Archive for December 13, 2024

The sun rises over the island of Corsica, France.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

5 things to know about popular piety and Pope Francis’ trip to Corsica

Part of the pope’s itinerary for the short trip is to speak at the closing of a conference on popular... Read more

Actress Noa Cohen as the Blessed Virgin Mary in Netflix’s new film “Mary.”?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Netflix’s ‘Mary’: Catholic director says he wanted to ‘pay great reverence’ to Blessed Mother

Netflix’s “Mary” has been released on digital streaming platforms and tells the story of Mary’s experience after her miraculous conception... Read more

Groups of migrants wait outside the Migrant Resource Center to receive food from the San Antonio Catholic Charities on Sept. 19, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Report: Policy of immigration enforcement treating churches as ‘sensitive areas’ could end

The “sensitive locations” policy began in 2011 and precludes ICE agents from carrying out immigration enforcement actions in locations like... Read more

Demonstrators in support of Israel gather to denounce antisemitism and call for the release of Israeli hostages on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

U.S. bishops, Jewish advocacy group release Catholic guide to combating antisemitism

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops along with the American Jewish Committee released on Wednesday “Translate Hate: The Catholic Edition.” Read more

Pope Francis stops for a brief prayer in front of the Bethlehem Nativity in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall during its presentation and a meeting with some of the people involved in its creation on Dec. 7, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Bethlehem artist defends presence of Palestinian keffiyeh in Nativity scene after backlash

The keffiyeh was visible during the presentation of the Bethlehem Nativity to Pope Francis in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall... Read more

Father Augustus Taylor.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

Father Gus Taylor, co-founder of Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, dies at 84

Father Gus Taylor died in Los Angeles from unspecified causes on Nov. 5, the Black Catholic Messenger reported on Thursday. Read more

Michael P. Warsaw, chairman and CEO of EWTN Global Catholic Network, presents the 2024 Mother Angelica Award to Curtis and Michaelann Martin, co-founders of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, on Dec. 12, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

FOCUS co-founders receive 2024 Mother Angelica Award

EWTN Global Catholic Network presented the 2024 Mother Angelica Award to Curtis and Michaelann Martin, co-founders of the Fellowship of... Read more

Statue of St. Lucy at the New Chapel of St. Lucy in Pampanga province, Philippines.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Pope Francis: St. Lucy is an example of female leadership in the Church

Pope Francis said that “we need women’s work and their word in a Church that reaches out that it may... Read more

Pope Francis blessing a baby during a general audience.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Vatican opens first day care for employees’ children

The Vatican’s first day care center is slated to begin operating next spring and will serve up to 30 children... Read more

Pope Francis meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

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

Pelosi would have needed to bring her case to Pope Francis within 30 days of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s initial imposition... Read more

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.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

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

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone told EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo on “The World Over” of his goal of “informing people of this call... Read more

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By Tyler Arnold

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

“No one should engage in a gesture that calls attention to oneself or disrupts the flow of the procession,” Cardinal... Read more

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.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

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

The Catholic Charities agency has argued that caring for those in need is part of its religious mission as a... Read more

A pro-abortion activist displays abortion pills as she counter-protests during a pro-life rally on March 25, 2023, in New York City.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Trump commits to keeping abortion pill available

President-elect Donald Trump vowed he would not use his executive authority to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Read more