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The Vatican on Sept. 16, 2024, unveiled a commemorative stamp to mark four decades of diplomatic relations with the United States. 

Vatican unveils commemorative stamp on 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations with U.S.

Sep 18, 2024

By Daniel Payne

U.S.-Vatican diplomatic relations extend back to 1788 when George Washington allowed that the Holy See could freely appoint bishops in... Read more

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This statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is on Apparition Hill, overlooking the village of Medjugorje, a town in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Medjugorje: What Catholics should know about the alleged Marian apparitions

Family members of Mafia victims take part in a demonstration organized by Libera on the occasion of the National Day of Remembrance and Commitment to Remembering the Victims of the Mafia on March 21, 2023, in Milan, Italy.

Pope Francis: More needs to be done to restore dignity to organized crime victims

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak during her visit to a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 14, 2024.

‘Catholics for Harris-Walz’ online meeting downplays abortion concerns among faithful

“If we are attacked because of our common baptism, maybe we should also live this common baptism,” said Father Nikodemus Schnabel, abbot of the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem.

Christian community comes closer together amid attacks in the Holy Land

Isabel Spruce-Vaughn was arrested twice for praying outside abortion clinics.

UK bishops warn new Public Order Act unfairly affects people of faith

A hearing in the Vatican finance trial on May 20, 2022.

Vatican to work with Italian authorities to prosecute source of leaks

The blood of St. Januarius liquefied on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, before a Mass in Naples, Italy, where Archbishop Domenico Battaglia said that the blood of the fourth-century martyr is a powerful reminder that “love is stronger than death.”

St. Januarius’ blood liquefies in Naples on his feast day

A statue of Our Lady in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Vatican approves devotion at Medjugorje while not pronouncing on authenticity of ‘alleged messages’

The religious groups challenging the abortion mandate include a group of Carmelite sisters, Catholic Charities, and the Sisterhood of St. Mary, an Anglican Episcopal monastic order (pictured here).

Nuns appeal to U.S. Supreme Court over New York abortion insurance mandate

Monsignor Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the French Bishops Conference, presides over the Mass that took place on Sept. 14, 2024, at Maison Abraham (Abraham House) in Jerusalem during the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of its foundation as a pilgrim guest house run by Secours Catholique-Caritas France.

New pilgrimage brings Christians, Muslims, and Jews together in Holy Land at Abraham House

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