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March 26, 2021: The restored image of the Virgin Mary destroyed by ISIS returned to its original parish in Iraq.

Nobel Peace Prize nominee urges Biden to protect Iraqi Christians

Sep 1, 2021

By Christine Rousselle

After the last U.S. forces left Afghanistan this week, an interfaith coalition implored President Joe Biden to keep American troops... Read more

Pope Francis gives the Wednesday general audience in St. Peters Square Oct. 2, 2013.

Pope appeals for peace in Iraq, Gaza during Sunday angelus

Aug 10, 2014

By Elise Harris

After leading faithful in the Marian prayer, Pope Francis again urged prayers and international help for the current conflict in... Read more

Archbishop Jean Sleiman of Baghdad.

Christians, Shias face uncertain future in face of Iraqi violence

Jun 17, 2014

By Adelaide Mena

In the midst of advances by Sunni insurgents, Iraq’s remaining Christian community  and the country’s majority- Shia population face threats... Read more

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Pope Francis prays during a Mass of suffrage for deceased cardinals and bishops in St. Peter’s Basilica on Nov. 4, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis offers Mass for over 120 deceased cardinals and bishops

Ben Kresse, a theology teacher at St. Xavier High School, shows a group of students how to uncover a temporary marker on a gravesite in Meadow View Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, Sept. 21, 2024.

In Louisville, Catholic high schoolers help bury the indigent dead

Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas.

Pope Francis names Archbishop Galbas as new leader of Warsaw Archdiocese

John Kraemer shows off the interior of one of his Lego churches to an interested parishioner at Resurrection of the Lord Parish in Standish, Michigan.

Michigan man builds up the Catholic Church, one Lego at a time, for 25 years

At the Angelus on Nov. 3, 2024, Pope Francis asked for prayers for Valencia, a region in southeast Spain that was hit by devastating flash flooding in late October.

Pope Francis: The heart of our faith is love

The Vatican on Oct. 28, 2024, unveiled the official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year: “Luce,” which is Italian for “light.”

Vatican’s anime-style mascot Luce goes viral on internet with Catholic memes, fan art

Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune poses alongside many of the priests of the Diocese of Charleston at a recent ordination. The diocese has seen a recent surge in vocations.

Vocations shortage? Pray for vocations during National Vocations Awareness Week

Christ the King at St Etheldreda’s, London.

U.S. bishops announce Christ the King novena, urge prayers for ‘freedom of the Church’

Pope Francis prays at the “Garden of Angels” section of the Laurentino Cemetery in Rome on All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2, 2024.

Pope Francis prays in cemetery for unborn children on All Souls’ Day

St. Michael the Archangel.

Bishop defends St. Michael’s prayer at Mass: ‘The devil has no influence’

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