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Kentucky bishop dismisses priests who derided novus ordo Mass as ‘irrelevant’

Jan 25, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Covington Bishop John Iffert announced his decision in a letter to members of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Park... Read more

Bishop-elect John Iffert of Covington, Kentucky.

Pope Francis names Illinois priest to lead Covington diocese in Kentucky

Jul 13, 2021

By Hannah Brockhaus

Bishop-elect John C. Iffert succeeds Bishop Roger J. Foys. Read more

Students and other participants hold signs at the 2020 March for Life in Washington, DC, on Jan. 24, 2020.

1 killed after car crashes into bus of Covington Catholic students heading home from March for Life

Jan 25, 2020

One person is dead and others are injured after an oncoming car struck a charter bus carrying Covington Catholic students... Read more

Bishop Roger Foys of Covington.

Covington bishop apologizes to Covington Catholic students

Jan 25, 2019

By Christine Rousselle

Bishop Roger Foys of Covington issued an apology Friday for a Jan. 19 diocesan statement that condemned the actions of... Read more

Bishop Roger Foys of Covington.

The evolving response of the Church in Kentucky to the Covington Catholic incident

Jan 23, 2019

How Kentucky's Catholic leaders have responded to a situation involving Covington Catholic High School students.  Read more

Participants at the 2019 March for Life.

After Covington Catholic students caught in social media maelstrom, fuller picture emerges

Jan 21, 2019

A wave of media attention engulfed this weekend a group of students who attended last week’s annual March for Life... Read more

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Pope Francis meets with the Dicastery for Culture and Education at the Vatican on Nov. 21, 2024.

Pope Francis: Desire and Christian hope can overcome ‘dangerous plague’ of nihilism

From left: John Hinshaw, Jonathan Darnel, Lauren Handy, Joan Bell, and Jean Marshall are among the pro-life activists who are still in prison or awaiting prison sentences on federal charges brought by President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice for protests at abortion clinics — but President-elect Donald Trump has signaled he will likely grant them presidential pardons.

Meet the pro-life prisoners whom Trump is expected to pardon

St. John’s Cathedral in the Netherlands is lit up for Red Wednesday on Nov. 23, 2022.

Churches around the world lit up red in honor of persecuted Christians

Despite an online petition posted to change.org in mid-October that garnered over 53,000 signatures in protest of the evergreen to be used for the Vatican Christmas tree being chopped down, the tree arrived as scheduled in St. Peter’s Square at 7 a.m. on Nov. 21, 2024.

Vatican Christmas tree wreathed in controversy over environmental objections

Father Max Josef Metzger, a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and ecumenical work, was beatified Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Freiburg, Germany.

Church beatifies German priest who was executed by Nazis in 1944

Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

Pope Francis assigns U.S. cardinal to carry out ‘urgent’ overhaul of Vatican pension fund

“In Jesus there is no contradiction between truth and charity,” notes professor Marta Rodríguez Díaz, who teaches in the philosophy department of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.

Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

“We think of these stories of saints that have withstood all this persecution as belonging to the Middle Ages,” said Bill McGurn, godfather of Jimmy Lai. “It’s going on right now, and we can see it.”

Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’

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Wyoming governor pledges to appeal after judge blocks state pro-life laws

Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598.

What do we know about the presentation of Mary?

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