Archive for October 3, 2024

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By Peter Pinedo

Bishop’s message to women contemplating abortion: ‘Go to any Catholic church’

Here’s a roundup of the latest developments in the U.S. regarding abortion and pro-life issues. Read more

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By Eduardo Berdejo

Who is Rolando Álvarez, the bishop persecuted by the Nicaraguan dictatorship?

Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos is once again in the news after Pope Francis appointed him to participate in the second... Read more

The archbishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Joseph Arshad, addresses the persecuted Christian community of Jaranwala in August 2023. Twenty-one Catholic churches, Bibles, and family homes were set on fire.?w=200&h=150

By Andrés Henríquez

Pakistani woman sentenced to death for allegedly blaspheming Muhammed

A Christian mother of four has been sentenced to death by a judge in Pakistan for allegedly spreading blasphemous messages... Read more

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By Daniel Payne

Virginia school board to pay teacher $575,000 after firing over transgender pronouns

Peter Vlaming was dismissed by the West Point School District in 2018 after he refused to use male pronouns to... Read more

Autistic Catholics is an online resource and support system that offers weekly meetings for Catholics on the autism spectrum.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Autistic Catholics find a voice: New support group fosters connection and belonging

Autistic Catholics, an online resource and support group, kicked off this week with the group’s first online meeting. Read more

Archbishop Timothy Broglio is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and also leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Archbishop Broglio calls on faithful to join in prayer on anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks

Archbishop Timothy Broglio invited the faithful throughout the country to join in prayer on the first anniversary of the Oct.... Read more

On the first working day of the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican on Oct. 2, 2024, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, shut down speculation regarding further theological study into the possibility of women being ordained as deacons.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Synod rules out women deacons; meetings called to be ‘laboratories of synodal life’

The Synod on Synodality commenced its second day on Thursday in which 356 participants convened at the Vatican. Read more

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By Andrés Henríquez

In defiance of country’s bishops, Venezuelan dictator decrees start of Christmas season

Overruling strenuous objections from the country’s bishops, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has decreed an October start to the Christmas season. Read more

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By Eduardo Berdejo

War in southern Lebanon puts thousands of Christians in constant danger, nun says

Some 9,000 Christians in three villages in southern Lebanon are in constant danger because of the Israel-Hezbollah war, warned Sister... Read more

Archbishop of Barcelona and the president of the Episcopal Conference of Spain, Cardinal Juan José Omella y Omella, arrives at St. Peter’s Basilica for a penitential service for the Synod of Bishops presided by Pope Francis on Oct. 1, 2024, in Vatican City.?w=200&h=150

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Analysis: This week at the Synod on Synodality — revolution or much ado about nothing?

The tone of the opening days of the synod’s final general assembly makes it apparent that, for the moment, there... Read more

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A worshiper waves the flag of China as Pope Francis leaves following the weekly general audience on June 12, 2019, at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Vatican-China bishop deal renewed for four more years

A pro-life sign is seen on a roadside in Agnew, Nebraska, on May 14, 2024.

Voters in Nebraska will have a choice between two competing abortion measures

Pope Francis meets with other delegates of the Synod on Synodality at a roundtable discussion in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Oct. 17, 2024.

Live updates: The Synod on Synodality debates the Catholic Church’s future

In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day.

5 ways St. John Paul II changed the Catholic Church forever

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Saintly superhero: When Marvel Comics told the life story of John Paul II

When asked what Christians can do outside the Holy Land, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa responded: “Pray and support. Support the Christian community as much as they can.”

Jerusalem cardinal: Two-state solution to end Israel-Hamas war is now ‘unrealistic’

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance listens as Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.

JD Vance at Wisconsin faith rally says Catholics ‘feel abandoned’ by Biden, Harris

Pro-life protestors hold signs outside the Missouri Supreme Court on Sept. 10, 2024, advocating against Amendment 3, which would dramatically expand abortion access in Missouri if passed in November.

3 states pick up abortion pill lawsuit against Food and Drug Administration

“Don’t mess with my children,” reads a sign carried by a participant in one of some 30 marches on Oct. 19, 2024, in Colombia to protest the country’s health department memorandom that sanctions sex changes for minors.

Thousands of Colombians protest government’s embrace of gender ideology

Interior of the parish church in the Cuxtitali sector of the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

Mexican priest shot dead after celebrating Mass

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