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Pope Francis and Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic at Vatican City, Nov. 13, 2015.

Pope Francis names new Vatican ambassador to Canada

Jun 5, 2021

By CNA Staff

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič has served as Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva since 2016. Read more

St. Peter's Square.

American among wave of papal appointments, confirmations

Sep 21, 2013

Pope Francis made several key decisions in establishing his Curia today, appointing new officials and confirming others in their positions... Read more

Robert George speaking at the Catholic Information Center on Feb. 23 2012.

Catholic thinker to head US religious freedom commission

Jul 25, 2013

Princeton law professor Robert P. George has been elected as chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, giving... Read more

Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Mueller.

Pope names German bishop as new head of doctrinal office

Jul 2, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller of Regensburg, Germany as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine... Read more

Father Robert Barron

Fr. Robert Barron to head Mundelein Seminary

May 11, 2012

Cardinal Francis George of Chicago has named Catholic communicator and evangelist Father Robert L. Barron as the rector and president... Read more

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Sister Clare Crockett.

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A rendering at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Glendale, outside of Phoenix where Acanthus Development is set to build senior living.

‘Multigenerational’ parish campuses coming to Phoenix with new senior living facilities

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks with EWTN News' Erik Rosales at the U.S. Capitol.

With House win, Republicans clinch governing trifecta

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Two minors shot dead near Catholic church in Mexico

Archbishop Borys Gudziak on Nov. 13, 2024, during the U.S. bishops’ annual fall meeting called for a return to the obligation to abstain from meat on Fridays as a way of acknowledging the importance of caring for creation.

U.S. bishop calls for return to Friday abstinence from meat

York Minster, the seat of the archbishop of York, one of the two archbishops within the Church of England.

What is the Church of England, and who are the Anglicans?

A priest administers the Anointing of the Sick.

Nicaragua bars priests from anointing the dying in hospitals

The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops on Nov. 13, 2024, voted to advance the canonization causes of Servant of God Gertrude Agnes Barber (left) and Benedictine Sister Annella Zervas.

U.S. bishops vote to advance 2 American causes for canonization at 2024 meeting

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Federal judge blocks Louisiana law mandating Ten Commandments in school classrooms

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