Archive for December 11, 2024

St. Austin Catholic Church and School once the construction project was underway.?w=200&h=150

By María J. Moriarty

Unused Church properties find new purpose amid serious real estate challenges

Declining congregations, shifting demographics, and aging infrastructure have left thousands of Church properties underutilized or vacant. Read more

Pope Francis meets with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

CNA explains: What do Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith consultants do?

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican body responsible for questions of doctrinal orthodoxy in the Church,... Read more

Father Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche of the Archdiocese of Toledo in Spain is an expert in popular piety.?w=200&h=150

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Pope Francis is a proponent of ​​popular piety, expert says

Father Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, an expert in liturgy and popular piety, says Pope Francis “has highly valued popular piety”... Read more

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican for his general audience on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis: Gentleness, respect are more effective than ‘the strength of arguments’

The Holy Father said “the first and most effective form of evangelization” is the love we show others.  Read more

Trois-Rivières Bishop Martin Laliberté (right), the president of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec, said the bishops there were “deeply concerned about the erasure of people and believing communities from Quebec’s public space” after Quebec Premier François Legault (left) said last week that praying in public parks and streets “is not something we want in Quebec.”?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Quebec bishops ‘deeply concerned’ after premier says he wants to end prayer in public

Bishop Martin Laliberté said the bishops there were “deeply concerned about the erasure of people and believing communities from Quebec’s... Read more

Philippe Villeneuve, the architect of the restoration of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, speaks with EWTN News’ Colm Flynn about his devotion to Our Lady on “EWTN News In Depth.”?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Notre Dame chief architect reveals ‘particular devotion’ to Our Lady

Architect Philippe Villeneuve shared that without Mary’s guidance, he didn’t think the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris would have been... Read more

The interior of St. Boniface is seen in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Wisconsin parishioners launch GoFundMe to appeal to Vatican to save 150-year-old church

Advocates for St. Boniface Church in Manitowoc are hoping to raise $8,000 to bankroll an appeal at the Vatican to... Read more

Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy (third from the left, with president of ABC Entertainment Karey Burke, Caitlin Jenner, and producer Jane Cha Cutler at at fundraiser event for the Center for Transyouth Health and Development-Children's Hospital on Feb. 1, 2020) is being sued by a woman who says she was rushed into a gender transition.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Woman alleges doctors ‘fast-tracked’ her into gender transition as preteen, files lawsuit

The lawsuit, filed by UCLA student Kaya Clementine Breen, claims that “her body has been profoundly damaged in ways that... Read more

The most recent murder of a priest in Mexico occurred Oct. 20, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Colín

Report: 80 priests murdered in Mexico over last three decades

Father Omar Sotelo Aguilar noted that “as never before in the history of Mexico, violence has reached worrying levels, striking... Read more

The Church of the Gesù, where a Mass and prayer vigil for LGBT Christians are scheduled in September 2025 in Rome during the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.?w=200&h=150

By Edward Pentin

Organizers and supporters reluctant to discuss planned LGBT jubilee day in Rome

The Vatican’s jubilee organizers say they are neither supporting nor opposing the event while the figures behind it are declining... Read more

Latest news

Lee Edwares received the VOC Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom, at the opening of the Victims of Communism Museum, June 2022. This medal is the highest honor from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, which he co-founded in 1994.

Lee Edwards, Catholic historian of American conservatism, dies at 92   

Pope Francis greets artists and participants of the 2024 Vatican Christmas Concert in the Clementine Hall on Dec. 14, 2024.

Pope Francis calls on Vatican Christmas Concert artists to promote peace, reconciliation

Jack Traynor (next to child on first row) as a pilgrim to Lourdes in 1925, two years after his healing.

The healing of a Royal Navy sailor at Lourdes

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Christmas 2024: Catholic gifts for anyone on your shopping list

Detail of a 1964 West German postage stamp showing Father Alfred Delp.

The Nazi resister who had one of the most profound Advents ever

A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during a pro-life rally on March 25, 2023, in New York City.

Trump commits to keeping abortion pill available

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Superior, which has programs for the disabled, elderly, and impoverished, argued caring for those in need is part of its religious mission.

Supreme Court to hear Catholic Charities case on whether serving the poor is religious act

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Cardinal Cupich asks Catholics ‘to receive holy Communion standing’ in Chicago Archdiocese

Pilgrims attend Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 12, 2022, to mark the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas and the unborn.

Archbishop Cordileone wants to encourage a devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe in U.S.

Pope Francis meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2021.

Overturning Nancy Pelosi’s Communion ban: It’s too late for an appeal, expert says

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