Archive for April 23, 2024

Edward Burne-Jones, “St. George Kills the Dragon,” 1866?w=200&h=150

By Kelly Marcum

Did St. George really slay a dragon?

St. George defied an emperor and stared into the eyes of his torturers and executioner, unyielding in his faith. Read more

Orvich said he wanted to share his experience with same sex attraction “so that the Lord might touch hearts and that people repent and try returning to a chaste life."?w=200&h=150

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Redeemed from sexual libertinism, prostitution, and occult, Fran Orvich tells his story

For the last five years Fran Orvich, 30, has been living chastely following a conversion process that began after a... Read more

People join together during a “Rally to Stop the Six-Week Abortion Ban” held at Lake Eola Park on April 13, 2024, in Orlando, Florida.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Could Florida become the first state to defeat an abortion amendment?

The Florida Supreme Court recently made national headlines when it issued two significant abortion rulings on the same day. Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges ‘massive subsidized day care’ plan to reduce abortion

The campaign promises that a Kennedy presidency would “safeguard women’s reproductive rights.” Read more

Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan leads a Eucharistic procession inside a packed Louis Armstrong Stadium in Brooklyn, New York, on April 20, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Jeffrey Bruno

PHOTOS From the subway to the sacred: Brooklyn’s breathtaking Eucharistic Revival

Early on Saturday morning, Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan boarded the 7 train with members of his flock in tow en... Read more

The Augustine Institute's new facilities in Florissant, Missouri.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

‘An unprecedented opportunity’: Augustine Institute announces move to St. Louis 

The organization announced on Tuesday that it had purchased the former Boeing Leadership Center in Florissant, Missouri, just outside of... Read more

Over a year after the earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey in February 2023, restoration of Aleppo's Church of St. George has been completed.?w=200&h=150

By Souheil Lawand

A year after earthquake, Aleppo’s St. George Church rises again

The Melkite Greek Catholic community celebrated this week as the Church of St. George reopened its doors after undergoing restoration... Read more

Archbishop Luis Argüello and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.?w=200&h=150

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Bishops: Catholic Church in Spain unjustly singled out in plan to address sexual abuse

The Spanish bishops noted that “reparation measures cannot be proposed that, following the ombudsman’s report, would leave out nine out... Read more

The Vatican ambassador to Colombo, Archbishop Brian Udaigwe (third from left) and Sri Lanka's Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith (fourth from left) take part in a remembrance service during the fifth anniversary of the Easter Sunday suicide attacks at St. Anthony Church in Colombo on April 21, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Walter Sánchez Silva

More than 50,000 sign petition to recognize 171 killed in Sri Lanka attack as martyrs

On April 21, 2019, Easter Sunday, eight suicide bombers attacked two Catholic churches, a Protestant church, and three luxury hotels,... Read more

CNA?w=200&h=150

By Matt McDonald

Pro-lifers dismayed at Massachusetts pro-abortion governor’s appearances at Catholic school events

Pro-lifers are raising a ruckus over two recent appearances at Catholic education events by the pro-abortion governor of Massachusetts. Read more

President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at Hillsborough Community College’s Dale Mabry campus on April 23, 2024, in Tampa, Florida.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Biden targets Trump in Florida speech on abortion

President Joe Biden on Tuesday called for a national right to abortion during a campaign speech in Tampa, Florida.  Read more

Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Rev. Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Most Holy Trinity Monastery in Arlington, Texas.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Defiant Texas nuns seek restraining order against bishop, Carmelite association

If the District Court of Tarrant County grants the monastery’s request, it would prevent Bishop Michael Olson and others from... Read more