Archive for June 26, 2024

A group of cello students from the Magnificat Institute of Jerusalem performs on May 30, 2024. Today, the Magnificat Institute welcomes over 200 students each year (as young as 5 years old) and relies on the collaboration of 25 teachers. It has a choir (which also serves the liturgies of the Custody of the Holy Land) and several orchestras.?w=200&h=150

By Marinella Bandini

Jerusalem’s Magnificat Institute: ‘Every day we witness a small but significant miracle’ 

The Magnificat Institute brings Jews, Christians, and Muslims together to make music — not an easy feat as the longest... Read more

Father Justine Dyikuk at the June 1, 2024, launch of his book “Me and my Rosary” in Glasgow, Scotland.?w=200&h=150

By Agnes Aineah

Testimony of conversion is force behind Nigerian priest’s book promoting rosary devotion

After witnessing a man’s conversion after rosary prayers, Father Justine John Dyikuk of Nigeria started promoting rosary devotion and wrote... Read more

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passes southwest of Omaha, Nebraska, on June 21, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

‘Breathtaking’: through the cornfields with Jesus in Nebraska Eucharistic pilgrimage

The route followed a gravel road, visible from Interstate 80, which crossed through cornfields amid the distant hum of semitrucks... Read more

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 26, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis: Drug cartels are ‘traffickers of death’ and ‘murderers’

“We cannot ignore the evil intentions and actions of drug dealers and traffickers. They are murderers!” Pope Francis said in... Read more

National Catholic Register Editor-in-Chief Shannon Mullen (left) and Catholic News Agency Editor-in-Chief Ken Oliver (right) flank Jeanette DeMelo (center), the executive director of the two EWTN News properties.?w=200&h=150

By Gigi Duncan,Ken Oliver-Méndez

EWTN News divisions shine at 2024 Catholic Media Association awards

The 2024 Catholic Media Association awards saw EWTN News properties garner top honors in 13 categories and 33 total awards.  Read more

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By ACI Africa

Christians in Egypt embark on construction of churches as persecution ebbs

Church projects that had been halted in Egypt when the North African nation was dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood are... Read more

Mary Rice Hasson with the Ethics and Public Policy Center speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on the Supreme Court, Tuesday, June 25, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Kate Quiñones

Expert says Supreme Court should ‘do the right thing’ on child transgender procedures

The Supreme Court will review the 2023 Tennessee law that banned hormone therapy and puberty blockers for gender-confused minors. Read more

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By Jonah McKeown

Sioux City Diocese to hold special collection after devastating Iowa floods

Sioux City Bishop Walker Nickless has established a flood victims relief collection to be taken in all diocesan parishes July... Read more

A flooded road is seen in the village of Tintenbar after heavy rain on April 5, 2024, in Ballina, Australia.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Conference in Rome highlights Pacific islands’ climate peril and calls for global action

Organized by the Australian Embassy to the Holy See, the June 23 event aimed at raising awareness of the impacts... Read more

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By Matthew Balan

Delaware’s ‘medical aid in dying’ bill passes, heads to governor

Despite the Delaware Legislature’s approval of the bill, it faces a possible veto from Gov. John Carney. Read more

A general view of the Louisiana State Capitol on April 17, 2020, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Residents sue Louisiana to block state’s inclusion of Ten Commandments in schools

The coalition filed the lawsuit against members of the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Read more

USCCB President Archbishop Timothy Broglio speaks at the bishops' spring meeting, Thursday, June 13, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

U.S. bishops’ conference lays off several social justice staff members

Chieko Noguchi, a spokesperson for the USCCB, said “several” staff members serving in the Department of Justice, Peace, and Human... Read more

Pilgrims shield themselves from the sun at Pope Francis' general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 26, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis unveils plan for Vatican to go solar

The plan was outlined in Pope Francis’ latest motu proprio, “Fratello Sole,” or “Brother Sun.” Read more

Central to the charism of St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer was his insistence that all Christians are called to aim for holiness in their ordinary lives, especially through their everyday work.?w=200&h=150

By ACI Prensa

Opus Dei founder St. Josemaría Escrivá: You can be a saint doing your ordinary job

Today the Catholic Church honors St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (1902–1975), Spanish priest, founder of Opus Dei, and... Read more

U.S. Capitol viewed through the columns of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.?w=200&h=150

By Peter Pinedo

Supreme Court mistakenly leaks controversial abortion decision

“The court’s Publications Unit inadvertently and briefly uploaded a document to the court’s website,” a spokesperson for the Supreme Court... Read more

Rachel Levine, then a nominee for assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies before her confirmation hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25, 2021.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Biden administration pressured health care association to back sex changes for minors

Biden’s administration pressured at least one health care association to eliminate proposed guidelines that would have discouraged sex-change drugs. Read more