Archive for October 27, 2023

Synod members, led by Cardinal Gabetti, process into Saint Peter’s Basilica to pray the Rosary for Peace.?w=200&h=150

By Matthew Santucci

PHOTOS: Members of the Synod on Synodality pray the rosary for peace at St. Peter’s

Their prayer intentions focused on those killed, wounded, and displaced by war, and included reflections on the past month’s work... Read more

The Golden Dome atop the Main Building at the University of Notre Dame.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Notre Dame students defend ‘dignity and sanctity of women’ ahead of campus drag show

Two seniors at the University of Notre Dame are leading a group of concerned students in objecting to a university-sponsored... Read more

Father Marko Rupnik, SJ.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Vatican: Pope Francis has lifted the statute of limitations on Rupnik case

The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Francis has decided to lift the statute of limitations in the case of Father... Read more

Delegates at the Synod on Synodality will vote on the assembly's synthesis report on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Jonathan Liedl

Synod on Synodality: Anticipation and tensions brew ahead of synthesis report release 

The summary text will serve as a bridge between this month’s assembly and a second synodal gathering scheduled for October... Read more

Mother Ana María and Sister Raquel, Carmelite hermits in Spain, together with a young postulant.?w=200&h=150

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Two Carmelite nuns in Spain seek to recover the hermitical origin of their order 

Mother Ana María and Sister Raquel seek a new hermitage to live out their call to holiness “with a marked... Read more

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By Walter Sánchez Silva

Dictatorship in Nicaragua cancels registration of 25 institutions including the Franciscans

The Minister of the Interior said the liquid and fixed assets of 17 of the organizations will now be turned... Read more

Mischief Madness, a staff member at the convention, wears a custom-decorated mask with a pentagram on it at Satan Con in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 28, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Satanic Temple loses lawsuit against Indiana pro-life law

District Court Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson tossed out the lawsuit, claiming that the Satanic Temple had failed to show it had... Read more

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary, Moscow, Russia.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Moscow Archdiocese urges return of memorial for bishop imprisoned by Stalin regime

Earlier this month, plaques dedicated to political and religious prisoners who died at Vladimir Central Prison under the communist regime... Read more

Wyatt Olivas, a university student from the United States, at a press conference on the Synod of Synodality in Rome being held in October 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Francis signs ‘sick note’ for youngest participant of the Synod on Synodality

Wyatt Olivas, 19, approached Pope Francis to ask if the pontiff would sign a letter requesting a few days of... Read more

A crucifix that was vandalized at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Oct. 25, 2023, has since been repaired.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

Massachusetts man arrested in assault and vandalism incident at Boston cathedral

Boston police arrested a man Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a woman and defacing a crucifix outside the Cathedral of the... Read more

Pope Francis among the delegates of the Synod on Synodality, held in October of 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Synod on Synodality 2023: Final week wraps up in expectation of summary report

As the final week of this year’s gathering unfolds amid contentious discussions, anticipation is rising for the publication of the... Read more

Pope Francis invokes the Virgin Mary as Queen of Peace and Mother of Mercy at a prayer vigil for peace in St. Peter's Basilica, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis consecrates war-torn world to Virgin Mary in Eucharistic prayer vigil

Invoking the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Peace and Mother of Mercy, Pope Francis implored her in St. Peter’s... Read more

Refugees load a truck in Goris on Sept. 26, 2023, before leaving to Yerevan. A continuous stream of vehicles crept along the only road out of Nagorno-Karabakh toward Armenia, carrying tens of thousands of refugees now faced with an uncertain future.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Armenia nears peace agreement with Azerbaijan, prime minister says

Nikol Pashinyan, the prime minister of Armenia, made the statement during a presentation of a regional peace plan he’s dubbed... Read more

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Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund

“In Jesus there is no contradiction between truth and charity,” notes professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz, who teaches in the philosophy department of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

“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 assesses 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

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