Archive for June 7, 2022

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By Jonah McKeown

Texas pro-life pregnancy centers prepare for overturning of Roe v. Wade

The legal change could mean that tens of thousands more children will be born in the state each year. Read more

Pope Francis preaches at Pentecost Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, June 5, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

What is the meaning of Pope Francis’ trip to L’Aquila?

The 85-year-old pope will make a brief trip to the city associated with papal resignations. Read more

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Cardinal Farrell to lead Vatican investment oversight committee

The Irish-American cardinal will lead a committee of four finance professionals. Read more

Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Dec. 22, 2021?w=200&h=150

By Luke Coppen

Metropolitan Hilarion moved in Russian Orthodox Church shake-up

He had served as the Russian Orthodox Church’s chief ecumenical official since 2009. Read more

Pope Francis meets with the Order of Malta's Fra’ Marco Luzzago on June 25, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Order of Malta announces death of Fra’ Marco Luzzago after ‘sudden illness’

He had led the 1,000-year-old institution since 2020. Read more

The Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican bank reports $19 million profit in 2021

The IOR’s net profit is down from $44 million in 2020. Read more

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By CNA Staff

What is the Order of Malta?

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta can be hard to define. The thousand-year-old entity is a Catholic religious order, medical... Read more

Married couples gather in Częstochowa, Poland, on June 4-5, 2022. Equipes Notre-Dame.?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

Married couples from across Europe pray at Marian shrine in Poland

One couple traveled from Odesa in war-torn southern Ukraine. Read more

CompassCare, a pro-life pregnancy center near Buffalo, New York, was heavily damaged by fire and spray-painted with pro-abortion graffiti on June 7, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

Police investigating fire at New York pregnancy center

“It's an evil thing that happened, but God is in the business of turning things upside down and making them... Read more

Guadalajara Cathedral (Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady), Mexico?w=200&h=150

By CNA Staff

70 new priests ordained in one weekend in Mexican diocese

God continues to call, his voice is powerful and there are still young hearts willing to continue to listen to... Read more

Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver.?w=200&h=150

By Kevin J. Jones

Catholic lawmakers who backed Colorado's abortion law should refrain from Communion, state's bishops say

Voting to allow abortion for any reason up until birth was a "gravely sinful action," the bishops said in a... Read more

Mountain Area Pregnancy Services, a pro-life pregnancy center in Asheville, North Carolina, had its windows smashed and was spray-painted with pro-abortion messaging on June 6 or June 7, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

Windows smashed, pro-abortion messages tagged on NC pro-life pregnancy clinic 

Police discovered red spray paint on the Mountain Area Pregnancy Services building with the words “No forced birth” and “If... Read more

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The late Monsignor Thomas Oleghe, the oldest priest in Nigeria, who died on the feast of Christ the King, Nov. 24, at the age of 104.

Oldest Catholic priest in Nigeria dies at 104

Georgetown University, located in Washington, DC, is the nation's oldest Catholic and Jesuit university.

Georgetown law student wins petition for pregnancy accommodations after initial denial

Credit: Panelists at the 2024 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit on Jan. 30-31, 2024 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. Credit: IRF Summit.

International Religious Freedom Summit offers program for college students 

Jesus and the disciples during Season 4 of "The Chosen."

'The Chosen’ announces Season 5 theatrical release, new trailer

Nov. 25 marked the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile, a treaty that was mediated by Pope St. John Paul II. Pope Francis is shown here speaking at the event.

Pope Francis denounces countries that talk about peace, but make war

Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, a native of Seville, Spain, served as prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. Known for his commitment to fostering dialogue between faiths, he was a key figure in the Vatican’s efforts to promote mutual understanding and peace.

Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, champion of interreligious dialogue, dies at 72

Father Enzo Fortunato, OFM Conv., communications director for St. Peter’s Basilica, holds up a copy of the first issue of the Vatican's new monthly magazine, “Piazza San Pietro.”

Vatican to point live webcam at St. Peter’s tomb, publish monthly magazine

Nigerian priests, Father George Ehusani, founder of the Psycho-Spiritual Institute (PSI) and Executive Director of the Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, and Father Hyacinth Ichoku, the Vice Chancellor of Veritas University Abuja, expressed grave concern about the worsening security situation in Nigeria, noting recent activities by the less-known Lakurawa jihadist group in the country’s Northwest region.

“We are in trouble”: Catholic priests lament another jihadist group making inroads in Nigeria

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 in 1925, is beloved by many Catholic young people today for his enthusiastic witness to holiness that reaches “to the heights.”

Here is the miracle that now paves the way for Pier Giorgio Frassati’s canonization

St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin, Germany.

New design of St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin sparks both praise and criticism

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