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Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I in Greece, April 16, 2016.

Pope Francis gives relic of St. Peter's bones to Orthodox patriarch

Jul 3, 2019

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis gave unexpectedly a reliquary containing what are believed to be bone fragments of St. Peter to Orthodox Patriarch... Read more

Fr. David Burgard participates in "Priests in the Park."

'Priests in the Park' offer public witness of confession, Catholicism in Michigan

Jul 3, 2019

Dog walkers, bike riders, joggers, and Catholics priests hearing confession - most of these things you can find in any... Read more

Venezuelan migrants walk southbound along the Pan American highway after receiving refugee permits at the Peruvian border.

Chilean diocese announces solidarity campaign for migrants at border

Jul 2, 2019

The migration ministry in the Diocese of Arica, Chile has announced an aid campaign for the hundreds of migrants facing... Read more

Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.

Chicago Tribune op-ed: Public schools can learn from Catholics in handling sex abuse

Jul 2, 2019

After an investigative series by the Chicago Tribune uncovered numerous cases of sexual abuse and cover-up in the city’s public... Read more

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Doctors to remove nutrition from disabled Frenchman

Jul 2, 2019

Doctors have said they will begin to remove intravenous feeding tubes from Vincent Lambert, though his parents have asked international... Read more

The Wunderlich children.

German homeschooling family granted custody while awaiting appeal

Jul 2, 2019

A court in Germany has ruled that a homeschooling Christian couple may retain custody of their children as they await... Read more

Zimbabwe conference urges cooperation to fight human trafficking

Jul 1, 2019

A recent conference in Zimbabwe encouraged government officials, church leaders and academics to work together to fight human trafficking.  Read more

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Polish IKEA fires employee for Biblical opposition to pride event

Jul 1, 2019

An Ikea worker in Poland has filed a lawsuit after being fired last week for posting Bible verses opposing homosexual... Read more

Indiana AG may appeal injunction against D&E abortion ban

Jul 1, 2019

An Indiana ban on dilation and evacuation abortion has been blocked by a federal judge’s preliminary injunction, continuing the legal... Read more

John Henry Newman by Sir John Everett Millais. public domain.

Blessed John Henry Newman to be canonized October 13

Jul 1, 2019

By Courtney Mares

The Vatican announced Monday that Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman will be canonized on October 13 in Rome.  Read more

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Presidential advisor Ivanka Trump present a certificate to Sister Gabriella Bottani. State Department photo by Ron Przysucha / Public Domain.

An Italian nun’s expert advice: What you can do to fight human trafficking

Jul 1, 2019

By Kevin J. Jones

Human trafficking is “happening closer to us than we think,” and Catholic groups are increasingly committed to fighting it through... Read more

Jason Marshall, the seminarian who died when a charter bus crashed in the interstate outside Pueblo, Colo., June 23, 2019. Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

Seminarian who died in bus crash practiced laying down his life daily, friend says

Jun 30, 2019

By Mary Farrow

After a bus crashed on its way back to New Mexico from a Catholic youth conference in Denver, reports have... Read more

Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump meet at the DMZ separating the South and North Korea on June 30, 2019.

As Trump and Kim meet in North Korea, Pope Francis prays for peace

Jun 30, 2019

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis prayed for peace and the successful outcome of the meeting Sunday between US President Donald Trump and North... Read more

Pope Francis gives a special Angelus address for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul June 29, 2019.

Pope Francis: The Catholic Church belongs to Christ

Jun 29, 2019

By Courtney Mares

“To the Lord we are not a group of believers or a religious organization, we are His bride. He looks... Read more

Pope Francis celebrates Mass for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul June 29, 2019.

Saints Peter and Paul witness to the power of God’s forgiveness, pope says

Jun 29, 2019

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis said Saturday that Saints Peter and Paul are both witnesses to the transformative power of God’s forgiveness through... Read more

The DeVine Family. Courtesy of the DeVine Family.

How a search for a church, and for truth, led this Protestant family to Catholicism  

Jun 29, 2019

By Jenny Uebbing

Allison DeVine’s conversion began in a preschool classroom.  Read more

Pope Francis meets with German bishops during their ad limina visit Nov. 20, 2015.

Pope Francis tells German Catholics to focus on evangelization

Jun 29, 2019

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis sent a 28-page letter to Catholics in Germany Saturday calling for a focus on evangelization in the face... Read more

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki.

German cardinal thanks Pope Francis for his letter’s call to conversion

Jun 29, 2019

By Courtney Mares

German Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki thanked Pope Francis for ‘fearlessly’ calling Catholics in Germany to be a missionary church in... Read more

View of the bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Martinez Ramirez and his daughter, who drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande into the US in Matamoros, June 24, 2019.

Faith sustains wife of drowned migrant, bishop says

Jun 28, 2019

Tania Vanessa Ávalos, the wife and mother of the migrants who died trying to cross into the US this week,... Read more

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French court orders severely disabled man be disconnected from food, water

Jun 28, 2019

The highest civil court in France has ordered that food and water may be removed from a severely disabled man,... Read more