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Church in Cuba announces activities for the Year of the Family

Apr 27, 2021

By Diego López Marina

The Cuban Conference of Catholic Bishops’ National Committee on the Family announced a three month period of activities to celebrate... Read more

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, pictured in Rome Feb. 24, 2019.

Cardinal Marx renounces honor from German president after abuse survivors’ criticism

Apr 27, 2021

Marx asked German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier not to bestow the Federal Cross of Merit on him. Read more

Statue outside Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Woodland, California

Two parishes in the Sacramento diocese vandalized 

Apr 27, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

Two parishes in the Diocese of Sacramento suffered similar acts of vandalism in the past two weeks.  Read more

The canonizations of St. John Paul and St. John XXIII in St. Peter’s Square, April 27, 2014.

Postulator: St. John Paul II remains a ‘prophetic voice’ seven years after canonization

Apr 27, 2021

“At the beginning of this process, Pope Benedict XVI gave me a clear instruction: work fast but work well.” Read more

Bishop Hilary Nanman Dachelem of Bauchi, Nigeria.

Catholic charity to give $9.5 million in aid to Africa’s persecuted Christians

Apr 27, 2021

By Courtney Mares

“In no other region have so many priests, religious and church workers been murdered in the last three years.” Read more

The Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, which will offer a diploma course in minor protection in 2016.

Rome’s Center for Child Protection to become Institute of Anthropology

Apr 27, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

The center was founded in 2012 to provide internet-based training to Catholics anywhere in the world Read more

Catholic clerics among 12 arrested after bishop-elect shot in South Sudan

Apr 27, 2021

Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare was shot in both legs by two armed men. Read more

Irish High Cross at the Rock of Cashel in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Credit: Marie-Lise Van Wassenhove via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Irish moves to ban LGBT ‘conversion therapy’ will help silence religion, critics warn

Apr 26, 2021

Legitimate religious practice could fall under a too-broad ban on “conversion therapy” backed by LGBT activists in Ireland and Northern... Read more

Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau. Credit: Diocese of Passau

German bishop confronts theologian for claiming Catholics against 'gender equality' are racist

Apr 26, 2021

A German professor of theology and advocate for the ordination of women to the priesthood has come under criticism for... Read more

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

After state order, Las Cruces diocese lets priests set Mass attendance limits

Apr 26, 2021

After the governor of New Mexico allowed churches to re-open at 100% capacity, priests in the Diocese of Las Cruces... Read more

A January 1924 headline from the Denver Catholic Register.

The crazy, true story of how the Church helped take down the Klan in Colorado

Apr 26, 2021

By Denver Catholic

With the recent publication of Colorado’s historic Ku Klux Klan membership ledgers, which were made public for the first time... Read more

Nadia de Munari. Credit: Avvenire.

Italian lay missionary who served poor children in Peru murdered

Apr 26, 2021

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Nadia de Munari, a 50-year-old Italian lay missionary who was part of Operation Mato Grosso, which serves the poor in... Read more

Pope Francis meets Poor Clare nuns whose monastery was destroyed in 2009 earthquake

Apr 26, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis on Monday met with a community of Poor Clare nuns, whose abbess died when the roof of their... Read more

The last photograph of Charles de Foucauld, in Tamanrasset, Algeria.

Pope Francis to hold consistory in last step before canonization of Bl. Charles de Foucauld

Apr 26, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

The Ordinary Public Consistory is the last step before the canonizations of seven men and women, including French missionary Bl.... Read more

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri delivers a homily during Divine Liturgy at the Pontifical Armenian College in Rome on April 24, 2021.

Vatican cardinal: The Armenian genocide is a ‘stain’ of evil on all humanity

Apr 26, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

Cardinal Sandri said the Armenian genocide forces us to confront the great evils committed in human history and the small... Read more

Pope Francis delivers a Regina Coeli address in the library of the Apostolic Palace.

Pope Francis at the Regina Coeli: Mediterranean migrant deaths are ‘moment of shame’

Apr 25, 2021

Migrants reportedly died despite SOS calls being issued when their inflatable boat sank off the Libyan coast. Read more

Pope Francis kisses the hands of a newly ordained priest in St. Peter’s Basilica, April 25, 2021.

‘You will be shepherds like him’: Pope Francis ordains nine new priests in St. Peter’s Basilica

Apr 25, 2021

The pope urged the ordinands to seek “closeness” to God, their bishop, their fellow priests, and the People of God. Read more

Biology major Michael Rohall and Franciscan University biology professor Dr. Kyle McKenna prepare to analyze blood samples for coronavirus specific antibodies. Photo courtesy of the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Franciscan University studying herd immunity, coronavirus

Apr 24, 2021

The Franciscan University of Steubenville is conducting a research study to better understand COVID-19 and herd immunity. Read more

A statue of St. Margaret of Castello at St. Patrick Church in Columbus, Ohio.

Pope Francis declares blind 14th-century lay Dominican a saint

Apr 24, 2021

Margaret of Castello was born blind and with a severe curvature of the spine in 1287. Read more

Chicago priest steps aside after Tik Tok allegation

Apr 24, 2021

A Chicago pastor has stepped away from his parish this week after sexual assault allegations were made against him from... Read more