Archive for October 30, 2023

Iran’s minister of foreign affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican, Iranian foreign ministers discuss Israel-Hamas war amid risk of wider conflict

Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher spoke by phone with his counterpart in Iran on Monday morning regarding the Israel-Hamas... Read more

Workers prepare to distribute medical aid and medicines to Nasser Medical Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, which recently arrived through the Rafah crossing on Oct. 29, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

UN refugee director: Needs in Gaza ‘immense,’ aid ‘meager and inconsistent’

The U.N. said Sunday that “thousands of desperate people” had “stormed U.N.-operated warehouses” and other aid distribution centers in the... Read more

Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

The first Synod on Synodality assembly is over. What comes next?

Much remains unclear about what concretely will take place in the year leading up to the second and final Synod... Read more

Pope Francis visits the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square following vespers on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Christmas 2023 at the Vatican: Nativity to recall St. Francis’ first-ever manger scene

The Christmas 2023 Nativity scene at the Vatican will evoke the first-ever live manger, the Vatican said Monday. Read more

Friars walking along the Via Dolorosa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. After two weeks, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land returned to pray the Way of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem.?w=200&h=150

By Marinella Bandini

Franciscan friar’s ‘Way of the Cross’ resumes on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem

The Franciscans returned to pray along on the Via Dolorosa after holding the Way of the Cross in the church... Read more

Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality’s closing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Synod on Synodality 2023: A look at the key discussions and decisions

Now that the Synod on Synodality has drawn to a close, all eyes are on the synthesis report emanating from... Read more

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, delivers his homily at a Mass in celebration of the feast day of Our Lady, Queen of Palestine and the Holy Land at the shrine dedicated to her at Deir Rafat on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Marinella Bandini

Latin patriarch of Jerusalem reconsecrates Holy Land to Our Lady, Queen of Palestine

“Today, we consecrate once again our Church, our diocese, our land to Our Lady, Queen of Palestine,” Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa... Read more

Pope Francis meets with a group of women who escaped criminal organizations in Italy on Oct. 30, 2023, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

‘You are not alone’: Pope Francis meets women who escaped the Mafia

Pope Francis on Monday encouraged a group of women who escaped criminal organizations in Italy to keep fighting despite fear... Read more

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By Joe Bukuras

‘This is dangerous stuff’: UK university offers course on ‘occult science’

A university in the United Kingdom will be offering a graduate degree in occultism and magic, reportedly the nation’s first... Read more

Sts. Peter and Paul Church in North Beach, California.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Assault at San Francisco Catholic church leads to police pursuit, reported pipe bomb

The incident began after an individual received Communion but did not consume the host. Read more

A billboard in Ohio paid for by Catholics for Choice in October 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Catholic pro-abortion group funds ‘billboard blitz’ ahead of Ohio Issue 1 vote

Issue 1 would amend the state constitution to add a new right to “reproductive freedom,” which includes “abortion” and “contraception,”... Read more

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British government makes puberty blocker ban for kids permanent

The bishops of Haiti denounced the “dehumanizing violence” that has plagued the country since the beginning of 2024 and are asking all citizens to “go on with life without becoming discouraged” and to be witnesses of hope.

5,000 murders in Haiti this year: Bishops decry ‘dehumanizing violence’

Bishop António Francisco Jaca of the Diocese of Benguela in Angola speaks on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Radio Ecclesia, Angola’s Catholic Radio on Dec. 8, 2024.

African bishop cautions Catholic journalists against compromising standards

Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Russian Orthodox patriarch writes to pregnant women to encourage them to keep their babies

The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico.

Fact or fiction? 9 popular myths about Our Lady of Guadalupe

The Church of the Gesù, where a Mass and prayer vigil for LGBT Christians are scheduled in September 2025 in Rome during the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.

Organizers and supporters reluctant to discuss planned LGBT jubilee day in Rome

The most recent murder of a priest in Mexico occurred Oct. 20, 2024.

Report: 80 priests murdered in Mexico over last three decades

Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy (third from the left, with president of ABC Entertainment Karey Burke, Caitlin Jenner, and producer Jane Cha Cutler at at fundraiser event for the Center for Transyouth Health and Development-Children's Hospital on Feb. 1, 2020) is being sued by a woman who says she was rushed into a gender transition.

Woman alleges doctors ‘fast-tracked’ her into gender transition as preteen, files lawsuit

The interior of St. Boniface is seen in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin parishioners launch GoFundMe to appeal to Vatican to save 150-year-old church

Philippe Villeneuve, the architect of the restoration of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, speaks with EWTN News’ Colm Flynn about his devotion to Our Lady on “EWTN News In Depth.”

Notre Dame chief architect reveals ‘particular devotion’ to Our Lady

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