will

The youth pilgrimage was organized in an effort to reach out to young people whose lives were upended during the... Read more

Major Serhiy Volyna, who has been leading the 36th marine brigade in the battle for the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, pictured holding his letter to Pope Francis.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Ukrainian soldier appeals to Pope Francis to help save the people of Mariupol

Major Serhiy Volyna, who has been leading the 36th marine brigade in the battle for the Ukrainian port city of... Read more

The Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá.?w=200&h=150

By Cynthia Perez

Bogotá cathedral begins Jubilee Year marking bicentennial of its consecration

On Sunday the Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá announced the beginning of a Jubilee Year granted by the Holy See on... Read more

Professor Nicholas Meriwether?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Professor who resisted mandatory transgender pronouns reaches settlement with university

Shawnee State University and Prof. Nicholas Meriwether have agreed to a $400,000 settlement after the professor faced disciplinary action for... 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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