Archive for October 15, 2024

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By Edie Heipel

How can we suffer well? 10 quotes from St. Teresa of Ávila

Oct. 15 is the day when the Catholic Church remembers the Spanish Carmelite reformer and doctor of the Church St.... Read more

Elisabeth Román is president of the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

‘Synodality Tent’: a place to reflect on the presence of Latin America in the Church

“The Synodality Tent,” which aims to offer an experience of faith, opened in Rome in the context of the second... Read more

Kelly Breaux founded Red Bird Ministries to support grieving parents.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: how 2 ministries are helping grieving families

Red Bird Ministries and Sursum Corda are two Catholic groups who help families who have endured miscarriages and infant loss. Read more

Alejandro Aguilera-Titus (at left), lead staff for Hispanic/Latino Ministry at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks during the 2024 Conference of the National Catholic Association of Diocesan Directors for Hispanic Ministry, which took place from Oct. 8–11. Next to him is Lorianne Aubut of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, and Edwin Ferrera of the Archdiocese of Seattle.?w=200&h=150

By Emily Chaffins

‘Responding to the signs of the times’ to revitalize Hispanic ministry — and the whole Church

For attendees at this year’s Hispanic ministry directors conference Oct. 8–11 in Miami, effective Hispanic ministry has become part of... Read more

A symposium was held Oct. 11-12 , 2024, on the occasion of 200th anniversary of Blessed Anne-Catherine Emmerich’s death and the 20th anniversary of her beatification in Izmir, Turkey.?w=200&h=150

By Nathalie Ritzmann

Symposium in Turkey held for the bicentenary of Blessed Anne-Catherine Emmerich’s death

Dozens gathered from across the world to mark the 200th anniversary of Blessed Anne-Catherine Emmerich’s death and the 20th anniversary... Read more

Pope Francis receives the vice president of Argentina, Victoria Villarruel, on Oct. 14, 2024, in a meeting in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. The two discussed the situation in the country and exchanged gifts in an atmosphere of “great affection,” according to an official statement.?w=200&h=150

By Julieta Villar

Pope Francis meets with Argentine vice president Victoria Villarruel

Pope Francis received the vice president of Argentina, Victoria Villarruel, in a meeting in which they discussed the situation in... Read more

Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO, a Trappist monk and spiritual writer, has served as Bishop of Trondheim in Norway since 2020.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Norwegian bishops and 30-plus Christian groups sign declaration against gender ideology

The Ecumenical Declaration on “Gender and Sexual Diversity,” issued on Tuesday, cites “biological reality” in criticizing those movements. Read more

Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, Cincinnati.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Cincinnati priest made parochial vicar after destroying hard drive of possible child porn

Father Barry Stechschulte was appointed parochial vicar of a family of parishes in the western part of Ohio, near the... Read more

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By Kate Quiñones

These three states have school choice on the ballot 

Colorado and Kentucky have amendments on the ballot to promote school choice, while Nebraska has a ballot measure that could... Read more

Suspended FBI agent Marcus Allen testifies during a hearing before the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government of the House Judiciary Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on May 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Exclusive: Catholic FBI whistleblower Marcus Allen discusses how faith inspired action

“I felt convicted in my actions by the Holy Spirit,” Marcus Allen, the FBI whistleblower, told CNA. Read more

St. Mary’s Catholic Preschool in Littleton, Colorado.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Colorado moves to repeal religious freedom protection in ‘universal’ preschool program

Colorado state officials repealed a religious freedom protection in the state’s Universal Preschool program amid an ongoing legal battle.  Read more