Archive for November 23, 2012

Construction begins on a new nativity set in St. Peter's Square. ?w=200&h=150

Vatican nativity set might include animals not at Jesus' birth

The Vatican has started construction on its annual nativity set in St. Peter's Square, and the display is expected to... Read more

The world's population reached 7 billion on October 31, 2011. ?w=200&h=150

By Carl Bunderson

Critics find UN contraception push harmful to women

A United Nations population report calling for global contraceptive access has drawn fire from doctors and pro-life advocates who say... Read more

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Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) senior counsel Kellie Fiedorek (center) and Elizabeth Gillette (right), who survived severe complications from a chemical abortion, spoke with EWTN News Nightly anchor Tracy Sabol about the case.

Experts preview U.S. Supreme Court’s abortion pill case

Pro-lifers march through lower Manhattan amid a heavy downpour and pro-abortion protests necessitating a significant police presence on March 23, 2024.

PHOTOS: New York pro-lifers march with ‘joy on steroids’ despite heavy rain and taunting

Saint Josemaría Escrivá inspired and promoted UNIV, an international meeting of young university students seeking to deepen their faith. Since 1968, thousands of students travel to Rome every Holy Week for this purpose.

Thousands of young people gather in Rome to delve deeper into meaning of Holy Week

Plymouth Bishop-elect Christopher Whitehead's planned installation was cancelled in February.

English bishop-elect whose installation was canceled returns to ministry

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, gives the final blessing with the relic of the holy cross at the end of the Palm Sunday procession from Bethphage to Jerusalem on March 24, 2024.

PHOTOS: Palm Sunday procession in Holy Land celebrates ‘joy in being Christians’

A Palestinian family walks past buildings destroyed in previous Israeli strikes in Gaza City on March 25, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference urges Holy Week prayers for end to Israel-Hamas war 

The Annunciation by Fra Angelico (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons.

Why isn’t the Annunciation celebrated today?

St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy.

Pope Francis to offer Mass in Venice’s St. Mark’s Square

Ultrasound of baby at 12 weeks

Norway bishops: Proposal to expand abortion abandons ‘Christian and humanistic heritage’

Pope Francis meets with Nigerians living in Rome on March 25, 2024.

Pope Francis gives thanks to young Nigerian priests and nuns who answered God’s call

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