Archive for July 2, 2023

Father Marie-Dominique Philippe.?w=200&h=150

By Solène Tadié

New report analyzes origins and phenomena behind abuse in France’s St. John community

The 800-page document details findings of an internal investigation into the origins of abuse in the St. John Family. Read more

The campaign poster for Father Hyacinth Iormen Alia alluded to his well-known healing ministry.?w=200&h=150

By Douglas Burton

Suspended priest takes charge of Nigeria’s strife-torn Benue State

Hyacinth Iormen Alia ignored the admonitions of his bishop by successfully running for governor of Benue State. Read more

The official logo of World Youth Day Lisbon. Photo courtesy Beatriz Roque Antunez.?w=200&h=150

By Clara Raimundo

One month until World Youth Day, a look at the numbers

Some 313,000 from 151 countries have completed their registrations already, including 14,435 Americans. Read more

Pope Francis blesses the crowds in St. Peter's Square after praying the Angelus on July 2, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis: Do you ‘live as a witness of Jesus?’

Pope Francis spoke to an estimated 15,000 people about “the gift of the prophetic mission” during his weekly Angelus address. Read more

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Catholic Campaign for Human Development spent $11.4 million over its budget

Father José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva has over 420,000 followers on Instagram and 130,000 on YouTube.

Priest accused of being involved in alleged plot to assassinate president of Brazil

Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi during an interview with CNA in Rome on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.

Archbishop of Tokyo: An aging society like Japan’s will not be able to survive

President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, photographed here with Kirk Adams and First Lady Jill Biden, in a photo posted to his X account, Nov. 20, 2024.

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood leader Cecile Richards

Missouri’s bishops are urging the state to forgo executing a Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2024.

Missouri bishops urge state to refrain from executing convicted child-killer next month

The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation awards the Ratzinger Prize to Notre Dame theologian Cyril O’Regan and Japanese sculptor Etsurō Sotoo at in a ceremony at the Vatican on Nov. 22, 204.

Prestigious Ratzinger Prize awarded to Notre Dame theologian, Japanese sculptor at Vatican

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Data show abortions dropped by nearly 40% in Iowa after six-week ban

Police are searching for a thief who entered the Church of St. Francis of Assisi on West 31st Street in Manhattan on Nov. 20, 2024, and stole a gold rose that memorializes a priest who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Police search for thief who stole 9/11 memorial gold rose from New York Catholic church

A close-up of the tomb of St. Ceclia at the basilica dedicated to her in Trastevere, Rome, Italy.

PHOTOS: St. Cecilia, martyr and patron saint of music, rests in Roman basilica named for her

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U.S. bishops: Federal ‘gender identity’ rule could block Catholics from government contracts

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