Archive for December 26, 2023

A stamp printed in United Kingdom in 1999 shows image of the dedicated to the Glastonbury Holy Thorn.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

The Holy Thorn: In Glastonbury, England, a special hawthorn tree blooms every year at Christmas

This special variety of hawthorn grows in and around Glastonbury and the legendary, original tree is said to have sprouted... Read more

Painting of St. Stephen’s martyrdom.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

St. Stephen: Visiting the spot where the first martyr died

A chapel of one form or another memorializing Stephen’s martyrdom has existed at the site since at least the fifth... Read more

The Monastery of Città della Pieve in Italy.?w=200&h=150

By ACI Stampa

Blind from birth, Sister Chiara Antonella shares her story of music and prayer

The Poor Clare sister shared in a recent interview about her calling to religious life, life in the monastery, and... Read more

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By Joe Bukuras

New Yorkers will vote on making abortion an ‘equal right’ in state’s constitution

The 2024 ballot initiative comes as a wave of states attempt to expand abortion access by amending their constitutions following... Read more

Pope Francis gives a blessing after he delivers his Angelus address to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 26, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Matthew Santucci

Pope Francis: After 2,000 years the persecution of Christians continues

During Tuesday’s Angelus on the occasion of the feast of St. Stephen, Pope Francis renewed his call for peace. 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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