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Ethel Kennedy attends the ceremonial installation for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at George Washington University March 27, 2009, in Washington, D.C.

Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy and devout Catholic, dies at 96

Oct 10, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

“She was a devout Catholic and a daily communicant,” a family statement said. Read more

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Father El-Tabchi is pressing charges against a man who attacked him at the rectory in Philadelphia, across the street from the St. Maron Maronite Catholic Church, at which he is the pastor, telling parishioners in a letter about the incident that “God is both merciful and just,” adding that “mercy without justice is dead, and justice without mercy is ruthless.”

Maronite Catholic priest recovering from injuries after attack at rectory in Philadelphia

The March for Life, one of the largest annual human rights demonstrations in the world, regularly gathers crowds of pro-life activists numbering from the tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. The 2025 March for Life will take place on Jan. 24, 2025, and will have the theme “Every Life: Why We March.”

March for Life unveils new theme emphasizing hope amid defeats for pro-life movement

The Diocese of St. Petersburg Pastoral Center, pictured here before the storm, sustained damage and high winds shattered windows.

Numerous Florida parishes, ministry facilities damaged by Hurricane Milton

Procession at the Sanctuary of Torreciudad in Spain.

Conflict between Opus Dei and Spanish diocese to be mediated by papal commissioner

Cardinal Kurt Koch speaks to journalists at the Synod on Synodality press briefing held at the Vatican’s Holy See Press Office on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024.

Non-Catholic delegates put Christian unity in focus at Synod on Synodality

“One day they will stand before God and have to answer why they passed a law intended to destroy innocent lives, which is what abortion is,” said the archbishop of Guadalajara, Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega.

As abortion is decriminalized in Jalisco, Mexican cardinal decries ‘murder of innocents’

Ethel Kennedy attends the ceremonial installation for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at George Washington University March 27, 2009, in Washington, D.C.

Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy and devout Catholic, dies at 96

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Louisiana diocese set to file for bankruptcy, negotiate settlement with abuse victims

Matthew Lee, Taiwan's ambassador to the Holy See, speaks at a celebration of Taiwan’s 113th National Day at a reception organized by the Embassy of the Republic of China to the Holy See in Vatican City, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.

Taiwan’s ambassador to Vatican highlights partnership in charity and peace

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