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Archbishops Aquila, Chaput welcome Pope Francis

Mar 13, 2013

By Carl Bunderson

American archbishops Samuel J. Aquila and Charles J. Chaput voiced gratitude to Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, for accepting... Read more

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Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio elected as Pope Francis

Mar 13, 2013

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires has become the next Pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Francis.  Read more

White smoke from Vatican chimney, new Pope to be announced

Mar 13, 2013

White smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney on March 13 indicated that the College of Cardinals had chosen a... Read more

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Isabel Spruce-Vaughn was arrested twice for praying outside abortion clinics.

UK bishops warn new Public Order Act unfairly affects people of faith

A hearing in the Vatican finance trial on May 20, 2022.

Vatican to work with Italian authorities to prosecute source of leaks

The blood of St. Januarius liquefied on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, before a Mass in Naples, Italy, where Archbishop Domenico Battaglia said that the blood of the fourth-century martyr is a powerful reminder that “love is stronger than death.”

St. Januarius’ blood liquefies in Naples on his feast day

A statue of Our Lady in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Vatican approves devotion at Medjugorje while not pronouncing on authenticity of ‘alleged messages’

The religious groups challenging the abortion mandate include a group of Carmelite sisters, Catholic Charities, and the Sisterhood of St. Mary, an Anglican Episcopal monastic order (pictured here).

Nuns appeal to U.S. Supreme Court over New York abortion insurance mandate

Monsignor Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the French Bishops Conference, presides over the Mass that took place on Sept. 14, 2024, at Maison Abraham (Abraham House) in Jerusalem during the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of its foundation as a pilgrim guest house run by Secours Catholique-Caritas France.

New pilgrimage brings Christians, Muslims, and Jews together in Holy Land at Abraham House

José Masip, co-director of the Congress on Catholics and Public Life.

Catholic manifesto calls on faithful to act coherently in the face of societal crisis

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

Everything you need to know about the miracle of liquefaction of the blood of St. Januarius

Cross overlooking the Casentino Valley.

PHOTOS: La Verna in Tuscany marks 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ stigmata

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Abortion pills and medical negligence killed woman, not pro-life laws, doctor says

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