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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, discussed prospects for peace in the war in Gaza Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in a conversation with Bernhard Scholz, president of the Meeting for Friendship Amongst Peoples Foundation.

Pope Francis and Cardinal Pizzaballa open lay Catholic meeting against backdrop of war

Aug 20, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis urged the meeting’s participants not to be discouraged by war and the challenges of today but to search... Read more

Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the US, speaks at the Rimini Meeting, Aug. 19, 2018.

Authentic Christianity changes culture, US nuncio says

Aug 20, 2018

Many have forgotten that authentic Christianity has a positive influence on history and brings about greater human fulfillment, Archbishop Christophe... Read more

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What's it like to be a persecuted Christian? This exhibit shows you

Aug 19, 2016

By Andrea Gagliarducci

A teddy bear, a diploma, a menu – items owned, achieved and touched by Christians who were brutally killed in... Read more

Pilgrims reaching out for Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience in Paul VI Hall on Aug. 5, 2015.

Our limits remind us that we are made for great things – Pope Francis

Aug 20, 2015

In a message sent on behalf of Pope Francis to the Rimini Meeting, an annual gathering organized by the lay... Read more

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The moment a man tries to steal a consecrated Host in Honduras.

Priest prevents desecration of the Eucharist during Mass in Honduras

A confirmation Mass is held at St. Mary's Parish on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Franklin, Massachusetts.

Lower confirmation ages, stronger catechesis: Dioceses seek to strengthen faith of youth

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Canada launches ‘national consultation’ on ‘advance requests’ for euthanasia

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives for meetings at the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Dec. 16, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Trump’s HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reassures pro-life senators with policy plans

St. Januarius and the miracle of the liquefaction of his blood contained in a relic.

Following prolonged wait, the blood of St. Januarius liquefies again

U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. Supreme Court will hear case on South Carolina defunding Planned Parenthood

Father Roger Landry.

Pope Francis names Father Roger Landry a Monsignor

The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments, dating from 300 to 800 A.D. was sold at Sotheby's auction house on Dec. 18, 2024, in New York City. Expected to sell for $1-2 million, it went for $5.04 million. Inscribed with the commandments in Paleo-Hebrew script, the tablet was discovered during railroad excavations along the southern coast of Israel in 1913.

Ten Commandments tablet surpasses estimates at Sotheby’s despite authenticity questions

Pope Francis speaks to pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI Audience Hall for his general audience on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis prays for Cyclone Chido victims in France’s poorest overseas territory    

Blessed Martyrs of Compiègne were guillotined for their faith on July 17, 1794.

Pope Francis declares French Martyrs of Compiègne saints via equipollent canonization

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