Archive for July 28, 2024

From left to right: St. Thomas More, St. Helena, St. Louis IX, St. Monica, and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

5 saints who were grandparents 

As the Catholic Church celebrates the World Day for Grandparents and Elderly, we look to the example of five saints... Read more

Emilio Madrid Mérida stands beside the tomb of the future saint Carlo Acutis.?w=200&h=150

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

From celebrating ‘Mass’ at 4 to entering the seminary at 13: Emilio’s inspiring vocation

Now, at 16, Emilio Madrid Mérida dreams of being a priest and says he has found happiness in the seminary... Read more

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims in St. Peter's Square for the Sunday Angelus, July 28, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Rachel Thomas

Pope Francis proposes 3 gestures from Gospel miracle to live at Mass

The pope pointed out “offering, giving thanks, and sharing” as highlights of the miracle recounted in the Gospel of John. Read more

Smoke billows near windows as performers participate in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024.?w=200&h=150

By Daniel Payne

‘Words cannot describe it’: Bishop urges ‘renewed zeal’ in face of ‘heinous’ Last Supper mockery at Olympics

The ceremony drew criticism around the world for its profane depiction of the Last Supper. Read more

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A worshiper waves the flag of China as Pope Francis leaves following the weekly general audience on June 12, 2019, at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Vatican-China bishop deal renewed for four more years

A pro-life sign is seen on a roadside in Agnew, Nebraska, on May 14, 2024.

Voters in Nebraska will have a choice between two competing abortion measures

Pope Francis meets with other delegates of the Synod on Synodality at a roundtable discussion in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Oct. 17, 2024.

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

In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day.

5 ways St. John Paul II changed the Catholic Church forever

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Saintly superhero: When Marvel Comics told the life story of John Paul II

When asked what Christians can do outside the Holy Land, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa responded: “Pray and support. Support the Christian community as much as they can.”

Jerusalem cardinal: Two-state solution to end Israel-Hamas war is now ‘unrealistic’

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance listens as Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.

JD Vance at Wisconsin faith rally says Catholics ‘feel abandoned’ by Biden, Harris

Pro-life protestors hold signs outside the Missouri Supreme Court on Sept. 10, 2024, advocating against Amendment 3, which would dramatically expand abortion access in Missouri if passed in November.

3 states pick up abortion pill lawsuit against Food and Drug Administration

“Don’t mess with my children,” reads a sign carried by a participant in one of some 30 marches on Oct. 19, 2024, in Colombia to protest the country’s health department memorandom that sanctions sex changes for minors.

Thousands of Colombians protest government’s embrace of gender ideology

Interior of the parish church in the Cuxtitali sector of the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

Mexican priest shot dead after celebrating Mass

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