Archive for October 7, 2024

A woman prays the rosary at the Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, on Sept. 28, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Edie Heipel

The rosary: common myths and facts

October is designated by the Catholic Church as the Month of the Rosary. Here are seven common myths and facts... Read more

Monica Biboso and her employer, Ester Rot, while celebrating Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) in the dining room of Kibbutz Be'eri in 2022. “I don’t feel like a hero because I saved Ester” during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Biboso told CNA. “I would do anything to save her. I just treated her like my mother. Every child would do the same.”?w=200&h=150

By Marinella Bandini

‘Without God, I wouldn’t be here’: Catholic woman recounts survival of Oct. 7 Hamas attack

In a conversation with CNA, Monica Biboso recalled that day she and the elderly woman she cared for survived when... Read more

Parish-based Trinity House Community groups are now active in 25 parishes in nine states, including 12 parishes within the Diocese of Arlington. Each parish pays an annual subscription cost to gain access to the turnkey program (videos, discussion questions, handouts, core team guides). Most of the gatherings take place on Saturday evenings in the parish hall, following the anticipatory Mass, and last 90 minutes. Many of the groups (also called "Heaven in Your Home Gatherings") are 50-70 attendees, but some are as large as 125 or more.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Catholic Church tackles parental stress crisis with support programs and resources

Parental stress was recently cited as a public health challenge by the U.S. surgeon general — and here are some... Read more

From left to right: Deacon Omar F.A. Gutierrez, notary in the cause for canonization, Steve Wolf, vice postulator in the cause for canonization and a Boys Town alumnus, and Father Ryan Lewis, JCL, the archbishop’s delegate.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

New film on life of Father Flanagan hopes to advance priest’s cause for canonization

“Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story” will be released in theaters across the United States for one night... Read more

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justices Brett Kavanaugh (left) and Neil Gorsuch (right) arrive for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Kavanaugh: Supreme Court made ‘important strides’ for religious freedom in recent years

Ahead of the United States Supreme Court’s newest term, Justice Brett Kavanaugh lauded recent court decisions that have protected religious... Read more

Members of St. Monica Widows Group pray during Mass at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Ojolla Parish in the Archdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya.?w=200&h=150

By Agnes Aineah

Widows group in Kenya rescues Catholic women from polygamy, ‘wife inheritance’

St. Monica Widows Group was started in 1984 in the areas served by the Archdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya to... Read more

The faithful stand at attention for the national anthem at the archdiocesan Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Archdiocese of Washington celebrates annual Red Mass ahead of Supreme Court term

Washington Archbishop Cardinal Wilton Gregory was the principal celebrant at the Red Mass, while Deacon Darryl Kelley offered the homily. Read more

Panelists discuss how the transgender movement is impacting young women in particular at the 2024 Pray Vote Stand Summit panel “Saving America’s Daughters: Title IX and the Fight for Fairness.” From left to right: moderator Joseph Backholm, Macy Petty, Doreen Denny, and William Bock.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Pray Vote Stand Summit panelists push back against administration’s trans agenda

Panelists at the annual Pray Vote Stand Summit in Washington, D.C., this past weekend discussed how the transgender movement is... Read more

Delegates attend a session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Paul VI Hall on Oct. 5, 2024, in Vatican City.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Women deacons off the table? Synod delegate claims ‘some women sense a call to priesthood’

“I think we have to look at the question very much from … the Spirit. ‘Is the Spirit calling women?’”... Read more

Fire and smoke rise at an area targeted by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Oct. 6, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By ACI MENA

Beirut under fire: Church officials call for peace

After what some have called the most violent night of fighting in Lebanon, Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi reaffirmed... Read more

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance arrives to speak at a Trump-Vance campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

JD Vance signals Trump administration will defund Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood took in nearly $700 million in tax-funded government grants, contracts, and Medicaid reimbursements in 2023. Read more

Christian worshippers pray at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare,Elias Turk

Pope Francis: ‘Prayer and fasting are the weapons of love that change history’

In his letter to Catholics in the Middle East, the Holy Father expressed his closeness with those “who dwell in... Read more

Procession of the relics of St. Francis Xavier in Old Goa outside Se Cathedral on his feast day, Dec. 3, 2014.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Indian police hunt for Hindu man who allegedly disrespected St. Francis Xavier

Catholic news outlet UCA News reported that Subhash Velingkar publicly questioned the authenticity of the relics of St. Francis Xavier. Read more

Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on Oct. 1, 2024, in New York City.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Did Tim Walz allow abortion for any reason up to birth? Here’s what the law he signed says

As governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz has signed several far-reaching abortion laws that have significantly expanded abortion in that state. Read more

U.S. Supreme Court.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Supreme Court denies Biden’s attempt to force Texas emergency doctors to perform abortions

The Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal by the Biden administration to compel emergency room doctors in Texas to... Read more

Sherry Colvin (left) and her daughter Gabriela were among the attendees at the "Remembering October 7th" rally held in front of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 7, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Christians join supporters of Israel at rally on National Mall on Oct. 7

The event, “Remembering October 7th,” was sponsored by the Philos Project, a Christian nonprofit organization that advocates for pluralism.  Read more

The Supreme Court of the state of Georgia is housed at the Nathan Deal Judicial Center in Atlanta.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Georgia Supreme Court reinstates 6-week ‘heartbeat’ law

The Georgia Supreme Court reinstated on Monday the state’s heartbeat law, a six-week limit on abortion known as the LIFE... Read more

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Young mother jailed for 3.5 years for blocking abortion entrance

The Vatican held four different public conferences from Oct. 9 and 16, 2024, in Rome to explain the “theological undertone of the synodal process,” according to a conference moderator and expert at this month’s Synod on Synodality. 

Why did the Synod on Synodality hold extra theological meetings in 2024?

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is interviewed by EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo just prior to attending the annual Al Smith dinner in support of the charitable work of the Archdiocese of New York on Oct. 17, 2024.

Trump pledges to consider reimplementing ban on overseas abortion funding

Believers gather at the Namugongo Shrine for the Martyrs’ Day Pilgrimage on June 3, 2024, in Uganda. The Catholic population in Africa surpassed 272.4 million people in 2022 after seeing a rise of more than 7.3 million people — the largest increase of any continent, according to Vatican statistics released in October 2024.

Vatican statistics: Catholic population shrinks in Europe, rises everywhere else

Bishop José Libardo Garcés Monsalve of Cúcuta, Colombia.

Colombian bishop issues call to seek out Catholics estranged from the Church

Pope Francis prays with members of the Synod on Synodality during one of its meetings in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on the morning of Oct. 12, 2024.

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

Vacated in 2021 when the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity order consolidated, the convent at St. Alphonsus Parish in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood now offers private rooms and shared common areas to teachers and ministry professionals, usually within their first five years of service.

Seattle parish transforms convent into affordable housing for mission-driven teachers

The painting St. Luke the Evangelist in Iglesia El Buen Pastor Church by Miguel Vaguer (1959).

Why is St. Luke the patron saint of butchers? Here’s a clue

Elena Guerra, Marie-Léonie Paradis, and Giuseppe Allamano are among the Blesseds whom Pope Francis will canonize on Oct. 20, 2024. 

These are the 14 people who will be canonized saints this weekend

Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, seen taking part in the International Meeting for Peace in Paris,on Sept. 22, 2024, condemned the firing of a Catholic school administrator accused of violating French laws prohibiting religious expression in educational settings. 

Paris archbishop condemns firing of Catholic school principal accused of violating secular laws

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