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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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

The Supreme Court of India.

Church leaders will appeal Indian Supreme Court order for tax on salaries of clergy

Argentine President Javier Milei walks past President-elect Donald Trump as they attend the America First Policy Institute Gala held at Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida.

How will Trump impact abortion, gender, and migration policies in Latin America?

Memorial tree in Mayfouk, Lebanon, in remembrance of Christians killed in the Lebanese civil war.

Red Wednesday in the Land of the Martyrs 

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Catholic NASA scientist delves into investigation of potential life on other planets

The historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, was ravaged by arson on the night of Sept. 2, 2024.

Nearly half of 2,500 anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe were in France, report says

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